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Kunskap och ledning inom socialtjänsten

Arvidsson, Per LU (2014) SOAM20 20141
School of Social Work
Abstract
This study is about manager’s view on use of knowledge. It focuses on managers on a strategic level, working in municipal social services. The aim was to gather an in-depth understanding of factors that influence how managers describe and perceive the use of knowledge, in their mission as a manager as well as in their organization.
A background to this issue is the longstanding debate about what type of knowledge that best would serve the purpose of social work. Strong political efforts have been made to implement evidence-based practice (EBP) in the social services in Sweden. The management of each municipality is a main target for these efforts.
The study was based on eight semi-structured interviews with managers in a Swedish... (More)
This study is about manager’s view on use of knowledge. It focuses on managers on a strategic level, working in municipal social services. The aim was to gather an in-depth understanding of factors that influence how managers describe and perceive the use of knowledge, in their mission as a manager as well as in their organization.
A background to this issue is the longstanding debate about what type of knowledge that best would serve the purpose of social work. Strong political efforts have been made to implement evidence-based practice (EBP) in the social services in Sweden. The management of each municipality is a main target for these efforts.
The study was based on eight semi-structured interviews with managers in a Swedish municipality. The analysis was mainly based on two different types of theoretical perspectives. The first, focusing on the manager’s incentives and motives. For this Goffman’s dramaturgical approach to human interaction was used. The second perspective was aiming to complement with a broader view on factors with influence on a social and ideological level. Here Donileen R. Losekes constructionist perspective was used as an important analytical tool.
The result suggests that knowledge from superior sources, such as governmental policy reports, political directives, etcetera, is most important to managers on a strategic level. The analysis also indicates that the social services lack uniform principles and procedures for how decisions regarding use of knowledge are made. Further on that use of knowledge are closely interrelated to contextual factors. (Less)
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author
Arvidsson, Per LU
supervisor
organization
course
SOAM20 20141
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
knowledge, use of knowledge, knowledge utilization, social work, social services, management
language
Swedish
id
4813142
date added to LUP
2014-11-25 11:47:11
date last changed
2014-11-25 11:47:11
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  abstract     = {{This study is about manager’s view on use of knowledge. It focuses on managers on a strategic level, working in municipal social services. The aim was to gather an in-depth understanding of factors that influence how managers describe and perceive the use of knowledge, in their mission as a manager as well as in their organization.
A background to this issue is the longstanding debate about what type of knowledge that best would serve the purpose of social work. Strong political efforts have been made to implement evidence-based practice (EBP) in the social services in Sweden. The management of each municipality is a main target for these efforts.
The study was based on eight semi-structured interviews with managers in a Swedish municipality. The analysis was mainly based on two different types of theoretical perspectives. The first, focusing on the manager’s incentives and motives. For this Goffman’s dramaturgical approach to human interaction was used. The second perspective was aiming to complement with a broader view on factors with influence on a social and ideological level. Here Donileen R. Losekes constructionist perspective was used as an important analytical tool.
The result suggests that knowledge from superior sources, such as governmental policy reports, political directives, etcetera, is most important to managers on a strategic level. The analysis also indicates that the social services lack uniform principles and procedures for how decisions regarding use of knowledge are made. Further on that use of knowledge are closely interrelated to contextual factors.}},
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  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Kunskap och ledning inom socialtjänsten}},
  year         = {{2014}},
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