Communimetrics

Author : John S. Lyons
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2009-06-19
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780387928227

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Communimetrics by John S. Lyons Pdf

Measurement in human services means one thing: how well the effort serves clients. But the data doesn’t exist in a vacuum and must be communicated clearly between provider and client, provider and management, and across systems. During the past decade, innovative communimetric measures have helped more than 50,000 professionals worldwide in health care, justice, and business settings deliver findings that enhance communication on all sides. Now, the theory and methods behind this fast-paced innovation are available in this informative volume. Communimetrics presents information in an accessible style, and its model of measurement as communication bolsters transparency and ease of interpretation without sacrificing validity or reliability. It conveys a deep appreciation for the unique position of service delivery systems at the intersection between science and management (and between quality and quantity), and shows readers how to create measures that can be used immediately to translate findings into practical action. This must-have volume offers readers the tools for understanding—and applying—this cutting-edge innovation by providing: The theoretical base for communimetrics. Practical illustrations comparing communimetrics with traditional methods. Guidelines for designing communimetric measures and evaluating their reliability and validity. Detailed examples of three widely used communimetric measures—the Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS), the INTERMED, and the Entrepreneurial League System Assessment as well as detailed explanations for how they are used and why they work. Applications used in a range of settings, including children’s services, adult mental health, services for the aging, and business and organizational development. Communimetrics provides a wealth of real-world uses to a wide professional audience, including program evaluators, quality management professionals, enterprise managers, teachers of field research methods, and professionals involved in measurement and management design. It also makes an exceptionally useful text for program evaluation courses.

Author : John S. Lyons
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783031077814

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Transformational Collaborative Outcomes Management by John S. Lyons Pdf

Transformational Collaborative Outcomes Management (TCOM) is a comprehensive, multi-level conceptual framework for system management and improvement. This book provides a comprehensive understanding of TCOM by using person-centered, collaborative processes for decision making. The issue with current human services systems is that there is a lack of access to care and that the system is focused on providing services as cheaply as possible. TCOM focuses on helping the greatest number of people while maximizing effectiveness. By fully understanding the nature of the business of helping, the author seeks to offer ways to create and sustain effective and positively evolving helping systems. He lays out a series of goal-directed social change processes which allow people at every level of a system to begin a shift towards transformational practice and the emergence of transformational systems. Building on three decades of work in a large community of scholars and practitioners, this book will represent the first full description of the conceptual framework and will appeal to an interdisciplinary group of scholars across nonprofit management, healthcare management, and social work.

Author : Thomas S. Lyons,John S. Lyons,Julie A. Samson
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030779207

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Entrepreneurship Skill Building by Thomas S. Lyons,John S. Lyons,Julie A. Samson Pdf

This book explores the sea change in thinking about how to educate students of entrepreneurship, uses extant theory to develop a conceptual model of entrepreneurship skill development, describes an assessment tool for operationalizing this model, discusses how this tool can be utilized to develop entrepreneurship skills, and offers examples from the application of our approach in educational settings. It concludes with implications of this methodology for furthering both entrepreneurship education and the research that shapes it. The authors present an entrepreneurship skills assessment tool, which uses a theory of measurement that breaks from psychometrics (predictive approaches) and honors the volatility and uncertainty that characterizes entrepreneurship. This assessment tool can be used to integrate curriculum and co-curricular activities to ensure skill development. Focusing on a methodology for the measurement and development of entrepreneurship skills, this book will serve as a valuable resource to researchers and students alike.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105045248890

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Federal Funds Authorized Under Title III and IV-C of The Elementary and Secondary Education Act by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education Pdf

Author : Andrea Fiorillo,Umberto Volpe,Dinesh Bhugra
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 553 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780198723646

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Psychiatry in Practice by Andrea Fiorillo,Umberto Volpe,Dinesh Bhugra Pdf

Psychiatry in Practice: Education, Experience, and Expertise provides detailed advice and useful tips for early career psychiatrists, and all others who wish to enhance their practical psychiatry skills. Each chapter is written by prominent early career psychiatrists from around the world, offering relevant and timely advice to those who are newly qualified, as well as a global perspective on the practical issues faced today. Covering a variety of topics from 'Psychiatric Emergencies' to 'Ethics and clinical practice in psychiatry', chapters include vignettes of scenarios that may be encountered, making this book pertinent and easily applicable to many early career situations. Skills related to personal management and managing resources are often not taught during training but are key to establishing a career in psychiatry - this book will help the new clinician to develop professionally. The emphasis on practicality ensures psychiatrists are prepared for the needs of the modern health service and society at large, and ensures patients across the world experience the best treatment available.

