"Providing a comprehensive and critical examination of the complex issues involved in the management and organisational contexts of social work practice, this book will help readers to - critically evaluate organisational theory, managerial techniques and organisational structures; develop strategies for ethical and reflective organisational practice; understand how to plan and manage change in learning organisations; unpick important themes such as leadership, supervision, risk, decision making, and accountability and explore the potential for increasing service user and worker participation in organisations." -- Publisher.