Microsoft Word - sociology_body.doc

Change agents should be guided by the fundamental
guiding principles of the methods of social action or
social work. Whether the change agents work with an
individual person, i.e., casework, a social group, i.e.,
group work, or community, i.e., community organization,
they have to take into account the basic working
principles and approaches. In any case change agents
should play their roles as catalysts, leaders, organizers,
researchers, guides, counselors and brokers; and they
should carry out their duties in ethically and
professionally appropriate ways. They should also be
equipped with appropriate knowledge of relevant
theories, and be sensitive to the client systems culture,
social or community situations, institutional
arrangements, ecology, and other dimensions.