In 1946, the United Nations inaugurated the Technical Assistance Programme, a new and international application of "mutual aid" and "self-help" principles. There are many aspects to these programmes, which focus particularly on raising standards of living through increased productivity in the "under-developed" countries. The present study singles out the social welfare activities only, starting in the Advisory Social Welfare Services (1946), and the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance which followed. The method adopted is twofold: (1) An examination of the major principles of Technical Assistance, (a) as enunciated in official statements of policy, and (b) as indicated in operational practice. The significance of the use of experts, U.N. fellowships, seminars, and demonstration projects is explored in this light. (2) The principles of Technical Assistance are compared, in broad terms, with the basic principles of social work. One of the important by-products of Technical Assistance Administration, an international survey of professional social work, and a definitive statement of the nature of social work skills, is referred to in this connection. As a means of highlighting the principles and methods of the advisory social welfare services, two countries are referred to as examples of a receiving country (Guatemala) and a contributing country (Canada). They serve in conclusion to illustrate the interrelatedness of welfare programmes with local needs, with education for social work, and with overall national policies. A major part of the material used for this study is derived from United Nations documents, available from library sources. It is supplemented by essential data from the United Nations Headquarters and from Canadian Government agencies concerned with participation in these programmes. Interviews with Canadian social welfare personnel who have participated in several of the programmes helped considerably to compensate for the need of first-hand material in the role of advisers, and the problems and procedures of fellowship and scholarship programmes. A number of points were also clarified by correspondence. The study reveals positive achievements in practical methods of promoting peace, which deserve greater publicity. Much more remains to be done; of most relevance for social work, however, is perhaps the need for increased professional writing on the field experience of social worker participants, and further research directed to analysis of methods, process, and results. / Arts, Faculty of / Social Work, School of / Graduate

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Call number: LD2668 .T4 1953 S23 / Master of Science

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1972. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ed. D.)--West Virginia University, 2001. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains ix, 168 p. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 160-168).

Thesis (Ph.D) -- Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, 1987. / Typescript. Vita. Bibliography: leaves 471-492. Access restricted to members of the Tufts University community. Also available via the World Wide Web;

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Teachers College, Columbia University, 1972. / Typescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: Margaret Lindsey. Dissertation Committee: James R. Sheffield. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 132-134).

CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeiÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel Superior / Os Sistemas Prediais HidrÃulicos e SanitÃrios (SPHS) vÃm se apresentando como um gerador frequente de problemas apÃs a entrega do imÃvel. Na ConstruÃÃo Civil, com a implantaÃÃo de sistemas da qualidade, o setor de ManutenÃÃo e AssistÃncia TÃcnica se apresenta como facilitador no acÃmulo de registros com esse teor, podendo servir como fonte de aprendizado para os empreendimentos posteriores. Todavia, nem sempre hà o repasse dessas informaÃÃes para o Setor de Projetos de SPHS. Desse modo, a presente pesquisa busca propor um modelo que sirva para a sistematizaÃÃo dessa retroalimentaÃÃo de dados entre o Setor de AssistÃncia TÃcnica da construtora e os escritÃrios de projetos desses sistemas. O trabalho foi dividido em trÃs etapas principais: a primeira consistiu em um estudo preliminar do problema a partir da anÃlise de arquivos em uma construtora cearense, de modo a confirmar o grau da presenÃa de reparos ligados aos SPHS, bem como da existÃncia de sinais de retroalimentaÃÃo. Posteriormente, a partir de observaÃÃes, de anÃlise de documentos e de entrevistas, realizou-se um estudo mais aprofundado na mesma construtora, de forma a descrever o fluxo da informaÃÃo no Setor de AssistÃncia TÃcnica da empresa, e desta para escritÃrio de projetos de SPHS. AlÃm disso, realizou-se uma anÃlise comparativa com outras duas construtoras locais, a fim de se obter um panorama coerente sobre esses processos. Com a identificaÃÃo, na primeira empresa estudada, da presenÃa de situaÃÃes que mostraram aprendizado e indÃcios de retroalimentaÃÃo a partir do Setor de AssistÃncia TÃcnica, analisou-se o grau de utilidade dos dados arquivados neste setor e, entÃo, na terceira etapa, foi proposta uma forma de registro dos reparos ligados aos SPHS, bem como um modelo para retroalimentaÃÃo dos projetos a partir desses dados. / The Hydraulic and Sanitary Building Systems ( SPHS ) often have presented problems after the property i s deliver ed . In Civil Construction, with the implementation of quality systems, the company's Technical Assistance department became a facilitator in managing records of complaints , which may serve as a source of learning to upcoming projects. However, thi s information is not always shared with the SPHS project department . Thus, this research aims at propos ing a model that serves to systematize data feedback between the construction compa ny's Technical Assistance department and the offices in charge of proj ects . Th is study was divided into three main phase s: the first was a primary analysis of files in a construction company from Ceara, Brazil to investigate the occurrence rate of repairs related to SPHS , as well as evidence o f feedback. Later, observations, analysis of documents and interviews took the study of the same construction company to a deeper level. These instruments also described the information flow in the company's Technical Assistance department , and between the company and the SPHS project of fice. Furthermore, a comparative analysis with two other Brazilian construction companies was conducted in order to obtain a coherent overview of these processes. In the first company, situations that point out to evidence of learning from data feedback sh ared by the Technical Assistance department were identified. Subsequently, an analysis of the degree of usefulness of the data archived in this sector was conducted. In the third step of this study, a model was proposed to record repairs related to SPHS, a s well as a model to incorporate feedback data from the construction company‟s Technical Assistance department into projects