Author : Thomas S. Lyons,Roger E. Hamlin,Amanda Hamlin
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781547400485

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Using Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation to Mitigate Wealth Inequality by Thomas S. Lyons,Roger E. Hamlin,Amanda Hamlin Pdf

Economic inequality continues to contribute to political and social instability around the world. This instability stifles development and results in widening the wealth gap between the "haves" and "have nots," further eroding stability. It has been argued that entrepreneurship is a prime contributor to this vicious cycle. Using Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation to Mitigate Wealth Inequality contends that this is only true when the opportunity for entrepreneurship is limited to a few. The authors maintain that when entrepreneurship is open to anyone who is properly motivated, innovative, and has a goal of growth for their enterprise, it helps build wealth for a greater number of people. The concept of "social entrepreneurship" is introduced, where entrepreneurship becomes a vehicle for explicitly addressing community-based economic and social challenges using markets. The book uses examples of entrepreneurial projects and programs that have attempted to address inequality to discuss entrepreneurship as an economic development strategy and its role in addressing the challenges of economic inequality. It advocates thinking and acting systemically, creating and sustaining entrepreneurial support ecosystems, in order to generate the synergy required to scale-up development and transform our economies and provides a distinctive perspective on a pressing social and economic issue, with significant implications for the future of the United States and the world.

Author : Roger G. Kathol,Rachel L. Andrew,Michelle Squire,Peter J. Dehnel
Publisher : Springer
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-14
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783319747422

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The Integrated Case Management Manual by Roger G. Kathol,Rachel L. Andrew,Michelle Squire,Peter J. Dehnel Pdf

Thoroughly revised and updated since its initial publication in 2010, the second edition of this gold standard guide for case managers again helps readers enhance their ability to work with complex, multimorbid patients, to apply and document evidence-based assessments, and to advocate for improved quality and safe care for all patients. Much has happened since Integrated Case Management (ICM), now Value-Based Integrated Case Management (VB-ICM), was first introduced in the U.S. in 2010. The Integrated Case Management Manual: Valued-Based Assistance to Complex Medical and Behavioral Health Patients, 2nd Edition emphasizes the field has now moved from “complexity assessments” to “outcome achievement” for individuals/patients with health complexity. It also stresses that the next steps in VB-ICM must be to implement a standardized process, which documents, analyzes, and reports the impact of VB-ICM services in removing patient barriers to health improvement, enhancing quality and care coordination, and lowering the financial impact to patients, providers, and employer groups. Written by two expert case managers who have used VB-ICM in their large fully disseminated VB-ICM program and understand its practical deployment and use, the second edition also includes two authors with backgrounds as physician support personnel to case managers working with complex individuals. This edition builds on the consolidation of biopsychosocial and health system case management activities that were emphasized in the first edition. A must-have resource for anyone in the field, The Integrated Case Management Manual: Value-Based Assistance to Complex Medical and Behavioral Health Patients, 2nd Edition is an essential reference for not only case managers but all clinicians and allied personnel concerned with providing state-of-the-art, value-based integrated case management.

Author : Roger G. Kathol, MD,Janice S. Cohen, PhD , CPsych
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2010-06-03
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780826106346

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The Integrated Case Management Manual by Roger G. Kathol, MD,Janice S. Cohen, PhD , CPsych Pdf

Designated a Doody's Core Title! An ideal reference guide for case managers who work with complex, multimorbid patients, The Integrated Case Management Manual helps readers enhance their ability to work with these patients, learn how to apply new evidence-based assessments, and advocate for improved quality and safe care for all patients. This text encourages case managers to assess patients with both medical and mental health barriers to improvement in order to coordinate appropriate integrated health interventions and treatment planning. Built upon the goals and values of the Case Management Society of America (CMSA), this manual guides case managers through the process of developing new and important cross-disciplinary skills. These skills will allow them to alter the health trajectory of some of the neediest patients in the health care system. Key Features: Tools and resources for deploying an Integrated Health Model (physical and mental health treatment) to the medically complex patient Complexity assessment grids: a color-coded tool for tracking patient progress and outcomes throughout the trajectory of the illness Methods for building collaborative partnerships in emerging models of care delivery within multidisciplinary health care teams Strategies for using an integrated case management approach to improve efficiency, effectiveness, accountability, and positive outcomes in clinical settings Guidance on connecting multi-disciplinary teams to assist with health issues in the biological, psychological, and social domains to overcome treatment resistance, reduce complications, and reduce cost of care

Author : Robert Huggins,Piers Thompson,Fumi Kitagawa,Christina Theodoraki,Daniel Prokop
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2024-03-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780192691187

