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Course Description:
Course assessment:
For undergraduates: 40% based on coursework (20% on presentation and 20% on
Group term paper) and 60% on examination.
For post-graduates: 30% presentations and 70% coursework (term paper) for
postgraduates.
Course Outline:
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1. Introduction:
What is Human Service Organization?
The turbulent environment of HSO
2. The rise of managerialism
Privatization, market, contracting out, competitive bidding
3. Quality Revolution
Quality assurance and Total Quality Management/ Baldridge Award
4. Strategic Planning
Mission, vision, objectives, priorities
SWOT analysis
5. Human Resource Planning
Job Design, recruitment, selection, promotion and dismissal
6. Performance appraisal
Formative and summative review
7. Job satisfaction, Stress and Burnout
Sources of work stress and responses
Stress management training and organizational Health
Employee Assistance Programs
8. Team building and team development - collaboration
9. Change management: Driving change
10. Staff Development and Training
Supervision
Staff Training
Seminar Presentations
Students are required to form a group of three to work on one of the following topics
and make a 50 minutes presentation (35 minutes presentation, 10 minutes Q & A and
5 minutes feedback from tutor). Presentation schedule will be arranged later in the
class and through emails. The grading of the presentation will be given according to
the effort, preparation, presentation skills, organization and content. English will be
used as the major medium of presentation (around 20% of Cantonese will be
allowed).
1. How can the concept of TQM be applied to human services? In what way can the
service quality of an organization be improved? (Space Teaching Quality manual:
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http://hkuspace.hku.hk/publications/qa/chapter9.pdf)
2. What are the components of an effective program plan/ strategic plan? Use an
example to illustrate the strengths and weaknesses of its design. (review the
strategic plan of HKU. http://www.hku.hk/spuweb)
3. What are service quality standards? Assess the impacts on human service
organizations
(http://www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_ngo/page_serviceper/sub_serviceper/).
4. Using your fieldwork/ student experiences, critically assess the validity and
reliability of performance evaluation. (Review the system of Performance
Reviews of HKU: <http://www3.hku.hk/staffing/performance_review>)
5. Identify some of the stressors of a human service organization, and the responses
of social workers/ teachers/ nurses/ students in coping with their stress. (HKU
Clinic – Stress Bye Bye: http://www.hku.hk/uhs/he/stress/main.htm; NASW:
http://workforce.socialworkers.org/whatsnew/stress.pdf)
6. Use an example to illustrate how people can or cannot work together as an
effective team. Under what conditions can teamwork be promoted?
7. Use an example to illustrate how a frontline social worker, student or teacher can
induce change within his/her organization. What are the factors determining the
effective introduction of change?
8. Examine the subvention mechanism of non-profit organizations, with special
reference to lump sum grant. What are the implications?
<http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr07-08/english/sec/library/0708in14-e.pdf>
<http://www.lsgir.hk/eng/05_News.asp>
9. Select a supervisor/ teacher, examine his/her style of supervision, and assess
his/her performance (Review the staff development programme of HKU:
<http://www3.hku.hk/staffing/staff_development>)
Term Paper:
Based on the presentation topic, write a term paper of not less than 3000 words.
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Cohen, S. and R. Brand, Total Quality Management in Government (Jossey-Bass).
Pollitt, C. and G. Bouckaert, Quality Improvement in European Public Services (Sage
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Kirkpatrick, I. and M. M. Lucio, The Politics of Quality in the Public Sector,
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M Allison and J. Kaye, Strategic planning for non-profit organization – a practice
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8. Team Building
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