MSW-6003 v3

Tice, C., Long, D., & Cox, L. (2020). Macro social work practice: Advocacy in action. SAGE Publications, Inc.
Chapter 5: Understanding and Enriching Organizational Life
This chapter describes the relevance of organizations to social work practice and key organizational aspects for use in macro-level practice.
Chapter 8: Administration and Leadership: Building on Advocacy and Strengths
This chapter describes different kinds of leadership roles and tasks and the unique approach social workers take in defining leadership. While leadership is often studied as a standalone course topic, a basic understanding of administration and leadership is essential for studying organizations.

Anonymous. (n.d.). 4.4: Formal organizations. In Introduction to sociology: Understanding and changing the social world (Barkan).
This chapter from an introductory text provides an overview of some of the ways that sociologists think about and study organizations. In the same way that social workers build on psychological theory for our work with individuals, we draw on sociological theory for our work with organizations.

Silverman, E. (2015). Organizational awareness: A missing generalist social work competency. Social Work, 60(1), 93–95.

Center for Community Health and Development. (n.d.). Developing an organizational structure for the initiative. In Community Toolbox. University of Kansas.
Your Community Innovation Project will require a homebase through which it is administered. Some of you may decide that part of the project will require designing a new organization for the sole purpose of bringing the project to life. Others may see their project as part of an existing organization. As you read this chapter on the Community Tool Box website, think about how you would address each of the issues raised in the organization that will host your Community Innovation Project.