This study was designed to evaluate the impact of the National Blueprint (NB) on the policies, programs, and organizational culture of selected national organizations. The theoretical model selected to assess the impact of the NB on organizational behavior was Burke's system theory of organizational change. Three organizations, AARP, the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), and the Admin...

The article examines the peculiarities of application individual and group training forms methods working with probation subjects in process implementing programs. At same time, attention is focused on ways increasing motivation activation cognitive activity participants, establishing socio-psychological communication, mechanisms providing feedback. purpose to reveal methodological foundations ...

Information systems (IS) programs, i.e., temporary organizations consisting of a coherent group of interrelated projects that are jointly coordinated for achieving a common set of goals and objectives, are growing in importance for implementing strategic IT-driven organizational initiatives. Yet we hardly understand the specific challenges associated with them. In this paper, we draw connection...

There are few studies of the availability and quality of adolescent-only treatment programs. Drawing upon existing samples of publicly and privately funded treatment programs, this research considers whether organizational characteristics are associated with the availability of adolescent-only programming and measures components of quality within these programs. Significant organizational corre...

Programs are demarcated as administrative structures established to realize planned organizational strategies through multi-project activities. Programs occupy a distinct locus in organizational hierarchy, so therefore necessitate specialized management approaches. Risks in programs tend to widen the gap between the organizational plans and the actual program realizations. However, effective ri...

BACKGROUND The impact of efforts by healthcare organizations to enhance the use of evidence to improve organizational processes through training programs has seldom been assessed. We therefore endeavored to assess whether and how the training of mid- and senior-level healthcare managers could lead to organizational change. METHODS We conducted a theory-driven evaluation of the organizational ...

The areas of leadership and organizational culture continue to capture the interest of researchers and practitioners alike. Some suggest that these two areas might hold the key to understanding and predicting organizational effectiveness. Others remain skeptical, offering that effectiveness is determined by a variety of factors, many of which fall beyond the scope of the leader's influence or t...

Complementary investment in information technology (IT) and organizational work practices enable a firm to respond strategically to competitive challenges. Specific combinations of these investments, as called for in organizational programs, are implemented in a coordinated manner to bring about a change more consistent with the external environment, resulting in improved firm performance. Whil...

Organizational wellness programs are on or off-site services sponsored by organizations which attempt to promote good health or to identify and correct potential health related problems (Wolfe, Parker, & Napier, 1994). The authors conducted a meta-analysis on studies that examined the effects of participation in an organizational wellness program (fitness or comprehensive) on absenteeism and jo...

The complexity of services and products has driven organizations to utilize programs to manage different kinds of development tasks that are far too complicated to be organized through single projects. In the multi-project organizing frame, coordination between the participating actors is one of the key factors that distinguish successful programs from unsuccessful ones. This dissertation focus...