Hanne Dauer Keller

A Context of Learning in the Workplace

It seems to be generally acknowledged that the efficiency of knowledge-based organizations depends upon a continuous development of the competence of the employees. In social work too, the continuous development of competence is crucial. The general conditions on which social workers try to provide help to the citizens are marked by frequent changes of laws and regulations. In addition to this instability, social workers’ expertise is often exposed to criticism from several sides. Furthermore, it can be demonstrated that — whatever the reasons might be — many clients do not benefit from the help provided by the social system and mediated through the interpretations and actions of the social workers. The continuous change of tasks and work conditions together with the recurrent criticism of social workers’ professionalism point to a general need for development of competence in social work.

Leadership in Relational and Distributed Practice: General and Historical Perspectives

This book presents a leadership perspective based on relations rather than individuals. By implication, leadership should not be understood as the effect of a leader’s unique personal abilities. Instead it should be seen as an umbrella term covering a number of specific organisational tasks that are embedded in and developed through organisational actors’ cooperation. Within this relational perspective, however, the formally appointed leader may still be positioned at the centre of the analysis. This chapter is largely based on a perspective that is often called distributed leadership (cf. e.g. Jeppesen 2013; Nielsen 2008) refecting the fact that leadership tasks have to some degree become distributed across the company or institution.

Interview som evalueringsmetode

Interview er en af de forskningsmetoder, man kan anvende til at indsamle empiriske data om et givet faenomen. Den tematiske samtale, som et kvalitativt interview former sig omkring, egner sig til en aben evaluering, hvor man gerne vil opna dybde i undersogelsen og laere noget gennem den, og ikke blot konstatere noget. Dermed bliver det centrale i anvendelsen af interview som evalueringsmetode parallelt med dets anvendelse i andre former for forsknings- og udviklingsarbejde: at undersogelsen skal vaere metodologisk solid savel som praktisk tilgaengelig og anvendelig.