Assessing Outcomes How do you determine the “success” of a human services program? Part of your role as an administrator is to collaborate with your staff to determine how a particular program’s effectiveness will be measured. The outcomes must be clear, realistic, and feasible, and how the outcomes will be assessed must be clear also….
Use of Group Designs in Program Evaluation Group programs are common in social work. Just as with other types of programs, social workers must understand the options available to them and know how to select the appropriate research design. Required Readings 1. Dudley, J. R. (2014). Social work evaluation: Enhancing what we do. (2nd ed.)…
esigning a Plan for Outcome Evaluation Social workers can apply knowledge and skills learned from conducting one type of evaluation to others. Moreover, evaluations themselves can inform and complement each other throughout the life of a program. This week, you apply all that you have learned about program evaluation throughout this course to aid you…
Case Study 1: Creating a Safety Culture at Border Transportation Border Transportation, located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, is a company that specializes in the delivery of medical equipment and supplies to hospitals, clinics, and medical supply companies in the Southwest and in Mexico. The majority of employees at Border Transportation are sales representatives, warehouse…
Instructors and professors often comment that they learn much more about their subject matter when they begin to teach it. When they try to explain the topic to someone else they begin to connect concepts in new ways. They anticipate questions that students might ask, consider different viewpoints, and think more critically. For this Discussion,…
Case Study #7 On November 1, 2016, a 67 year-old male, Tom Preston, arrived at the emergency department of the local hospital in Madison, Wisconsin. He was complaining of shortness of breath and had a fever of 100.8 degrees Fahrenheit. He also had a swollen, red area on his right calf that when palpated felt…
Thoroughly read the case. It is recommended that you read 2-3 times.(West Jet: A Social Media Strategy P43) Prepare a 5-page report (12-point font, double spaced not including the title page or reference page), that addresses the following questions: How has WestJet’s social media efforts evolved over time and assisted with being a corporate voice…
A- Specifying A-1. How has the experience of faith, or, put another way, the self-understanding of things that really matter (such as one’s way or relating to God, things of ultimate concern, the meaning of life, what happens when we die, and so on) changed over time? Be very specific and focus on particular aspects….
After reading the IMAA article this week on Effective Management of Change during Mergers and Acquisition, review the case study noted within the article on item 7. It is about a merger between AOL and Time Warner in 2001. There is a chart listed with the summary that shows the cultural differences between the two…
Week 8 Final Project – Strategic Assessment Project (PowerPoint presentation plus References page) Goal: Develop and present via PowerPoint a strategic plan for your organization, integrating various concepts, components and processes presented throughout this course. Submit the presentation (ppt or pptx) along with a References page (.doc) that verifies sources used. Introduction: Managers who want…
