This document provides instructions for an assignment on applying empowerment principles to a human services organization. Students are asked to discuss 12 empowerment principles from a textbook and evaluate how they could apply these principles in their ideal human services agency. They must specifically address how the agency would include clients in decision making, decrease powerlessness and increase access/quality of services, ensure diverse needs are met, and evaluate organizational efficacy through feedback from clients, groups, and staff. The paper should be 1,050-1,400 words and follow APA style guidelines.

1. Empowerment Approach to Human Service Management Paper
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Review
the 12 principles presented by Hardina et al. in the section
titled "Humans Service Organizations and Empowerment" in
Ch. 4 of
Management of Human Service Programs
. Additional resources may
be used.
Discuss
the principles that characterize an empowerment approach to
human service management.
Evaluate
how you might apply these principles to the developmental
processes of your own Ideal human service organization.
Write
a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper that applies the principles
presented by Hardina et al. to your ideal human service
organization.
Specifically, address the following:
How clients will be included in the organizational decision-
making processes
How your ideal agency will decrease a sense of powerlessness
among consumers and increase access and quality of services
for clientele
The measures your ideal human service agency will take to
ensure that diverse cross-cultural needs are met

2. The following areas of diversity: socioeconomic background,
culture, age, gender, sexual identity, spirituality, disability, and
other unique differences
The ideological belief systems of a manager who espouses
empowerment for the overall agency, staff members, and
clientele
How the concepts of team building and collaboration are met
within the organization
The strategies for consistent evaluation of organizational
efficacy that includes strategic feedback from clients,
community constituency groups, and staff members within the
agency
Format
your report consistent with APA guidelines.