Peter Munn
Biographic Data
| ID | 6468515 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter Munn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Munn |
| SIGNATURE | MUNN P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Australia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Rural Social Work
This paper discusses issues relating to the practice of front-line practitioners in rural social work. It identifies issues such as centralised decision-making, living and working in the community, establishing an identity and competitive tendering. It briefly addresses these well-known issues and discusses some potential approaches including working with informal networks and the leadership role of social workers in social development to create …
Rural Community Context of Service Coordination
This article discusses the views identified in the literature on service coordination and those from research undertaken through focus groups held in nine different communities in rural South Australia. There are particular factors relating to the rural context of coordination that will influence the coordination process and this is the focus of this article
Factors influencing service coordination in rural South Australia
This paper discusses those factors identified in both the review of literature and from the results of nine focus groups held in rural communities that influence service coordination. The paper shows that the practice wisdom of service coordination is congruent with the findings from research on this topic. It discusses the facilitators, inhibitors and triggers to service coordination within these communities. Informal networking and the support …
Practising Accountancy in the Country
Working as a professional – Country style
Additional informationNotes on contributorsJanet SawyerJanet Sawyer has held the position of Lecturer in Accountancy, School of Accounting, University South Australia - Whyalla for the past six years, specialising in financial accounting and reporting Being located at the Whyalla Campus has helped her to develop an interest in the particular characteristics of practising accountancy in the country.Peter MunnPeter Munn is Pnncipaf Lecturer in Char…
Tumby Bay – An Integrated Community Development Approach for Managing Change
This study seeks to highlight the response made by the people of Tumby Bay to the extremely negative publicity the town received in an article in The Advertiser, South Australia’s only daily newspaper, in 1991. The township, whilst believing that this publicity was inaccurate, was concerned about the social impact of the rural recession upon its community. Families were leaving the district. Stress levels amongst families that chose to stay were …
Consultancy work
Social workers, as part of their education, are required to show competence in interpersonal skills and a depth of understanding about human relations and organisational dynamics. It is thus surprising that they have such a low level of involvement in consultancy work, especially with in-house programs offered to industry. Are we too involved in day-to-day issues? Are we reluctant to break new ground? There is an increasing recognition by employe…
Locally Based Resource Funding
Additional informationNotes on contributorsPeter MunnPeter Munn is Principal Lecturer in Social Science at the Whyalla Campus of the University of South Australia. He is particularly interested in co-ordination and integration of services in rural and remote areas which is the subject for his PhD studies at James Cook University of Northern Queensland
Reader's comment
In Australian Social Work, June 1992, Cheers gives an overview of ‘Rural Social Work and Social Welfare in the Australian Context’. This is an important contribution to our understanding of working in rural and remote areas in Australia. Over the past five years Cheers, through his published articles, has been instrumental in increasing our knowledge base of the requirements for social workers to be effective in these areas. In giving an overview…
Changing Seats in a Medium-Sized Remote Community
This paper addresses the implications of social workers changing their position within the same medium-sized remote communities (that is, approximately 20,000 - 30,000 people). This issue has particular relevance to these communities, yet would not be relevant to the same extent in larger cities. Social workers who have changed their position within this sized community (Whyalla) completed a questionnaire examining what they perceived to be the i…
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Factors influencing service coordination in rural South Australia
This paper discusses those factors identified in both the review of literature and from the results of nine focus groups held in rural communities that influence service coordination. The paper shows that the practice wisdom of service coordination is congruent with the findings from research on this topic. It discusses the facilitators, inhibitors and triggers to service coordination within these communities. Informal networking and the support …
Reader's comment
In Australian Social Work, June 1992, Cheers gives an overview of ‘Rural Social Work and Social Welfare in the Australian Context’. This is an important contribution to our understanding of working in rural and remote areas in Australia. Over the past five years Cheers, through his published articles, has been instrumental in increasing our knowledge base of the requirements for social workers to be effective in these areas. In giving an overview…
Rural Social Work
This paper discusses issues relating to the practice of front-line practitioners in rural social work. It identifies issues such as centralised decision-making, living and working in the community, establishing an identity and competitive tendering. It briefly addresses these well-known issues and discusses some potential approaches including working with informal networks and the leadership role of social workers in social development to create …
