ORGANIZATIONAL ANALYSIS OF CENTERFORCE 1 Abstract Centerforce, a non - profit operating since 1976, was analyzed in terms of how the following affects the outputs and success or failure of the organization: interactions between staff, process of strategy development and implementation, organizational culture, leadership and motivational approaches, and style of leadership of individual teams. Two current program managers and three current staff members were interviewed about the organization during one on one meetings. Centerforce was found to be an organization with great assets in the commitment of its staff, the support they provide to each other, and its long history. The current financial insecurity of the organization combin ed with …show more content…
· Evaluate and share innovative best program practices. · Collaborate with key stakeholders, including those involved in corrections, to achieve our goals. ORGANIZATIONAL ANALYSIS OF CENTERFORCE 6 cards and flowers at the office. The staff person immediately wrote a letter to him clearly stating that the nature of their relationship was a professional one, what services she had agreed to provide, and that he must cease sending her any letters or other correspondence. To reinforce these boundaries, staff is careful in all interactions to have professional body language with their clients, never hugging or touching them. A lso, they do not share any personal information about themselves with the clients. Maintaining positive , professional relationship s with the on the ground correctional staff is extremely important for CF to be able to continue to be allowed to provide services in the prisons and jails. While in the prisons and jails, staff must never argue with officers, always follow what they request of them, and respond respectfully and professionall y to any
Identify some core values of this organization as best as you can. What do they believe in (beyond organizational success or profitability)? How might their revealing these values to customers and employees create opportunities to exceed expectations? How can they translate core values into actions to produce A-plus value, thus strengthening relationships?
I personally know someone who is a correctional officer, and he told me about how stressful but rewarding his job is. My compeer told me that he has the chance to see people come into the facility with hardships and problems and then sees the same person leave with a whole new outlook, and their life turned around. To keep his code of ethics in tact, respect must be given to the inmates and he cannot utilize any form of discrimination. When people feel that respect is being given to them they tend to give it back, which would keep some piece in the Prison/Jail.
In the post-civil war era until World War One lived many elites who prided themselves on their shoddy and commercialized wealth, which can also be said about the current political climate existent in America today. In the era termed “The Gilded Age,” by one Mark Twain, there also thrived a great deal of political corruption due to huge amounts of money that existed in the economy, similarly to our current political climate. Due to an influx of immigrants that localized to urban areas such as Chicago there were high concentrations of people in relatively small areas creating problems for the welfare of people (“Gilded Age Scandal and Corruption”). As it is the government’s responsibility to aid those in need, it was still not enough for many. In causality, organizations were created to fill the gap between government could provide and what the people needed. These organizations did things like “giving material assistance to new arrivals, got people jobs, provided necessities for families in distress,
Correctional organizations whether it is local, state, or federal will all have numerous different masteries as well as many different staff members that complete those different tasks. The text (Carlson) explains that prison and or jails are both expected to accomplish several sometimes-conflicting goals when dealing with inmates. Among many of those, punish, incapacitate, and rehabilitate as well as deter others from violating society’s rules (Carlson & Garrett, 2008, p. 195). The concept that "all employees of a correctional institution
scenario with this picture in mind. Before speaking to the manger, the staff member was
At any given time, a single corrections officer, can expect to be outnumbered by upwards of 400 inmates (Conover, 2011). It can be chilling to work in the midst of hundreds of inmates, some of which initiate attacks and inappropriate relationships. However, other issues have impacted the psychological health and physical safety of the staff. Detrimental factors have included heavy workloads, the prisons physical structure, and a lack of support from both peers and superiors. Each workplace issue has been in addition to role problems, specifically role ambiguity and role conflict (Schaufeli & Peeters, 2011). It is believed that anyone of these undesirable facets of prison should be enough to deter the public from attempting to enter such
The organization pays attention to ensure the success of development programs, and strives to attract, develop and retain a world-class technical and functional work force.
Services are provided by highly qualified, cooperating with each other, mutually respectful and stable staff,
The people it hired were well aligned with its straregy. They spend significant amount ensuring the person they are interviewing understands the culure and will be a good fit.
It all started back in 1929, the depression era. The stock market had recently crashed and people were desperate for hope. Unemployment was at its all time high, more than one fourth of the U.S population was unemployed and gradually increasing. At the time of when the depression first began, President Herbert Hoover was in power. During the depression people would wait in long lines just for a few bites to eat. Volunteers would hand out food to the hopeless and hungry people, these were commonly known as Soup kitchens in “Hoovervilles” . The soup kitchens and the help efforts that were in place during the depression were named after the president of the time. The struggles did not get any better until the start of the CCC, The Civilian Conservation Corp.
Describe the child care center’s most important company strengths and core competencies. What factors will make the center succeed?
Hospital AB and Health Center is a community based acute care general hospital. The hospital is proactive in seeking methods to identify and provide all sources of community benefit and charity care. The mission of the hospital as stated in administrative service manual policy 726 (2005) is “With caring and compassion, we will improve the health and quality of life of the people we service.” The purpose of existence of the hospital is the commitment to patients and community to first understand their needs, second to provide services that meet these needs; and third, the recognition that service and clinical excellence are only achieved if they are delivered with caring and compassion.
Annelise Larson is a passionate Organization Development (OD) professional who obtained her Master of Business Administration degree from Saint Thomas University in 2011 (A. Larson, personal communication, October 8, 2014). She has been employed by Tennant Company, a global manufacturer of industrial and commercial
The organization has a broad range of business sectors that would be very difficult to imitate. This sets this sets them above and beyond competition.
This will ensure that the time and money invested in training and management development is linked to the mission or core business of the organization (Watad & Ospina,