This monograph is a description of a training course for human services personnel which covers a major function of comprehensive manpower development programs. It surveys several key issues in providing human services to the public: the legal, historical and social forces underlying human services; management concepts for program administration and evaluation; organizational factors in delivering services and community-agency interaction. The course sensitizes students to these topics and provides experience through simulations, in solving problems or organizing, delivering and researching human services. (Author)