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Elements of Social Work Generally, element is an essential part or characteristic of something. Social work also has certain elements that are essential component for the social work practices.  Element   provides family support, counseling and consultation from the social worker. We believe that every client will be empowered and enhance their well being and improve the quality of their lives.   1.    Client (People) A client can be a male, female of third gender individual, who may be of any age that is willing to take human/social welfare services. So, as to cope up/ adjust with his/her problematic situation or to solve it as much as possible. So it is to be understood that a client is a person who has problem(s) (Bothering him/her in performing one’s social roles) and has agreed to take services from a human/social welfare agency in order to maintain ones social functioning and roles.   2.     Social Worker (Professional) A social worker is a professional individual

Social Work is an independent social science: As an independent science it has its own different kind of social field, frontier, history, philosophy, knowledge, principles, code of ethics, values, systems, tools, techniques, and methods. And it’s not a branch of any other sciences. The subject matter of this discipline is concerned with interaction between people and their environment which affects the ability of people to accomplish their life tasks, alleviate distress, and realize their aspirations and values. As a social science, it has scientific methods to deal with social problem related to individual, family, group and community. The Social Work has its’ own characteristics and due to its distinct characteristics, the Social Work known as independent discipline. The major characteristics are mentioned below with the ideas of Farkey O. William. A)     Focus in on the wholeness and totality of the person; (Need to understand about person and his/her surrounding environme

Principles of Good Governance Generally, good governance has been attributed mutually inclusiveness and re-enforcing eight major characteristics. These not only provide structure but also instruments of ensuring good governance. These are: participation, rule of law, transparency, responsiveness, consensus oriented, equity and inclusiveness effectiveness and efficiency and accountability (UNDP-1997) Participation Representative democracy preserves every citizen's rights to participate in the management of public affairs regardless of caste tribes, language, religion and ethnicity. It also emphasizes on participation of both men and women in society's affairs. It not only calls of freedom of expression and association but also calls for providing opportunity and power to participate in and influence decision making functions of the government at all levels. Rule of Law Good governance must run in accordance with law. To prove guarantee of rule of law, jud

Definition of Decentralization Various scholars define decentralization in their own ways: L.D. White: "The transfer of powers of administrative authority from lower to higher level of government is called centralization and covers decentralization." Chamber's Twentieth Century Dictionary defines: "Decentralization is the process of transferring the functions a central government to the local."  M.P. Sharma defines: " The fewer subordinate centers decision on organization has the more centralization there would be." Dwight Waldo opines: "In centralized administration, the co-ordination is at top with resulting delays, jealousies and jurisdictional disputes. In decentralized administration, the aim is to create a whole purpose, personalities and instrumentalists which is greater than the sum of the various constituent elements." Cheema and Rodinelli define: "Decentralization refers to transfer of

What is research process ? Broadly, a research process is very similar to undertaking a journey. Suppose you want to go out for a drive. Before you star, you must decide where you want to go and then which route to take. If you know the route, you do not need to consult a map but, if you do not know the route then you need to use a map. Your problem is compounded if there is more than one route. You need to decide which one to take. Similarly, for a research journey there are also two important decisions to make. The first is decide what you want to find out about or in other words, what research questions you want to find answers to. Having decided upon your research questions or research problems, you then need to decide how to go about finding their answers. The path to finding answer of research questions constitutes research methodology. Just as there are sign posts along the way as you travel to your destination, so there are practical steps through which you must pass o

Inductive and Deductive Approach in Research Inductive Approach  Once an enough amount data have been collected,researcher will then take a breather from data collection, stepping back to get a birds eye view of data. At this stage, the researcher looks for patterns in the data, working to develop a theory that would explain those patterns. Thus, when researcher take an inductive approach they start with a set of observations and then move from those particular experiences to a more general set of those experiences.In general terms, inductive approach move from data to theory, or from the specific to the general.  For example; - Ram is a smoker and  he has lung cancer. - Hari is a smoker and he has lung cancer. - Sita is a smoker and she has lung cancer. So, we can conclude that lung cancer is caused by smoking. Deductive Approach In deductive approach, researchers take the step described earlier for inductive research and reserve their order. They start with a soc