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R F Rivas

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Structured methods for working with task groups.

Although both administrators and line workers are called upon to lead and to staff a variety of different task groups in social service organizations, little attention has been given to learning systematically methods of task group leadership. The author reviews four methods for conducting task groups, including problem solving, brainstorming , nominal group technique, and social judgment analysis. The strengths and weaknesses of each method are analyzed, and some suggestions are made for selecting a method that addresses the needs and purposes of particular groups.

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Perspectives on dismissal as a management prerogative in social service organizations.

The process and practice of employee dismissal is an important and nagging task in personnel management in the human services. The employee has come to view one's status, following a probationary period, as permanent. Antidiscrimination laws, unionization, grievance rights, the cost of replacing and retraining, etc., increasingly make firing an option less open to administrators. The author offers several practical considerations for using the dismissal prerogative, linking supervision and dismissal through a typology of supervision proposed for employees throughout their tenure with the organization.

Employment↗