Organizational Design, Culture, and Adaptation

Holden, M. J., Izzo, C., Nunno, M., Smith, E. G., Endres, T., Holden, J. C., & Kuhn, F. (2010). Children and residential experiences: A comprehensive strategy for implementing a research- informed program model for residential care. Child Welfare, 89(2), 131-49.

After reading the article, please answer the following questions.
1.What were the issues that led to the implementation of the program?
2.Describe the program.
3.How will the implementation of the program resolve the issues mentioned in the first question?
4.If you were the manager of this program, what would identify as the positive aspects?
5.What changes would you make to improve the program?

Assignment Expectations
1.Be sure to conduct additional research to gather sufficient information to familiarize yourself with the facts of the case and be sure to justify/support your position.
2.Limit your responses to a maximum of three pages.
3.Please support your discussions with scholarly support (3-5 references). Be sure to properly cite all references.
4.Apply critical thinking skills the assignment component.

Originality and use of directly quoted material
•The purpose of each assignment is for you to present your understanding and synthesis of the background material and key concepts. Accordingly, this must be accomplished substantially in your own words.
•Use directly quoted material sparingly and only when preserving the exact words of an author is necessary. For purposes of this course, rarely should directly quoted material represent more than 5-10 percent of your entire case paper’s content. Composing a paper patched together from mostly quoted material is not acceptable.
•Be sure to properly reference all directly quoted material and include the in-text citations. All paraphrased information also requires reference citations at the end of the paraphrased section.

Here is the list of references:

Holden, M. J., Izzo, C., Nunno, M., Smith, E. G., Endres, T., Holden, J. C., & Kuhn, F. (2010). Children and residential experiences: A comprehensive strategy for implementing a research- informed program model for residential care. Child Welfare, 89(2), 131-49.
Coddington, D. C., Fischer, E. A., & Moore, K. D. (2000). Characteristics of successful health care systems. Health Forum Journal. San Francisco: Nov/Dec 2000. Vol. 43, Iss. 6
Ghodeswar, B. M. & Vaidyanathan, J. (2007). Organisational Adoption of Medical Technology in Health Sector. Journal of Services Research. Gurgaon: Oct 2007-Mar 2008. Vol. 7, Iss. 2; p. 57. Note – please read only the first sections up to the “Discussion” section.
Applebaum, S. H. & Wohl, L. (2000). Transformation or change: some prescriptions for health care organizations. Managing Service Quality. Bedford: 2000. Vol. 10, Iss. 5; p. 279.