Building Learning Organizations within Public Child Welfare Agencies through Internal Research Capacity.

Although leaders in child welfare strive to achieve results, improving outcomes has proven challenging. To foster improvement, agencies need to be strengthened from within to become learning organizations. We propose that agencies expand internal expertise in applied research to lead implementation...

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Publicado en:	Child Welfare Vol. 93; no. 5; pp. 83 - 105
Autores principales:	Huebner, Ruth A., Watson, Peter, Dyer, Laura, Borsheim, Christeen, Caron, Colleen M.
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Child Welfare League of America 2014
Materias:	United States. Government Accountability Office Child welfare Government policy Associations, institutions, etc. Corporate culture Interprofessional relations Leadership Learning Social workers Job performance Occupational roles Research funding Continuous improvement process Quality assurance Research methodology Research Research personnel
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Sumario:	Although leaders in child welfare strive to achieve results, improving outcomes has proven challenging. To foster improvement, agencies need to be strengthened from within to become learning organizations. We propose that agencies expand internal expertise in applied research to lead implementation of continuous quality improvement (CQI) systems and foster a learning culture. This paper explores the structure, functions, research paradigm, implementation strategies, adaptive challenges, and evaluation for a Child Welfare Applied Researcher (CWAR) and CQI.