Human Service Organizations: Furman And Gibelman

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In this chapter the characteristics of human service agencies are explored. social work has been practice in organizational settings. this chapter also talk about the types of organizations, and the types of organizations are private, public and nonprofit organizations. Furman and Gibelman talk about the types of organizations in detail.

Furman and Gibelman (2013) explain the types of organization: public organizations are those who are concerned with social welfare and other agencies under government auspices, such as the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Department of Housing, and the Department of Public Health are created by legislative bodies at the local, sate, and / federal level.

Private organization includes both

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