The act of spending in the human services industry is part of the small proportion of the public expenditure in America, especially when it is compared to the massive outlays for healthcare in the nation (Bunger, 2012). Using these standards, it is imperative to say that the field includes a nonprofit component which seems to be a minor lip of the political and economic landscape (Bunger, 2012). Looking at it in another angle, the human services sector is barely on the political consciousness horizon when the debate is on the ticket items like hospital care, social security, and others (Almog-Bar & Schmid, 2013). The article mainly examines a slow but great American revolution in human services for 5-10 years (Grønbjerg, 2001). It also gives a general overview of human services, what it entails, its size and how nonprofit organizations promote its growth (Almog-Bar & Schmid, 2013). Besides that, it also examines the vast trends in the dimensions looking at the role that the government regulations play. Nonetheless, it reviews where the developments entail changes in human services, compared to the activities in other fields (Grønbjerg, 2001). The human service field was developed during the 1930s during the Great Depression, and since then, it has continued to experience crucial changes that have been of great benefit to the people (Grønbjerg, 2001). The developments have been due to the priority that this industry has been given by the different governments and the public
The human service field has succeeded due to several things. The first is its flexibility despite the ever-changing estimates in his arena and the act of making it complicated using the mixed ownership structures that provide the services. The various classifications are measured and several databases are made to be available to facilitate these changes. The estimates have helped the arena succeed since fewer technical issues are involved (Haley-Lock, 2009). The article mainly uses the findings of the other researchers to determine the changes that have been experienced in the human service field, and it looks at their strengths and gaps. For instance, it looks at diversity in financial profiles among the people of different nonprofit human service agencies. It looks at how the larger agencies dominate the aggregate figures and how this brings a lot of money compared to most human service organizations.
The article then critically analyzes the findings by looking at whether what the researchers discovered has happened or a different thing has been taking place (Grønbjerg, 2001). It is a case study that discusses the implications of the interviews, observations, and critiques of the other work. It also looks at the similarity and differences in the findings by different researchers, meaning that it is a critical analysis of the past research. It is more of a theoretical text or case study since it does not contain original research. The human service industry has been commercialized. This has mainly been done due to the massive growth in the tax-based consumer subsidies (Grønbjerg, 2001). It shows that the human service industry is more flexible and changes depending on a shift in regulations and technology. Therefore, the article has had great insight on the topic, and it was extensive in its finding of the human service industry. It had gaps since the conclusions were not based on the original research but primarily on what others did. However, it was accurate in critically looking at the works of the researchers and the conclusion arrived at was more reasonable.
References
Almog-Bar, M., & Schmid, H. (2013). Advocacy activities of nonprofit human service organizations. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 43(1), 11-35. https://doi.org/10.1177/0899764013483212
Bunger, A. C. (2012). Administrative coordination in nonprofit human service delivery networks. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 42(6), 1155-1175. https://doi.org/10.1177/0899764012451369
Grønbjerg, K. A. (2001). The U.S. nonprofit human service sector: A creeping revolution. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 30(2), 276-297. https://doi.org/10.1177/0899764001302006
Greenway, M. T. (2002). The emerging status of outcome measurement in the nonprofit human service sector. Measuring the Impact of the Nonprofit Sector, 217-229. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0533-4_13
Haley-Lock, A. (2009). Variation in part-time job quality within the nonprofit human service sector. Nonprofit Management and Leadership, 19(4), 421-442. https://doi.org/10.1002/nml.230
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