Large-system change initiative: transformation in progress at the California Department of Corrections

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The continuing growth of inmate populations is prompting correctional systems to examine and adopt various methods to cope with changes and foster a systematic transformation. At the California Department of Corrections (CDC), a cultural-transformation initiative has been in progress since 1991 in order to improve staff interaction. The Treatment of People Initiative provides the system with a new culture to support people values in the workplace. However, highly bureaucratic systems, such as the CDC, limit the ability of individuals and teams to learn, adapt and change accordingly.

Management, California. Department of Corrections

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Organizational termination and policy continuation: closing the Oklahoma Public Training Schools

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The termination of Oklahoma State Training Schools for reliant, needy and uncared-for children is studied in order to determine the usefulness of existing policy termination models. Even though the establishment and bureaucracy of the state training schools in Oklahoma ended, the procedure of institutionalization and detention through the use of admission to psychiatric hospitals and treatment centers exists. This case provides additional supporting evidence of the usefulness of deLeon's termination model and Herbert Kaufman's theory of organizational evolution.

Social aspects, Criticism and interpretation, Special education, Organizational research, Policy sciences, Kaufman, Herbert

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Bubble or boom

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The corporate social responsibility debate move toward recognizing that all organizations share a common responsibility to consider the impacts of their activities on the interests of those affected by them. The government is responsible for creating the policy environment that defines and encourages responsible behavior.

Corporate social responsibility

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