Comparative Approaches to Program Planning

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"As a practitioner in the field for over thirty years, I have been exposed to endless 'planning' sessions that are prescriptive to the point of being oppressive. Thistext 'gives permission' to the practitioner to allow for emergence, uncertainty, and ambiguity in the planning process. Comparative Approaches to Program Planning provides a guide for the manager, administrator, executive director, strategic planner, and CEO to embrace multiple planning strategies and the understanding of each. This is extremely worthwhile in a dynamic environment and an ever- changing landscape and worldview." --Paul D. McWhinney, ACSW, Director of Social Services City of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia "This is the book I've been waiting for. It provides not only a linear approach to program design, but gives language to the tacit knowledge many planners have of the circular nature of their work. Both linear and circular thinking are important to planning processes and now we have a resource for teaching." --Jon E. Singletary, PhD, MSW, MDiv, Baylor University, School of Social Work The first text on program planning to guide readers in selecting program planning approaches appropriate to setting, culture, and context Valuable for students and practitioners in the social work, public administration, nonprofit management, and community psychology fields, Comparative Approaches to Program Planning provides practical and creative ways to effectively conduct program planning within human service organizations. Written by leaders in the social work education community, this innovative book explores program planning as a multi-layered and complex process. It examines both a traditional linear problem-solving model as well as an alternative emergent approach to program planning, helping professionals to successfully develop and enact effective and culturally competent planning in organizations and communities.

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"I found this book helpful in giving structure and organization to my thinking about program planning, prioritizing my goals in planning, and decreasing wasted planning time. Comparative Approaches to Program Planning recognizes the delicate balance of planning programs that are accessible and acceptable to the participant while maintaining a focus on accountability." (Psychiatric Services, November 2008)This book will demonstrate its value among students andpractitioners alike. I imagine using it with undergraduates incommunity practice courses, in a graduate advanced practice seminaras well as with leaders in local nonprofits....This is the bookI've been waiting for. It provides not only a linear approachto program design, but gives language to the tacit knowledge manyplanners have of the circular nature of their work. Both linear andcircular thinking are important to planning processes and now wehave a resource for teaching. --Jon E. Singletary, Ph.D., M.S.W., M.Div., Baylor University,School of Social Work As a practitioner in the field for over 30 years, I have beenexposed to endless "planning" sessions that are prescriptive to thepoint of being oppressive. This text allows for and "givespermission" to the practitioner to allow for emergence,uncertainty, and ambiguity in the planning process. ComparativeApproaches to Program Planning provides a guide for the manager,administrator, executive director, strategic planner, and CEO toembrace multiple planning strategies and the understanding of each.This is extremely worthwhile in a dynamic environment and an everchanging landscape and worldview. --Paul D. McWhinney, ACSW, Director of Social Services, Cityof Richmond, Richmond, VA
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