The relationship between the management training needs of social services departments and the programmes which are used to meet them

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Mills, M.F., 1991. The relationship between the management training needs of social services departments and the programmes which are used to meet them. MPhil, Nottingham Trent University.

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Abstract

This study focuses on the processes within Social Services Departments by which management training and development needs are identified and the curriculum development processes which seek to meet them, it looks at, compares and analyses the following issues ;

a) What the theories of organisational decision making, both general and specific to management development, say about how they should be done.

b) What management training and development activities Social Services Departments already provide.

c) The methods and processes by which Social Services Departments develop the curricula.

Consideration is given to the viability for and desirability of change.
Information has been collected by way of :-
1. A questionnaire sent to Principal Training Officers, for their equivalent) in all Social Services Departments in England and Wales.

2. A sample of the respondents being followed up for personal interview.

3. Interviews with staff who have undergone Management training in particular Social Services Departments.
Also, there has been a review of relevant literature which has been updated, as far as possible, as the work has progressed at a time of considerable activity in this area of study. Also a range of relevant conferences, seminars and meetings have been attended. Reference is made to how. management training is carried out in other human service organisations.

The study attempts to identify certain key considerations Tor Social Services Management 'raining planners and suggests a structure and procedures which will improve the chance of success. A framework is constructed for evaluating the relevance of new approaches such as 'Competency Based Education and Training' and training is put into a broad cultural context rather than being restricted to 'job training'.