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@Article{Harris:2003,
  author  = "John Harris", 
  title   = "'Businessology' and Social Work",
  journal = "Social Work & Society",
  number  = "1",
  year    = "2003"
}

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Bibliographic Citation Social Work & Society, Volume 1, Number 1 (01.12.2003)
Title 'Businessology' and Social Work (eng)
Author John Harris
Language eng
Abstract There is a spectre stalking social work in many countries of the world. That spectre is the belief that social work needs to be reshaped in the image of capitalist business enterprises, what we might term business ideology or 'businessology'. Within that belief, the explicit or implicit assumption is that social work should, as far as possible, function as though it were a commercial business concerned with making profits. In those countries most affected, the culture of capitalism has colonised social work as business thinking and practices have been introduced. The embrace of businessology in social work is presented as a neutral trend, to which all social workers can be committed, namely, the modernisation of social work and making it more efficient through the application of distinctive and valuable expertise.
Subject Portrait of an Important International Leader in Social Work, IASSW, USA
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DDC 300
Rights DPPL
URN urn:nbn:de:0009-11-4005
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