Maxims for Management: Manifesting Christian Principles as Supervisors, Managers and Administrators
Managers at all levels in human service organization, both secular and church-related, must be able to apply appropriate administrative principles in carrying out their roles. Managers who are Christians should strive to make sure the administrative principles they employ reflect the values of their faith.
This workshop will identify a number of "maxims for management," or fundamental administrative principles that embody Christian values, and can guide the day-to-day performance of human service managers at all levels.
As a result of this training, participants will be able to:
1. Apply concepts from the literature in the field of management to develop a framework to guide management practice at all levels
2. Apply concepts from their Christian belief system to develop a framework to guide management practice at all levels
3. Articulate 15-20 maxims for management congruent with management literature and Christian principles, that can serve as a theoretical framework to guide management practice at all levels.
Frank B. Raymond, Ph.D., MSW, is Dean Emeritus and Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the College of Social Work at the University of South Carolina. He graduated from Wake Forest University with a major in religion. He then received the MSW degree from the University of North Carolina, and the Ph.D. degree in social work from Tulane University.
From 1959 until 1965, Dr. Raymond served as pastor of Hillcrest Baptist church in Danville, Virginia. He subsequently began a ministry in the field of social services. During his social work career he has worked in public welfare, at the V.A. Hospital, the Federal Probation Office, the Department of Psychiatry at Tulane Medical School, and the Louisiana Narcotics Rehabilitation Commission. In 1972 he began service as a professor of social work in the College of Social Work at the University of South Carolina, and served as Dean of this college from 1980 until his retirement in 2002.
Dr. Raymond has chaired or served on numerous boards, committees, and task forces concerned with human services. He has published five books related to administration, technology and social work education, as well as over 200 book chapters and journal articles in areas such as management, program evaluation, technology, social work education, educational administration, corrections, health care, and child abuse.
Dr. Raymond has been a member of the North American Association of Christians in Social Work, the National Association of Social Workers, the Council on Social Work Education, the National Association of Deans and Directors of Schools of Social Work, and the International Consortium for Social Development. He has held major leadership positions in most of these organizations.