"What do managers that work in personal social services do?" The purpose of research project is to answer this question by describing the daily activities of six Italian managers that work in personal social services. The research has combined two theoretical approaches, one related to describing the daily practices of management (Mintzberg, 1980, 2010) and the other to social work, “the relational social work” (Folgheraiter, 1998, 2011). The methodological choice to integrate different theoretical approaches was based on the idea of enriching the discussion of “what do managers in personal social services do?” which spans different disciplines. The two techniques used in this qualitative research are: “shadowing” (in which the researcher observes the subjects, taking notes of everything they say or do) and semi-structured interviews (in which the interviewer has a framework of themes to be explored). The integration of different theoretical approaches and the specific field of investigation allowed the identification of some of the specific managerial roles in personal social services and the points of view of social work managers about their job.

“Cosa fanno i manager che lavorano nei Servizi alla Persona?” Lo scopo del lavoro di ricerca è quello di rispondere a questa domanda attraverso la descrizione delle attività quotidiane di sei manager italiani che lavorano in Servizi alla Persona. La ricerca ha combinato due approcci teorici, uno relativo alle attività manageriali (Mintzberg, 1980, 2010) e l’altro che concerne il lavoro sociale, “il lavoro sociale relazionale” (Folgheraiter, 1998, 2011). La scelta metodologica di integrare differenti approcci teorici si fonda sull’idea di arricchire la discussione riguardo a “cosa fanno i manager nei Servizi alla Persona?”, oggetto che coinvolge diverse discipline. I due strumenti utilizzati nella ricerca qualitativa sono: shadowing (in cui il ricercatore osserva i soggetti prendendo nota di tutto ciò che essi fanno o dicono) e interviste semi-strutturate (in cui l’intervistatore ha una traccia che indica gli argomenti da esplorare). L’integrazione teorica e il campo specifico di indagine hanno permesso di identificare ruoli manageriali peculiari dei Servizi alla Persona e di far emergere il punto di vista di manager assistenti sociali in merito al loro lavoro.

Biffi, F., Il lavoro manageriale nei servizi alla persona, Erickson, Trento 2016: 160 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/94173]

Il lavoro manageriale nei servizi alla persona

Biffi, Francesca
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2016

Abstract

"What do managers that work in personal social services do?" The purpose of research project is to answer this question by describing the daily activities of six Italian managers that work in personal social services. The research has combined two theoretical approaches, one related to describing the daily practices of management (Mintzberg, 1980, 2010) and the other to social work, “the relational social work” (Folgheraiter, 1998, 2011). The methodological choice to integrate different theoretical approaches was based on the idea of enriching the discussion of “what do managers in personal social services do?” which spans different disciplines. The two techniques used in this qualitative research are: “shadowing” (in which the researcher observes the subjects, taking notes of everything they say or do) and semi-structured interviews (in which the interviewer has a framework of themes to be explored). The integration of different theoretical approaches and the specific field of investigation allowed the identification of some of the specific managerial roles in personal social services and the points of view of social work managers about their job.
2016
Italiano
Monografia o trattato scientifico
Erickson
Biffi, F., Il lavoro manageriale nei servizi alla persona, Erickson, Trento 2016: 160 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/94173]
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