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Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Cities and Regions by Robert Huggins,Piers Thompson,Fumi Kitagawa,Christina Theodoraki,Daniel Prokop Pdf

The concept of 'entrepreneurial ecosystems' has emerged as a means for theorizing and making policy-decisions concerning entrepreneurship and economic development within and across cities and regions. Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Cities and Regions assembles original contributions from scholars across the world to provide an in-depth analysis of a concept that has the capability to capture a dynamic global economy with entrepreneurial innovation at the crux of its future development. It addresses wider issues concerning the evolution of new forms of industrial organisation. The book develops an agenda and understanding that aims to build upon the early explosion of interest within academic, policy, and practice circles by providing new and important insights that contribute to knowledge, direct future investigations, and to increase the effectiveness of research-based policy and practice. Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Cities and Regions builds a framework for establishing a robust and sustainable concept that can help propel an understanding of how cities and regions around the world can use entrepreneurship and innovation as a catalyst for their future economic, social, and environmental development. The volume highlights the need to account for urban and regional contextual factors when determining the strength or otherwise of entrepreneurial ecosystems, and illustrates that these factors can lead to the development of entrepreneurial activity of quite a different nature across cities and regions.

Author : Nezameddin Faghih,Amir Forouharfar
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030860325

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Strategic Entrepreneurship by Nezameddin Faghih,Amir Forouharfar Pdf

The result of the application of strategic management philosophy to the nexus of entrepreneurship, innovation, and economy, strategic entrepreneurship fosters sustainable development and competitiveness. This volume provides an introduction to the theories of strategic entrepreneurship and accounts of their real-world applications in the entrepreneurial sector. The book is divided into three parts. Chapters in Part I discuss strategic entrepreneurship dynamics and mechanisms. Chapters in Part II focus on strategic entrepreneurship concepts and theories. Chapters in Part III provide global examples of strategic entrepreneurship practices in action. Presenting a view of strategic entrepreneurship across diverse sectors and industries, this edited volume will be attractive to researchers and students interested in management, entrepreneurship, economics, public administration, and public policy, as well as corporate strategists, managers, and policymakers looking to integrate the principles of strategic entrepreneurship.

Author : Shanna Ratner,Deborah Markley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317312666

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Rural Wealth Creation as a Sustainable Economic Development Strategy by Shanna Ratner,Deborah Markley Pdf

Many rural areas in the United States find themselves struggling to build local assets and create wealth, and, when this wealth is created, they often struggle to hold on it. Previous approaches to community and economic development have been inadequate in attempting to reverse these trends. Shifting to a new way of enabling economic development requires supporting innovative community leaders as they explore new ways of approaching the task at hand. It also requires thinking anew about the role of rural areas, based on valuing multiple forms of wealth – natural, social, and human. There is a real need for an approach that can help stem the potential loss of existing wealth, and attract new investment that will allow rural areas to become valued partners in regional economies. This book provides an important insight into rural wealth creation as a sustainable economic development strategy. At the same time, a number of compelling issues are raised that merit future research effort and discussion. This book was originally published as a special issue of Community Development.

Author : Brian J. Taylor,John D. Fluke,J. Christopher Graham,Emily Keddell,Campbell Killick,Aron Shlonsky,Andrew Whittaker
Publisher : SAGE Publications Limited
Page : 989 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2023-08-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781529614633

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The Sage Handbook of Decision Making, Assessment and Risk in Social Work by Brian J. Taylor,John D. Fluke,J. Christopher Graham,Emily Keddell,Campbell Killick,Aron Shlonsky,Andrew Whittaker Pdf

The SAGE Handbook on Decision Making, Assessment and Risk in Social Work provides a comprehensive overview of key strands of research and theoretical concepts in this increasingly important field. With 49 chapters and four section summaries, this Handbook describes the ‘state of the art’; discuss key debates and issues; and gives pointers on future directions for practice, research, teaching, management of services, and development of theoretical understandings. A key aim of this Handbook is to support the development of sound, applied knowledge and values to underpin reasoned professional judgement and decision making by social workers in practice and those in management and regulatory roles. With contributions from a global interdisciplinary body of leading and emerging scholars from a wide variety of roles, this handbook has been designed to be internationally generalisable and applicable to all major areas of social work. This Handbook provides a field-defining account of decision making, assessment and risk in social work which is unrivalled for its diversity and strength of coverage, and will be of value to social work researchers, teachers and practitioners, as well as to those in allied fields such as health care. Section 1: Professional Judgement Section 2: Assessment, Risk and Decision Processes Section 3: Assessment Tools and Approaches Section 4: Developing and Managing Practice Section 5: Concluding Section / Afterword

