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Social Workers As Social Change Agents: Social Innovation, Social Intrapreneurship, And Social Entrepreneurship, Monica Nandan, Manuel London, Tricia Bent-Goodley Apr 2019

Social Workers As Social Change Agents: Social Innovation, Social Intrapreneurship, And Social Entrepreneurship, Monica Nandan, Manuel London, Tricia Bent-Goodley

Monica Nandan

This article explores and describes social innovation, social intrapreneurship, and social entrepreneurship practiced by social workers within human service organizations. Each year, the nature and complexity of clients’ problems and challenges experienced by communities continuously evolves and grows. These challenges call for social workers to lead and facilitate social change that can have a lasting impact on communities and people. The authors report findings from an exploratory, descriptive study conducted with ten social workers on these practices. The findings point to the need to develop and integrate these contents within social work education and further promote dual-degree graduate programs.


Community Practice Social Entrepreneurship: An Interdisciplinary Approach To Graduate Education, Monica Nandan, Manuel London, Terry C. Blum Feb 2015

Community Practice Social Entrepreneurship: An Interdisciplinary Approach To Graduate Education, Monica Nandan, Manuel London, Terry C. Blum

Monica Nandan

The rapidly changing global environment for community practice social workers (CPSWs) has challenged these practitioners to devise innovative intervention strategies. Some practitioners are utilising community organising, community planning, community development and policy practice intervention strategies simultaneously to create sustainable changes and are unwittingly, or purposefully, acting as social entrepreneurs. This article delineates similarities between community practice social work and social entrepreneurship – orientation and behaviours – and introduces the concept of community practice social entrepreneurship (CPSE). The authors propose interdisciplinary venues to teach graduate students in social work and in other disciplines skills for practicing as community practice social entrepreneurs.


Interdisciplinary Professional Education: Training College Students For Collaborative Social Change, Monica Nandan, Manuel London Feb 2015

Interdisciplinary Professional Education: Training College Students For Collaborative Social Change, Monica Nandan, Manuel London

Monica Nandan

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a rationale for developing interprofessional competencies among graduates from professional and graduate programs, so that they are well prepared to participate in local, national and global social change strategies. Design/methodology/approach – After reviewing the literature on strategic social change initiatives the authors briefly describe two such initiatives: corporate social responsibility initiatives and social entrepreneurial ventures. After reviewing the interprofessional literature from various disciplines and professions, the authors categorized them into “competencies,” “rationale,” “conceptual framework,” “principles” and “challenges.” An examination of exemplar pedagogy from this body of literature suggests ways to …


Interprofessional Practice And Education: Holistic Approaches To Complex Health Care Challenges, Monica Nandan, Patricia Scott Feb 2015

Interprofessional Practice And Education: Holistic Approaches To Complex Health Care Challenges, Monica Nandan, Patricia Scott

Monica Nandan

The incidence of chronic health conditions continues to rise worldwide. As a result, many groups and decision makers are calling for greater use of interprofessional health care teams and education to effectively address the social, psychological, biological, environmental, and economic dimensions inherent in these health care challenges. This article examines interprofessional practice (IPP) and interprofessional education (IPE) and addresses the following questions: (1) What is IPP; (2) What is IPE; (3) What competencies are necessary to effectively engage in IPP; (4) Who should be educated to serve on IPP health delivery teams; and (5) What educational model can best prepare …


Social Entrepreneurship And Social Work: The Need For A Transdisciplinary Educational Model, Monica Nandan, Patricia Scott Feb 2015

Social Entrepreneurship And Social Work: The Need For A Transdisciplinary Educational Model, Monica Nandan, Patricia Scott

Monica Nandan

Increasingly, human service agencies are facing revenue shortfalls, which are endangering important social programs. Unless human service leaders find sustainable revenue sources to support programmatic efforts, their programs will remain financially unstable. Social entrepreneurship (SE), which balances organizational economic and social goals, offers one possible solution. Unfortunately, very few human service administration programs offer SE training, and those that do utilize a mono-disciplinary education model. In truth, effective SE requires skills/knowledge that traverse various academic disciplines and community groups. The authors recommend that human service administration programs collaborate and offer transdisciplinary, problem-based SE programs to prepare human service administrators.


Community Based Services, Monica Nandan Dec 2013

Community Based Services, Monica Nandan

Monica Nandan

No abstract provided.


Occupational Social Work In The United States, Monica Nandan, A. Kirk Dec 2013

Occupational Social Work In The United States, Monica Nandan, A. Kirk

Monica Nandan

No abstract provided.


Interprofessional & Interdisciplinary Practice, Monica Nandan Dec 2013

Interprofessional & Interdisciplinary Practice, Monica Nandan

Monica Nandan

No abstract provided.


Social Innovation, Monica Nandan Dec 2013

Social Innovation, Monica Nandan

Monica Nandan

No abstract provided.


Preparing Strategists And Innovators For Nonprofits In 21st Century: An Interdisciplinary Model, Monica Nandan, P. Scott Oct 2011

Preparing Strategists And Innovators For Nonprofits In 21st Century: An Interdisciplinary Model, Monica Nandan, P. Scott

Monica Nandan

No abstract provided.


Service Learning And Community-Based Partnerships: A Model For Teaching Macro Practice Social Work, Monica Nandan Dec 2010

Service Learning And Community-Based Partnerships: A Model For Teaching Macro Practice Social Work, Monica Nandan

Monica Nandan

No abstract provided.


