Program Planning and Development within the Social Agency

Barnard Chester , The Functions of the Executive. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1938.

Brownrigg William , The Human Enterprise Process. University, Alabama: University of Alabama, 1954.

Cohen Nathan E. , “Planned Community Change, A Multiple Responsibility.” Community Organization, 1960. New York: Columbia University Press, 1960. A series of papers presented at the 87th Annual Forum of the National Conference on Social Welfare. pp. 3–21.

Dimock Marshall , Administrative Vitality: The Conflict with Bureaucracy. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1959.

Dimock Marshall , A Philosophy of Administration. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1958.

Hamlin Robert H. , Voluntary Health and Welfare Agencies in the United States. New York: Schoolmasters’ Press, 1961. An exploratory study by an Ad Hoc Citizens Committee.

Kidneigh John , “Administration of Social Agencies,” Social Work Year Book. New York: National Association of Social Workers, 1957. pp. 75–82

Mayo Elton , The Human Problems of an Industrial Civilization. New York: The Macmillan Co., 1933.

Mayo Elton , The Social Problems of an Industrial Civilization. Boston: Harvard University, 1945.

Roethlisberger F. J. , and Dickson Wm J. , Management and the Worker. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1939.

Spencer Sue , The Administration Method in Social Work Education. Vol. III of XIII of The Social Work Curriculum Study. New York: Council on Social Work Education, 1959.

Tead Ordway , The Art of Administration. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1961. With special reference to Chapter II—The Nature of Organization Aims.

Kidneigh John C. “Administration of Social Agencies.” pp. 75–82. Social Work Year Book, 1957. New York: National Association of Social Workers.

Lystad M.H. “Institutionalized Planning for Social Change,” Sociology and Social Research. Vol. 44, pp. 165–71. January 1960. A study of a community welfare organization, over a one-year period, with the purpose of planning a change.

Reed Ella , ed. Social Welfare Administration. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961. Eight essays covering aspects and problems of social welfare administration. All were presented at the 1960 meeting of the National Conference on Social Welfare.

Rose A. “Coordination in Physical and Social Planning,” Social Service Review. Vol. 32, pp. 374–86. December 1958. Reply, R. L. Fitzgerald. Vol. 33, p. 78, March 1959.

Schmidt William D. The Executive and the Board in Social Welfare. Cleveland, Ohio: Howard Allen, Inc., 1959. Emphasizes the executive's relationship to the board.

Sorenson Ray , and Dimock Hedley S. Designing Education in Values: A Case Study in Institutional Change. New York: Association Press, 1955. A detailed description of how one agency reviewed its entire program. Especially helpful for professional personnel considering agency self-study.

Spencer Sue . The Administration Method in Social Work Education. Vol. III of 13. A project report of the Curriculum Study. Council on Social Work Education New York, 1959. Chapter III: Administration Content Essential for all Social Work Students. Chapter IV: Educational Objectives for Students Preparing for Executive Responsibility. Charts II and III are especially valuable in giving recognition to the size, scope and depth of administrative content.

Tead Ordway . The Art of Administration. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1951. Chapter II: The Nature of Organization Aims. A clear statement as to the purposiveness of aims and some of the types of aims of an organization.

Trecker Harleigh . Group Process in Administration. New York: Woman's Press, 1950. 2nd Edition. Read especially Chapter XII: The Planning Process, Chapter XIV: Determination of Policy. (With special reference to pp. 266-272.) The story of a policy made in the Sawyer County Welfare Department; a good case illustration of how a policy can be developed.

Community Organization, 1960. Nine papers presented at the 87th Annual Forum of the National Conference on Social Welfare. New York: Columbia University Press, 1960. See especially first paper: Cohen, Nathan E., “Planned Community Change, A Multiple Responsibility,” pp. 3–21.

Training for Service in Public Assistance. Papers presented at the 1960 seminars for field representatives conducted by the Bureau of Public Assistance, Social Security Administration, U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C. ($1.00). See especially: “Basic Principles and Selected Methods in Public Administration,” by Marshall E. Dimock, pp. 41-68. “Factfinding and Its Use in Administration,” by David E. Hailman, pp. 69-73. “Dynamics of Policy Development,” by Eunice L. Minton, pp. 26-40. “The Development of Policy,” by Wayne Vasey, pp. 1-25. “The Administrative Review as a Tool in Administration,” by Paul Vernier, pp. 74-83.