: Describe theories that human service organizations may have used in their design and implementation of a human service program.

People are generally familiar with the range of human service organizations that form their community’s “safety net”. Some organizations in the community network provide assistance to families and children, others may help people who are homeless or who have disabilities of some kind. People also have a general notion of how these organizations are organized, e.g., staffing, services, funding.

This first assignment asks you to use management theories reviewed in the readings as a “lens” with which to describe a human service organization in your community.

1. Select an HSO in your community you are familiar with either as an employed staff member or as a client of the organization or simply a member of the community. Conduct an online search of the organization and describe the organization in terms of the community need it seeks to address, the population served, the program services it offers.
2. Using the text and suggested readings, discuss the various theories the organization would use to design and implement program services. Since every program has multiple dimensions, your response should include theories for those multiple dimensions, e.g., the internal and external dimensions of an organization. For reference, use the competing values framework to outline your discussion.
3. Describe the leadership theories that might characterize the leadership of the HSO to provide services