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• Ecomap


  A tool used in social work for assessing a person's background, exploring the quality of relationship between family members, and explaining behavioral patterns in children, adolescents, and even adults
• Arrow


  Indicates a stressful relationship between the family members
• Group


  Two or more persons in a relationship of psychic interaction, whose relationship with one another may be abstracted and distinguished from their relationships with all others so that they may be thought as an entity
• Purpose of the Group

  • To teach the individual to live and work together and participate in the activities for their intellectual emotion and physical growth
  • To develop individual personality and behavior by using different group work process
  • To prepare the individual to learn how to take responsibility in an autocratic style of working
  • To prepare people for social change
• Performing


  The stage where group members are able to evolve, their capacity, range, and depth of personal relations expand to true interdependence. The group should be most productive
• Support Group


  A type of Group whose major purpose is to meet member's socio-emotional needs
• Geographic community

  An aggregation of individuals and families settled in fairly compact and contiguous geographical area, with significant elements of common life as shown by manners, traditions and modes of speech
• Organizational Structure


  The setting up of the framework or structure of the different units of the system to carry out or perform distinct tasks for the attainment of the goals of administration
• Organizational Structure

  The pattern or network of relationships between the various positions and the individuals holding such positions
• Line and staff organization


  A group of persons act as a body and perform functional, staff, line duties
• Bureaucratic


  A model of organization in which the chain of command is from top to bottom
• Span of control


  The limit of as to the number of people a person can supervise well, usually from five to seven, is a good number
• Work specialization/ division of work

  Jobs must be related, functions must not overlap, functions must be specific, every assignment must be within the range of accomplishment, and all functions of every unit must be assigned to specific persons
• Frederick Taylor


  Known to be the Father of Scientific Management, a theory of management that analyses and synthesizes workflows (the 3 major theorist under classical theory)
• Max Weber


  Proponent of standard Bureaucracy: bureaucracy is the basis for the systematic formation of any organization and is designed to ensure efficiency and economic effectiveness
• Elton Mayo


  Father of human relations; productivity is improve with good working relations
• Douglas McGregor


  Proponent of Theory X: democratic, theory Y: Coercive, theory z: both
• Courtship

  A social process engaged in by two individuals. It is a progressive commitment leading to a succession of event towards the development of a stable interpersonal relationship
• Ethnocentrism


  The belief that one's own culture is superior and correct in comparison to others
• Family of choice


  A family type that best characterizes the definition/nature of a family of choice
• Neolocal


  A family type based on residence where the couple decided to permanently reside with their 3 children at Cantilan, Surigao del Sur
• Contingency theory


  A theory that suggests that the effectiveness of any organizational action- a decision, for example- is determined in the context of all the other elements and conditions in the organization at the time the action is taken
• Formalization


  The degree to which jobs within the organization are standardized
• Interview


  A conversation with a purpose
• Biopsychosocial approach


  Breaks down human behavior into several components that involves a person's biological, psychological, and social functioning
• Systems theory


  Useful in understanding systems theory since the structure of a social system is described as a network
• Conflict theory


  A theory that views social behavior from the perspective of conflict and tension among two or more groups
• Ethnocentrism


  Belief that one culture is superior to others and that culture serves as the norm by which others should be judged
• Family

  A social group characterized by common residence, economic cooperation, and reproduction
• Functionalist perspective


  A framework that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability
• Family of origin

  The family into one was born. It is ones' biological family
• Family of choice


  A type of family that includes such as significant others, domestic partners, friends, and coworkers
• Family of procreation


  The family a person forms through marriage and/ or childbearing
• Biologically based theories


  Theories which address children's physical development, and social-relationally based theories, which address interactions between children and their parents, are highly useful for understanding and intervening in child abuse, particularly with young children
• Physical violence


  Acts that include bodily or physical harm
• Group


  Two or more individuals in face-to-face interaction, each aware of his or her membership
• Social action groups


  Groups that directed to bringing changes in the larger environment to reduce oppression
• Network and support groups


  Groups that can assist members in reducing feelings of social isolation and in recognizing their strengths by helping members to connect with others
• Energizer


  A role that provokes group to take action performed by a group member
• Norms


  Standards of behavior shared by their members that express what they ought not to do under certain circumstances and help members know what to expect