Effective Implementation In Practice: Integrating Public Policy and Management

Chapter FiveOrganizations

Imagine that you are a program manager for a midsize nonprofit organization that provides job training services to the unemployed. Although you receive funding from the state to provide the services, you have considerable latitude about the way you structure those services. You recently attended a conference where you learned about a new evidence-based model for job training services that several other nonprofits have adopted. Should you adopt a similar model for your organization? You are an astute manager, and several questions come to mind. Would implementation of the new model require additional capacity, technology, or programming, or can you leverage and expand your existing program? Is expansion of your program ...