Title
              Professor of the Graduate School
          
            Department
                        School of Social Welfare
              
      
            Faculty URL
              http://socialwelfare.berkeley.edu/faculty/michael-j-austin
          
                  Email
              mjaustin@berkeley.edu
          
            Phone
              (510) 642-7066
          
                    
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                  Research Expertise and Interest
                            strategic planning,                  social welfare,                  social service management,                  organizational development              
      
            Research Description
              Michael Austin's teaching and research are in the areas of client-centered agency management, strategic planning, community organizing, and policy implementation in both the public social services and nonprofit Jewish communal organizations. Areas of interest and experience include managerial team-building, board development, organizational restructuring, modifying the agency's culture, interagency collaboration, and fostering consumer involvement.
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