Month: March 2023

Functions of social policy Social Policy cannot be analysed solely by looking at individual measures; rather these can only be understood by looking at the underlying role and function. A first step is to recognise a fundamental shift during the… Read More

When we speak of rational behavior, we should remember that our focus in this discussion is not on making decisions, but rather on how to support the process of making decisions. Managers are change agents, not just decision makers, so… Read More

MEANING OF DECISION MAKING PROCESS MEANING OF DECISION MAKING The thought process of selecting a logical choice from the available options When trying to make a good decision, a person must weight the positives and negatives of each option, and… Read More

ECONOMIC domain: mode of production – relation of production (mode of ownership of means of production) e.g. agrarian society vs industrial society will have different modes of welfare (see above) economic structure: proportions of the various components of agriculture, industries… Read More

Definitions of social welfare : Dolgoff,R. & D.Feldstein (1980) Understanding Social Welfare, P.91: “In its narrowest sense, social welfare includes those nonprofit functions of society, public or voluntary, which are clearly aimed at alleviating distress and poverty or at ameliorating… Read More

Progressive Era Social Welfare Policy During the Progressive Era, the period from about 1890 to 1920, reformers made concerted efforts to address the many critical social problems that resulted in human deprivation. The period saw the development of an array… Read More

ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL POLICIES – Click to view FEATURES OF SOCIAL POLICIES – Click to view RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL WELFARE DEVELOPMENTS AND SOCIO- ECONOMIC- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT – Click to view STAGES OF DECISION MAKING PROCESS – Click to… Read More

MEANING OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION It’s a process of involving community to participate in project initiation decision making, planning, implementation,  benefit sharing and evaluation all of giving the community to action the phase of project. IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION It makes… Read More

Meaning of project evaluation Refers to the process of identifying or finding out the worthiness of the project during implementation and after. Its also judging the achieved results i.e. the effectiveness and the management of the project  should be concerned… Read More

Once the project has been planned and the project  proposal  has been developed  and accepted  and required funds  or resources   obtained  the challenges  ahead is project  Implementation. The challenge  is to undertake  project activities  with the budget  time schedule  and… Read More