Social Work Curriculum For The 21st Century; In The National Network For Social Work Managers, 6 (1), 4-5, Monica Nandan, P. Scott Dec 2010

Social Work Curriculum For The 21st Century; In The National Network For Social Work Managers, 6 (1), 4-5, Monica Nandan, P. Scott

Monica Nandan

No abstract provided.


Innovations In An Economic Downturn: From Social Work Practice To Social Entrepreneurship, Monica Nandan Oct 2010

Innovations In An Economic Downturn: From Social Work Practice To Social Entrepreneurship, Monica Nandan

Monica Nandan

No abstract provided.


Are Social Workers Social Entrepreneurs?; In Missouri News, 33 (3), 13, Monica Nandan Dec 2007

Are Social Workers Social Entrepreneurs?; In Missouri News, 33 (3), 13, Monica Nandan

Monica Nandan

No abstract provided.


Evolving Needs Of Mature Consumers: Responsiveness Of Product Designers And Marketers, Monica Nandan, S. Nandan Dec 2007

Evolving Needs Of Mature Consumers: Responsiveness Of Product Designers And Marketers, Monica Nandan, S. Nandan

Monica Nandan

No abstract provided.


"Waves" Of Asian Indian Elderly Immigrants: What Can Practitioners Learn?, Monica Nandan Dec 2006

"Waves" Of Asian Indian Elderly Immigrants: What Can Practitioners Learn?, Monica Nandan

Monica Nandan

No abstract provided.


Cross-Cultural Perspectives In Thanatology: Through A Prism Of Religious Faiths, Monica Nandan Dec 2004

Cross-Cultural Perspectives In Thanatology: Through A Prism Of Religious Faiths, Monica Nandan

Monica Nandan

No abstract provided.


Adaptation To American Culture: Voices Of Asian Indian Immigrants, Monica Nandan Dec 2004

Adaptation To American Culture: Voices Of Asian Indian Immigrants, Monica Nandan

Monica Nandan

No abstract provided.


Multicultural Competence With Asian Indian Immigrants: Clarion Call For Social Workers; In National Committee On Racial And Ethnic Diversity (Ncored Network News) 5 (1), 2-4, Monica Nandan Dec 2004

Multicultural Competence With Asian Indian Immigrants: Clarion Call For Social Workers; In National Committee On Racial And Ethnic Diversity (Ncored Network News) 5 (1), 2-4, Monica Nandan

Monica Nandan

No abstract provided.


What Is The State Of Youth, Social Services And Corporate Giving?, A. Jones, Monica Nandan Dec 2004

What Is The State Of Youth, Social Services And Corporate Giving?, A. Jones, Monica Nandan

Monica Nandan

No abstract provided.


Developing A Professional Image For Social Work: Role Of Marketing, J. Beck, Monica Nandan Sep 2004

Developing A Professional Image For Social Work: Role Of Marketing, J. Beck, Monica Nandan

Monica Nandan

No abstract provided.


Why Social Workers Should Devise A Seamless Service Delivery System For Clients And Tax-Payers?, Monica Nandan Dec 2002

Why Social Workers Should Devise A Seamless Service Delivery System For Clients And Tax-Payers?, Monica Nandan

Monica Nandan

No abstract provided.


Quality Of Life: Has It Changed Over A Generation?, Monica Nandan, S. Nandan Dec 1998

Quality Of Life: Has It Changed Over A Generation?, Monica Nandan, S. Nandan

Monica Nandan

No abstract provided.


Evolution Of Co-Ops: Lessons And Application For The American Context, Monica Nandan, S. Nandan Dec 1998

Evolution Of Co-Ops: Lessons And Application For The American Context, Monica Nandan, S. Nandan

Monica Nandan

No abstract provided.


Childcare Cooperatives: Lucrative Alternative For Women On Welfare, Monica Nandan, S. Nandan Dec 1997

Childcare Cooperatives: Lucrative Alternative For Women On Welfare, Monica Nandan, S. Nandan

Monica Nandan

No abstract provided.


Role Of Cooperatives: Lessons From A Third World Country, Monica Nandan Sep 1997

Role Of Cooperatives: Lessons From A Third World Country, Monica Nandan

Monica Nandan

No abstract provided.


Styles Of Teamwork: Implications On Commitment, Tqm And Quality Of Care, Monica Nandan Feb 1997

Styles Of Teamwork: Implications On Commitment, Tqm And Quality Of Care, Monica Nandan

Monica Nandan

No abstract provided.


Commitment Of Social Service Staff Members: An Exploration, Monica Nandan Dec 1996

Commitment Of Social Service Staff Members: An Exploration, Monica Nandan

Monica Nandan

No abstract provided.


Understanding Certified Nursing Assistant's Quality Of Work Life And Ramifications For Improving Morale And Reducing Turnover, Monica Nandan, D. Feinauer Feb 1996

Understanding Certified Nursing Assistant's Quality Of Work Life And Ramifications For Improving Morale And Reducing Turnover, Monica Nandan, D. Feinauer

Monica Nandan

No abstract provided.


Quality Of Work Life And Quality Of Care Through Teams: Social Work Perspective, Monica Nandan, S. Nandan Feb 1995

Quality Of Work Life And Quality Of Care Through Teams: Social Work Perspective, Monica Nandan, S. Nandan

Monica Nandan

No abstract provided.