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• "Counselor perceptions of organizational factors and innovations..." by Joe, G. et al.

  Researchers from Texas Christian University studied a large population of drug abuse counselors focusing on the individuals as treatment counselors with respect to training and organization, a departure from the norm of studying counselors in the aggregate... Posted Feb 21 2008, 05:45 PM by Donna Cooper with | with no comments Filed under: Transfer of innovation, Social System, Strategies

• "Organizational readiness for change and opinions toward treatment..." by Fuller, B. E. et al.

  The authors noted a significant gap between evidence-based practice (EBP) innovations and their adoption in the mental health care profession. [Fuller, B. E., Rieckmann, T., Nunes, E. V., Miller, M., Arfken, C., Edmundson, E., et al. (2007). Organizational... Posted Feb 20 2008, 05:01 PM by Donna Cooper with | with no comments Filed under: Transfer of innovation, Social System, Strategies

• "Assessing program needs and planning change" by Rowan-Szal, G. A. et al.

  Personnel from the Texas Christian University (TCU) examined the organizational functioning of alcohol and drug abuse treatment centers across two states in the Gulf Coast with reference to strategic planning, in particular staff training needs and transfer... Posted Feb 20 2008, 02:54 PM by Donna Cooper with | with no comments Filed under: Transfer of innovation, Social System, Strategies

• "What's New? General Patterns of Planned Macro-Institutional Change" by J. L. Campbell

  Campbell interprets the process by which planned institutional innovation and change occurs to build a foundation for a planned institutional change theory . He notes that much literature on institutional change pays scant attention to the process, and... Posted Feb 13 2008, 01:07 PM by Donna Cooper with | with no comments Filed under: Transfer of innovation, Strategies, Social Systems

• "Blueprints for Violence Prevention: From Research to Real-World..." by Mihalic & Irwin.

  What impedes and fosters implementation success when evidence-based programs are applied in real world settings? This was the overarching question in a two-year study conducted by the Blueprints for Violence Prevention initiative, launched by the Center... Posted Feb 12 2008, 02:16 PM by Donna Cooper with | with no comments Filed under: Transfer of innovation, Social System, Strategies

• "Technologies for Personal and Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Knowledge Management" by Tsui

  Citing a lack of research literature regarding Knowledge Management (KM) for individuals, this KM guru provides a comprehensive 53-page review of the literature and products involving Personal Knowledge Management (PKM). He also identifies the impacts... Posted Feb 06 2008, 01:47 PM by Donna Cooper with | with no comments Filed under: Transfer of innovation, Innovation technologies

• Diffusion of Innovations in Service Organizations: Systematic Review...by Greenhalgh et al.

  A systematic and far-reaching review of empirical literature and theory was conducted in the UK pertaining to the diffusion of innovation within the health-care service field and other service organizations. With these findings, the authors provide: an... Posted Feb 05 2008, 11:26 AM by Donna Cooper with | with no comments Filed under: Transfer of innovation, Strategies

• "Implementation Research: A Synthesis of the Literature," by D. Fixsen, et al

  This is a seminal article that summarizes the research on the new and overdue discipline of implementation. The latter research and thus this document are slightly biased towards human service (versus business) experience in implementation. The authors... Posted Nov 05 2007, 10:33 AM by Joshua Stengel with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Transfer of innovation, EBP, Strategies, Implementation

• "Scaling Social Impact: Strategies for Spreading Social Innovations" by Dees, et al.

  Citing the "common challenge" of replicating innovation, the authors ask the fundamental question of how social innovations can be successfully spread to reach greater populations. Following years of interviewing social entrepreneurs and social... Posted Nov 04 2007, 10:28 AM by Joshua Stengel with | with no comments Filed under: Organizational culture, Transfer of innovation, Strategies