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Showing 1 to 20 of 47 for “"organizational capacity"”.
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The Business of Education: Organizational Capacity In School Districts
… difficult to measure. Therefore, final organizational outcomes for nonprofits and school districts are difficult to report upon because current statistical effectiveness measurements (such as test scores and graduation rates) do not give a complete picture of school district …
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The Role of Evaluation Policy in Organizational Capacity to Do and Use Evaluation
… between evaluation policy and evaluation capacity building (ECB). This study sought to explore the role of evaluation policy in building, or in impeding, organizational capacity to do and use evaluation. Through three interconnected studies—a review of an extensive sample of evaluation …
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"Exploring the Dimensions of Organizational Capacity for Local Social Service Delivery Organizations Using a Multi-Method Approach"
Organizational capacity is a concept that has garnered increased attention from the public and nonprofit management literature in recent years. Capacity, broadly defined as the ability of an organization to fulfill its goals, has been of particular focus of scholars interested in understanding the …
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THE IMPACT OF A CROWDSOURCING APPARATUS ON ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY IN THE NONPROFIT CONTEXT: THE CASE OF BAR-KAYMA
… among nonprofit organizations impacts their capacity. The study drew on Hall et al.’s (2003) conceptual model, in which the capacity of a nonprofit organization is determined by its financial, human resources, and structural capitals.</p> <p>Bar-Kayma (BK), a nonprofit umbrella organization …
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Organizational Capacity to Absorb External Knowledge: An Exploratory Study of Public and Nonprofit Decision Makers' Perceptions of Impediments and Facilitators
… The learning process model of absorptive capacity was used as an a priori framework for the analysis of the interviews. This model recognizes the influences of environmental conditions, knowledge characteristics, learning relationships, mental models, structures and processes, and …
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The effect of organizational capacity on urban redevelopment outcomes : the case of the Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles and the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza
… seeks to answer the following questions: * What organizational features (i.e. types of leadership, structure, etc.) are significant in executing successful urban redevelopment projects? * To what extent does organizational capacity make certain projects successful? Primary research question: What …
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The Role of Trust in Neighborhood Recovery: Examinations from New Orleans’ Recovery from Hurricane Katrina
… of neighborhood levels of social capital, organizational capacity, particularized racial trust and generalized trust on the mean level of household recovery in Orleans and St. Bernard Parish neighborhoods. Results suggest that neighborhood organizational capacity and several measures of …
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The Development of a Survey to Assess the Type of Capacity within Nonprofit Sport Organizations
The topic of organizational capacity and organizational capacity-building has gained importance among Canadian nonprofit sport organizations. This is illustrated by practitioners calling for increased attention to the capacity-building matters of nonprofit organizations, and two critical Canadian …
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Capacity and transformational development within the 2005 Canada Summer Games host society
Although capacity has been used in recent federal government accords and policies related to the voluntary and amateur sport sectors, there is little consensus over the meaning of the term. Consequently, the purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore the concept of organizational …
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Examining Professional Development at the Organizational Level through the Lens of Teachers and Administrators
… teachers' and administrators' perceptions of the organizational capacity during an initial implementation of a systemic change in professional development at a K-8 school. Educational reform acts such as the No Child Left Behind Act of 2002 pressure public school systems to increase student …
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Corona crisis effects on Icelandic sport clubs in terms of human resource, finance and structural capacity
… to serve their members. Troubles with financial capacity can have negative effects on human resource, and infrastructure and process capacities, and vice versa. Corona crisis decreased sport clubs’ income and put extra pressure on volunteers. The study explores organizational capacity at …
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A Portrait and Critical Analysis of the Structures, Practices and Culture of One Traditional High School
… structures, practices, and culture; a lack of organizational capacity for change and progress; and the presence of latent reforms within the school. Study implications suggested the need for careful examination of professional knowledge and beliefs, the context and impact of tracking, ethical …
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Determination of the Capacity Building Framework that Support a Collaborative Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Program
… and organizations need to first have the capacity or the potential to build capacity as a ‘unit.’ The purpose of this study was to concretely examine different factors and domains within Matachi’s Capacity Building Framework related to the Farmacy Garden in order to replicate the program …
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Risk, Oil Spills, and Governance: Can Organizational Theory Help Us Understand the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill?
… in charge of managing this technology lacked the organizational capacity to safely operate within this sociotechnical system.</p>
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Power and political process: The case of the Ivanpah Airport
… data and document analysis I argue that the organizational capacity of the state and its relative autonomy enabled state actors to dominate the airport's development process by defining the need and setting the agenda for the project. Additionally, state officials acquired the land for the …
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Identifying and Exploring Capacity and Readiness of Faith-Based Organizations Implementing Lifestyle-Related Chronic Disease Health Programs
… recognized a growing need to improve FBO capacity and readiness to design, deliver, and sustain programs more effectively. Methods: This research includes three phases: 1) preliminary research to gain the perspective of FBO, community, health and research partners actively involved in …
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The Evolution of Urban Community Development Corporations in Response to Contemporary Challenges and Opportunities
… and availability of land, inadequate funding and organizational capacity were significant barriers in both cities. In Richmond, increasing competition, NIMBY and staff retention were other barriers. In Atlanta, securing community buy-in, the permitting process, and the growing need for affordable …
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Addressing the Disparaity of Outcomes for Economically Disadvantaged Students at Central Intermediate School: An Applied Research Study Related to the Implementation of AVID Process
… had a positive impact on collaborative organizational capacity toward bettering outcomes for all students.
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The role of leaders in building organizational learning capacity
… Finding a way to tap into the learning capacity of the people who comprise their organizations may be the answer to adapt and to survive. This qualitative research study explored the role of leaders in building this organizational learning capacity. The literature identified three …
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Performance management in Kenya's public service
… factors namely; political will and leadership; organizational capacity; administrative culture; and managers’ interests and attitudes, were investigated. While acknowledging the interrelatedness and even overlapping of the factors, the study demonstrates that there is explanatory power to each …
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