This course is designed to appraise the policy and organizational context of human service organizations and management and to explore major theories and perspectives on organizational analysis and management practice. Students will be able to develop creative and appropriate responses to organizational and management situations in relation to different social work settings.

This course helps students to understand and appreciate similarities and diversities of human behaviour from a diversity and anti-oppression perspective, particularly with respect to social and cultural differences, and the challenges and strengths of young people in the local context.

This course critically examines current theories in working with people and their families facing psychiatric disabilities and provides opportunities to build on existing social work experiences in order to develop a more integrated model for practice. Students will be enabled to understand the current development and research in mental health and to examine their implications for social work practice in Hong Kong.

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The dissertation provides opportunity for students to develop and complete a research project of either literature or empirical based relevant to their own specialism.  Students may focus on a specific area such as a selected service target, application of a practice theory, exploration of a topic or issue, management practice or service policy.  The dissertation topic is treated with rigour and depth, appropriate to work at postgraduate level.