ABSTRACT

Research on human service organizations and managers is essential and is needed to support both practice and scholarship. In response to a proposed imbalance between the two (between what we do and what we know), this special issue presents 10 commentaries that identify longstanding practice dilemmas and suggest new avenues for practice and research in social work and related helping professions and disciplines. Review of the commentaries supports three interrelated themes: (1) increasing complexity facing the environment of practice; leading to (2) proposed approaches to managing complexity across levels of practice; resulting in (3) implications for the future of macro practice, research, and education. The introduction concludes with a brief reflection on the future of human service organizational and management research. The overall aim of our analysis and the special issue is to illuminate that which is often hidden in plain view.

摘要

对人类服务组织和管理者的研究是必不可少的，并且需要为实践和奖学金提供支持。针对这两者之间的拟议不平衡（在我们的工作与所知道的之间），本期特刊提供10条评论，这些评论确定了长期存在的实践难题，并为社会工作及相关帮助专业和学科的实践和研究提供了新途径。评论的评论支持三个相互关联的主题：（1）实践环境日益复杂；导致（2）提出了跨实践水平管理复杂性的方法；导致（3）对宏观实践，研究和教育的未来产生影响。引言最后简要回顾了人类服务组织和管理研究的未来。