Changing Seats in a Medium-Sized Remote Community
This paper addresses the implications of social workers changing their position within the same medium-sized remote communities (that is, approximately 20,000 - 30,000 people). This issue has particular relevance to these communities, yet would not be relevant to the same extent in larger cities. Social workers who have changed their position within this sized community (Whyalla) completed a questionnaire examining what they perceived to be the i…
Rural Community Context of Service Coordination
This article discusses the views identified in the literature on service coordination and those from research undertaken through focus groups held in nine different communities in rural South Australia. There are particular factors relating to the rural context of coordination that will influence the coordination process and this is the focus of this article
Practising Accountancy in the Country
Consultancy work
Social workers, as part of their education, are required to show competence in interpersonal skills and a depth of understanding about human relations and organisational dynamics. It is thus surprising that they have such a low level of involvement in consultancy work, especially with in-house programs offered to industry. Are we too involved in day-to-day issues? Are we reluctant to break new ground? There is an increasing recognition by employe…
Comment When the helper needs help
Changing Seats in a Medium-Sized Remote Community
This paper addresses the implications of social workers changing their position within the same medium-sized remote communities (that is, approximately 20,000 - 30,000 people). This issue has particular relevance to these communities, yet would not be relevant to the same extent in larger cities. Social workers who have changed their position within this sized community (Whyalla) completed a questionnaire examining what they perceived to be the i…
Locally Based Resource Funding
Additional informationNotes on contributorsPeter MunnPeter Munn is Principal Lecturer in Social Science at the Whyalla Campus of the University of South Australia. He is particularly interested in co-ordination and integration of services in rural and remote areas which is the subject for his PhD studies at James Cook University of Northern Queensland
Reader's comment
In Australian Social Work, June 1992, Cheers gives an overview of ‘Rural Social Work and Social Welfare in the Australian Context’. This is an important contribution to our understanding of working in rural and remote areas in Australia. Over the past five years Cheers, through his published articles, has been instrumental in increasing our knowledge base of the requirements for social workers to be effective in these areas. In giving an overview…
Consultancy work
Social workers, as part of their education, are required to show competence in interpersonal skills and a depth of understanding about human relations and organisational dynamics. It is thus surprising that they have such a low level of involvement in consultancy work, especially with in-house programs offered to industry. Are we too involved in day-to-day issues? Are we reluctant to break new ground? There is an increasing recognition by employe…
Working as a professional – Country style
Additional informationNotes on contributorsJanet SawyerJanet Sawyer has held the position of Lecturer in Accountancy, School of Accounting, University South Australia - Whyalla for the past six years, specialising in financial accounting and reporting Being located at the Whyalla Campus has helped her to develop an interest in the particular characteristics of practising accountancy in the country.Peter MunnPeter Munn is Pnncipaf Lecturer in Char…
Tumby Bay – An Integrated Community Development Approach for Managing Change
This study seeks to highlight the response made by the people of Tumby Bay to the extremely negative publicity the town received in an article in The Advertiser, South Australia’s only daily newspaper, in 1991. The township, whilst believing that this publicity was inaccurate, was concerned about the social impact of the rural recession upon its community. Families were leaving the district. Stress levels amongst families that chose to stay were …
Practising Accountancy in the Country
Rural Social Work
This paper discusses issues relating to the practice of front-line practitioners in rural social work. It identifies issues such as centralised decision-making, living and working in the community, establishing an identity and competitive tendering. It briefly addresses these well-known issues and discusses some potential approaches including working with informal networks and the leadership role of social workers in social development to create …
Rural Community Context of Service Coordination
This article discusses the views identified in the literature on service coordination and those from research undertaken through focus groups held in nine different communities in rural South Australia. There are particular factors relating to the rural context of coordination that will influence the coordination process and this is the focus of this article
Factors influencing service coordination in rural South Australia
This paper discusses those factors identified in both the review of literature and from the results of nine focus groups held in rural communities that influence service coordination. The paper shows that the practice wisdom of service coordination is congruent with the findings from research on this topic. It discusses the facilitators, inhibitors and triggers to service coordination within these communities. Informal networking and the support …
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