Social Work, Critical Reflection and the Learning Organization

’This is one of the first social work books to explore the valuable concepts embedded in the idea of transforming social care organizations into learning organizations. From the perspective of the learning organization as an analytic tool, it does an excellent job of featuring the importance of reflective practice, making the transition from individual learning to collective learning (group and organizational), learning from service users, promoting continuous inquiry in the supervision of staff, and identifying management's role in creating an organizational culture of learning.’ Professor Michael J. Austin, University of California, Berkeley, CA ’This international contribution to the study of the relationship between individual and organizational learning, combining theoretical and policy analysis with case studies, will be a very valuable resource for managers, practitioners and students of social work.’ Professor Bill Jordan, University of Exeter, UK ’This is a superb edited collection and will be of great interest to educators, supervisors, training consultants and managers in social and human services.’ Social Work Review