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Principle and Core Values of Administration

Harleigh Trecker defines social administration as a process of working with people to release and relate their energies to accomplish the goal of providing needed community services and programs. These services are also called social welfare and include activities by voluntary and government agencies that seek to prevent or alleviate social problems and improve well-being. Trecker outlines 17 core principles of social administration, including principles focused on social work values, community needs, agency purpose, cultural setting, purposeful relationships, professional responsibility, participation, communication, planning, organization, delegation, coordination, resource utilization, change, and evaluation.

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Principle and Core Values of Administration

Harleigh Trecker defines social administration as a process of working with people to release and relate their energies to accomplish the goal of providing needed community services and programs. These services are also called social welfare and include activities by voluntary and government agencies that seek to prevent or alleviate social problems and improve well-being. Trecker outlines 17 core principles of social administration, including principles focused on social work values, community needs, agency purpose, cultural setting, purposeful relationships, professional responsibility, participation, communication, planning, organization, delegation, coordination, resource utilization, change, and evaluation.

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PRINCIPLE AND CORE VALUES

OF
SOCIAL ADMINISTRATION
( HARLEIGH TRECKER )

PRESENTATION BY:
CATHERINE NICART
EDMON ANTONIO
What is Social Administration?
TRECKER (1971) DEFINES SOCIAL ADMINISTRATION AS A “PROCESS
OF WORKING WITH PEOPLE IN WAYS THAT RELEASE & RELATE THEIR
ENERGIES SO THAT THEY USE ALL AVAILABLE RESOURCES TO
ACCOMPLISH THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING NEEDED COMMUNITY
SERVICES & PROGRAMS”.

THESE “COMMUNITY SERVICES & PROGRAMS” ARE SOMETIMES


CALLED SOCIAL WELFARE.

SOCIAL WELFARE DENOTES: THE FULL RANGE OF ORGANIZE


ACTIVITIES OF VOLUNTARY & GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES (INCLUDING
SELF HELP ORGANIZATION) THAT SEEK TO PREVENT, ALLEVIATE, OR
CONTRIBUTE TO THE SOLUTION OF RECOGNIZED SOCIAL PROBLEMS
(NEEDS OR CONCERNS) OR TO IMPROVE THE WELL-BEING OF
INDIVIDUALS, GROUP OR COMMUNITIES (ZASTROW, 1989).
TRECKERS DEFINITION INCLUDE THE FF.CONCEPTS COMMON TO
OTHERS AUTHORS:

❑ ADMINISTRATION IS A CONTINUOUS, DYNAMIC PROCESS

❑ THE PROCESS IS SET INTO MOTION IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH A


COMMON GOAL

❑ THE RESOURCES OF PEOPLE & MATERIAL ARE HARNESSED SO THAT


THE COMMON GOAL CAN BE ACHIEVED

❑ COORDINATION & COOPERATION ARE THE MEANS BY WHICH THE


RESOURCES OF PEOPLE & MATERIAL ARE HARNESSED

❑ IMPLICIT IN THE DEFINITION ARE THE ELEMENTS OF PLANNING,


ORGANIZING, STAFFING,MONITORING & EVALUATION AND LEADERSHIP
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF SOCIAL ADMINISTRATION
(HARLEIGH TRECKER)

1. THE PRINCIPLE OF SOCIAL WORK VALUES

2. THE PRINCIPLE OF COMMUNITY AND CLIENT


NEEDS

3. THE PRINCIPLE OF AGENCY PURPOSE

4. THE PRINCIPLE OF CULTURAL SETTING

5. THE PRINCIPLE OF PURPOSEFUL RELATIONSHIP

6. THE PRINCIPLE OF AGENCY TOTALITY


BASIC PRINCIPLES OF SOCIAL ADMINISTRATION
(HARLEIGH TRECKER)

7. THE PRINCIPLE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY

8. THE PRINCIPLE OF PARTICIPATION

9. THE PRINCIPLE OF COMMUNICATION

10. THE PRINCIPLE OF LEADERSHIP

11. THE PRINCIPLE OF PLANNING

12. THE PRINCIPLE OF ORGANIZATION


BASIC PRINCIPLES OF SOCIAL ADMINISTRATION
(HARLEIGH TRECKER)

13. THE PRINCIPLE OF DELEGATION

14. THE PRINCIPLE OF COORDINATION

15. THE PRINCIPLE OF RESOURCE


UTILIZATION

16. THE PRINCIPLE OF CHANGE

17. THE PRINCIPLE OF EVALUATION

18. THE PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH


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