John E. Tropman

Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professor of Social Work

John E. Tropman

Degrees

BA, Sociology, 1961, Oberlin College, OH;
MA, Social Work and Social Service Administration, 1963, University of Chicago, IL;
PhD, Social Work and Sociology, 1967, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

BioSketch

Professor Tropman's research focuses on the organizational elements that create high-performing human service (and other) organizations. Topics of special interest are entrepreneurship, effective group decision making, the person of the executive (executive director, chief professional officer, or chief executive officer), the problem of executive burnout and flameout, and organizational rewards systems. Tropman is also interested in culture in general, and organizational culture in particular. His book, The Catholic Ethic in American Society, addresses this issue. Other areas of research/scholarly interest: social welfare policy; community organization; planning.

Personal Information

Email

tropman@umich.edu

Web Sites

Personal Home Page

Mailbox

INDI

156

Location

Room:	4688 SSWB
Phone:	(734) 763-6275
Fax:	(734) 763-3372

University of Michigan
School of Social Work
1080 S. University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Selected Publications

Tropman, J., & Harvey, T. (2009). Nonprofit boards.

Gonzalez, R. P., Faller, K. C., Ortega, R. M., & Tropman, J. (2009). Exit interviews with departed child welfare workers: Preliminary findings. Journal of Public Child Welfare, 3(1), 40-63.

Tropman, J. E. (2008). Organizational theory. In K. M. Sowers & C. N. Dulmus (Eds.), The comprehensive handbook of social work and social welfare,

Tropman, J. E., Winfield, R., & Tropman, P. (2008). When illness comes to the corner office. Directors and Boards, 3, 28-30.

Rothman, J., Erlich, J. L., & Tropman, J. E. (2007). Strategies of community practice (7th ed.).

Tropman, J. E. (2007). Conducting effective meetings - A short guide for meeting managers and meeting participants. In D. Whetten, & K. Cameron (Eds.), Developing management skills (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Tropman, J. E., & Stotzer, R. L. (2006). Professionalizing social work at the national level. Affilia, 21(1), 9-27.

Tropman, J. E., Woolley, M. E., Zhu, L., & Smith, R. (2006). When supervisor and supervisee are of different disciplines: Guidelines and resources. In C. Franklin, M. B. Harris, & P. Allen-Meares (Eds.), The school services sourcebook: A guide for school-based professionals (pp. 1147-1156). New York: Oxford Press.

Woolley, M. E., Zhu, Smith, & Tropman, J. E. (2005). Supervising among different disciplines. In School social work and mental health worker's training and resource manual.

Tropman, J. E. (2005). Supervision and management in nonprofits and human services: How not to become the administrator you always hated. Eddie Bowers Publishing.