Roger A. Lohmann is professor of social work and chair of the nonprofit studies committee at West Virginia University. He is editor of Nonprofit Management and Leadership and the author of Breaking Even: Financial Management in the Financial Services and The Commons: New Perspectives on Nonprofit Organization and Voluntary Action, which won the 1993 outstanding book award by the National Society of Fund Raising Executives.Nancy Lohmann is professor of social work and Senior Advisor to the Provost at West Virginia University. Other administrative positions that she has held at West Virginia University include Dean of the School of Social Work, Assistant Vice President for Faculty Development, and Senior Associate Provost for Academic Affairs. She has served on the CSWE Accreditation Commission and Board of Directors and is co-editor of Transitions of Aging.

• The Ecology of Social Administration Introduction Social Administration and Community The Social Agency Social Administration and Organization Elements of Social Administration Leadership and Decision-Making The Process of Management Management Models The Process of Institutionalization Policy, Institutions, and Strategic Action Administrative Planning Implementation Operations Accountability Program Evaluation Communications and Information Administrative Communication Administrative Information Systems Empowerment Administrative Authority Power and Influence Marketing, Public Relations, and Advertising Personnel Systems Human Resources Financial Management Financial Inflows Budgeting Social Administration and Purchase of Service Contracts Ethics and Administration Human Diversity and Administrative Justice Governance Issues: Boards and Directorates Afterword

A major contribution to social work administration literature. -- Lawrence Martin Administration in Social Work A diligently researched, articulately presented, well-organized, lengthy, and scholarly book... valuable. Journal of Community Practice