Theories
The organizational perspective that focuses on process over goals, flexibility over control and reasoning and is interested in a diversity of approaches rather than one way of doing things is the
Systems Perspective
The shifting of management of programs from government to non-government organizations is termed
Privitization
______ is a long-term pattern of stability and change
Transitions
A collection of individuals who interact, perceive themselves as belonging together in some way, are interdependent, join together to accomplish a goal or fulfill a need, and are influenced by a set of rules and norms is
Small Group
A social worker that has influence over decision-making in a group based on the members’ admiration or respect for the social worker; is using which type of power base
Referent Power
Absenteeism, turnover, lower productivity, and decreased effectiveness at work are factors MOST associated with
Burnout
Type of agency is exercised to influence those with greater resources to act on one’s behalf to meet one’s needs.
Proxy
Groups formed for the purpose of providing knowledge and information via professionals/experts on topics of general interest to the participants are
Psychoeducational Group
According to ______ theory, social power is what determines who gets valued resources in groups and whether those resources are perceived as being distributed in a just manner.
Exchange Theory
The perspective that holds that there are many different ways to achieve the same ends; that organizations have interrelated subsystems that must be integrated to meet goals and that organizations are in constant interaction with multiple environments is
Sytems
Unlike developmental psychology, ______ calls attention to how historical time, social location, and culture affect the individual experience of each life stage
Life Course Perspective
Higher rates of attendance, participation, and mutual support are enjoyed by groups that are
Cohesiveness
The idea that unconscious processes play a crucial role in group processes is a proposition of the psychodynamic theory of group processes.
True or False
True
Most organizational theory has been biased toward the interest of
Corporate Owners/Managers
A life course perspective looks at ______ factors that act to shape people’s lives from birth to death
Bio, Psycho, Social
The physical environment’s size, shape, colors, lighting, privacy, temperature, and so on are all elements of its
Material Aspects