S W 334 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Postmodern Feminism, Socialist Feminism, Scientific Management
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Organizations social entities that are goal directed are designed as deliberately structures and coordinated activity systems and are linked to the external environment. Social services tasks that social workers and other helping professionals perform to improve people"s health, e(cid:374)ha(cid:374)(cid:272)e thei(cid:396) (cid:395)ualit(cid:455) of life, i(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:396)ease thei(cid:396) self-sufficiency, support families, and help people and larger systems improve their functioning in the social environment. Social agency (social services agency) an organization providing social services. Public social agencies run by a designated unit of government and are usually regulated by laws that directly affect public policy. Private social agencies privately owned and run by people not employed by a government. Nonprofit social agencies provide some services and are not intended to make financial profit for private owners. Proprietary (for profit) social agencies provide social services, often quite similar to those provided by private social agencies. Legitimation the authorization granted by external entities to perform agency functions and pursue goals.
