Human Edge Information Technology and Helping People Book

Contents Foreword

• Preface
• Part I: The Foundations
• Chapter 1: Intercultural Technology Transfer
• Chapter 2: Information Technology and Helping People
• Information Technology: Concepts and Terms
• Information Technology: Trends and Impacts
• Information Technology and Helping People
• Part II: Views of Present and Future
• Chapter 3: External Views of Opportunities and Threats: The Keynotes
• The Network Revolution: Promises and Pitfalls in the Use of Information
• Ethics of Information Technology
• Emerging Trends and Issues in Decision Support Sustems and Related Technologies: Implications for Organizations
• Emerging Trends and Issues in DSS
• Impacts Upon and Implications for Organizations
• Chapter 4: Internal Views of Opportunities and Threats: Scenarios
• Problem Scenarios
• Keyword Index to Scenarios
•  Chapter 5: The State of the Art: Concepts, Applications, and Case Studies
• Information Technology Applied to Facilitating Practice
• Discussion
• Information Technology in Professional Preparation and Delivery of Services
• Discussion
• Information Technology in Support of Service-Delivery Decisions
• Discussion
• Information Technology in Direct Service to Clients
• Discussion
• Relevance of the Veterans Administration Decentralized Hospital Computer Plan to Social Work Practice
• Part Three: Issues and Options
• Chapter 6: Issues in Information Technology and Social Work: A Synoptic Overview
• The Leading Edge of Technology and the Growing Edge of Social Change: Past, Present, and Future Perspectives
• Blending Information Technology and Social Work: A Conceptual Framework
• Chapter 7: The Central Core: Information Technology, Social Work Practice, Social Work Education
• Mapping the New Horizons of Social Work Education and Practice
• Compiling an Encyclopedia of Ignorance: Explorations in Practice Roles and Professional Stance
• Information Technology and Education for Practice
• Information Technology and Social Work Education
• Computer-Assisted Instruction and Experiential Learning
• Information Technology and Social Work Practice: A Second Look
• Compiling an Encyclopedia of Ignorance: Explorations in Education for Practice
• Chapter 8: Values and Ethics
• Compiling an Encyclopedia of Ignorance: Explorations in Values and Ethics
• The Relationship of Values to Information Technology and Clinical Social Work
• International and Global Issues
• Chapter 9: Science and Knowledge
• Compiling an Encyclopedia of Ignorance: Explorations in Knowledge Needs and Technology Development
• Chapter 10: Management and Resource Development
• Compiling an Encyclopedia of Ignorance: Explorations in Organizational and Resource Problems
• Barriers to Progress: A Sampling
• Chapter 11: Actions and Applications
• Opportunities and Threats: A Sampling
• Compiling an Encyclopedia of Ignorance: Explorations in Opportunities, Threats, and Actions
• Principal Conference Agreement
• Appendixes, References, Bibliography, Index