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In the early 1970s, Jack Rothman's work on community organization practices introduced the concept of models for community intervention practice. Over the decades, the classifications of other American and Canadian authors have been added to the initial classification of models of social planning, local development and social action. Each of these authors contributed to further characterize the practices of community intervention traditionally associated with the field of social action. The accumulated knowledge allows today to propose a more refined classification of the practices of social action according to three strategies: emancipatory, cooperative-persuasive and confrontational.
Keywords: action sociale, défense collective de droits, modèle d'intervention, intervention communautaire, changement social, stratégies, tactiques, social action, social advocacy, models of practice, community practice, social transformation, strategies, tactics
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Strategic human resource management involves managing human resources so that they best contribute to the realization of an organization's business strategy. Authors who have written on this subject — and their number is increasing — suggest that a directrelationship exists between the business strategy of an organization and its HR management Systems. The few empirical studies on the subject reveal a different picture since the idea of a directrelationship between the business strategy and HR management Systems was found to be weak and even questionable. Perhaps no directrelationship can be found because there is simply no such relationship. Perhaps it exists, but the measures are inadequate. Perhaps the relationship is only indirect. Or perhaps HR Systems are related more closely to other phenomena. The last two explanations are examined in this article. In particular, the authors argue that (1) the relationship between HR Systems and business strategy is indirectand (2) other factors, in particular the socialfactor,may have a strong influence. It is believed that these two hypotheses help in providing richer explanations of reality than that which has been traditionally proposed. The hypotheses also help in opening up new areas of research. More specifically, the presence of a «social» policy may explain why some HR activities are implemented because the «social strategy» helps align HR management with the social environment of the organization. Changes in the area of employee rights provide a vivid example. According to many authors, a major change is presently under way regarding employee rights. More and more, employees expect greater respect for their individual rights: free expression, job security, fairness and equity, privacy, access to information, participation in decisions that affect them, and so on. The employer has at least three choices for meeting this wave of demands: (1) refusal, (2) tolerance, and (3) acceptation. As soon as an employer recognizes a particular employee right, he is compelled to recognize another one which is embedded in it. This fundamental right is a «right to justice» because it aims at ensuring respect for other individual rights. This is why a number of employers have already put in place a variety of justice Systems, also called: «Internal Dispute Resolution Systems».
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In Ontario, as elsewhere in Canada, a discourse of prevention aimed specifically at young people permeates the fields of health and social services. This discourse encourages the use of evidence-based approaches, including psychotherapy, to intervene with children and adolescents whose behaviors are perceived to be problematic or at risk. The use of these approaches is often prescribed to prevent mental health problems in young people. In this perspective, this article analyzes the processes that lead social workers in French-language secondary schools in Ontario to apply intervention techniques to manage the behaviors of students. Based on a theoretical and critical approach that combines the notion of bio-power with labeling theories, the microsociological analysis focusses on the discourses of social workers and the roles of various actors in the recent implementation in schools of the Ontario government's mental health strategy.
Keywords: santé mentale, école secondaire, biopouvoir, théorie de l'étiquetage, intervention, travail social en milieu scolaire, mental health, high school, biopower, labeling theory, intervention, school social work