Author : Nick Coady, PhD,Peter Lehmann, PhD, LCSW,Peter Lehmann, PhD
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780826119483

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Theoretical Perspectives for Direct Social Work Practice, Third Edition by Nick Coady, PhD,Peter Lehmann, PhD, LCSW,Peter Lehmann, PhD Pdf

This expanded third edition of a popular textbook provides a completely revised and updated overview of the theories, models, and therapies that inform direct social work practice. The text is grounded in generalist social work principles and values and promotes a problem-solving model of social work practice as a framework for the eclectic use of theory, as well as for integrating the artistic, reflective elements of practice. It provides in-depth coverage of select psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, humanistic, critical, and postmodern theories. The third edition features a new section on Critical Theories, where a new chapter on Empowerment Theory is included with a completely revised chapter on Feminist Theory. A new chapter on Strengths-based Social Work has been added to the section on meta-theories for social work practice. Other new chapters include Emotion-focused Therapy and Collaborative Therapy. These revisions are based on suggestions from an extensive survey of professors. New to the Third Edition: • A new section on Critical Theories • New chapters on Strengths-based Social Work, Emotion-focused Therapy, Empowerment Theory, and Collaborative Therapy • Updated research on the debate about the importance of theory/technique versus common (e.g., relationship) factors, and on the critique of the empirically supported treatment movement Key Features: • Grounds direct practice firmly in the principles and values of generalist social work • Promotes a problem-solving model of social work as a flexible structure for integrating the eclectic use of theory with the artistic, reflective elementsof practice • Organizes direct practice theories into like groupings and provides an overview of the main characteristics of each grouping • Provides in-depth coverage of topics in a clear, logical, and consistent format • Includes editors and contributors from the U.S. and Canada

Author : Norma Kolko Phillips,Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner
Publisher : Charles C Thomas Publisher
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780398091330

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CHILDREN IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT by Norma Kolko Phillips,Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner Pdf

This updated and expanded third edition examines the significant changes impacting children in our society and is a significant revision of the second edition, presented 10 years previous. During that period, there have been many important “firsts” in the United States: the first African-American president; the first attempt at a health care system that includes everyone; the first time for gay marriage sanctioned by the federal government; numerous firsts in medical care; a growing globalization; and the ongoing technology revolution changing lives from day to day. At the same time, however, there have been reactionary pulls that have halted progress in many critical areas such as income inequality, racism, poverty, violence, terrorist acts, and critical flaws in the educational and criminal justice systems that continue to have disastrous consequences for children. The chapters in the book discuss the cost in human terms of some of the missing opportunities for urban children and youth and illustrate the impact of social welfare policies on children, their families, and on the broader society. To better prepare social workers to meet some of the pressing needs to children, three completely new chapters have been added to this edition: “Beyond School and Community Violence: Providing Environments Where Children Thrive”; “Urban Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Children”; and “Substance Use by Urban Children.” In addition to sections on “Economic, Social, and Environmental Factors Impacting on Urban Children,” and “Familial Factors Impacting on Urban Children,” a new section, “Behavioral and Physical Health and Urban Children,” has been introduced. This new edition provides a significant resource for students and professionals in social work, family counseling, human services, psychology, and criminal justice. Most importantly, the various chapters in this text will help social workers and social work students recognize the nature of some of the current problems affecting children and come up with innovative solutions for the future.

Author : Munna, Afzal Sayed,Nadda, Vipin,Allahyari, Theo Ammari,Cantafio, Giuseppe,Bilan, Sahidi
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781668482834

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Perspectives on Enhancing Learning Experience Through Digital Strategy in Higher Education by Munna, Afzal Sayed,Nadda, Vipin,Allahyari, Theo Ammari,Cantafio, Giuseppe,Bilan, Sahidi Pdf

Digital technology is changing the way we think, operate, communicate, and avail services including education. In recent years, there has been an increasing demand in the higher education sector to implement digital transformation, especially in the way we deliver education. Perspectives on Enhancing Learning Experience Through Digital Strategy in Higher Education explores various factors enhancing the learning experience, considers the impact of digital strategy to enhance the learning experience, and analyzes learning challenges and opportunities for students in the higher education environment. The book also helps improve students' perceptions, communication, quality of education, critical thinking, self-learning, and satisfaction in higher education. Covering key topics such as digital technology, critical thinking, and digital innovation, this premier reference source is ideal for industry professionals, administrators, policymakers, higher education faculty, researchers, academicians, scholars, practitioners, instructors, and students.