SCWK 8885 Management of Organizations Serving Children, Youth, and Families

Required for Macro Social Work students in the Children, Youth and Families Field-of-Practice; elective for others. An advanced practice course for macro students that emphasizes personnel management skills that promote employee well-being and organizational effectiveness, financial management skills including budgeting and cost analysis, and strategic fund-raising with a focus on revenue sources that support child and family services. Multiple theoretical approaches to leadership are examined, as well as organizational change, the supervisory process and the use of power and authority, and effective application of the diversity model for the inclusive workplace.

Course overview

Department
Social Work
School
SSW
Credits
3
Level
Graduate
Offered
Every Fall

Catalog details

Prerequisites
SCWK8800
Corequisites
SCWK9943 or permission

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Course evaluations

Response-weighted averages from Boston College’s official course evaluations (Avalanche/Blue).

Course rating
3.81 / 5 · Very Good
46 responses
Instructor rating
4.51 / 5 · Excellent
46 responses
Terms evaluated
5
Most recent: Fall 2025

Scales: overall ratings run from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent); agreement questions from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree); weekly effort from 1 (up to 1 hour) to 5 (10 or more hours).

Evaluations by term and instructor
TermInstructorCourse overallInstructor overallWell organizedClear learning objectivesIntellectually challengingHelpful assignmentsApplicable beyond courseAttendance necessaryWeekly effortResponses
Fall 2025Shannon Lee4.74.74.64.64.64.84.84.61–3 hrs/week9 of 10
Fall 2024Shannon Lee4.34.94.54.44.44.14.64.84–6 hrs/week8 of 13
Fall 2023Shannon Lee—————————9 of 11
Fall 2022Shannon Lee3.34.64.04.23.84.34.54.31–3 hrs/week13 of 20
Fall 2021Shannon Lee3.04.04.34.23.14.04.33.41–3 hrs/week7 of 14

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-10-09. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors

  • Shannon Lee
    Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021 · Official rating 4.51/5