Case 10: Evaluating the Consultation and Education Department Research
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Evaluation the Consultation and Education Department The Greenby Community Mental Health Center process evaluation measure suggests the Consultation and Education Department needs to implement the address of the real questionable issue within the organization, and to evaluate the programs being offered through the organization. The questionable issue at the center involves the discontinuance of the Consultation and Education departments. We understand the organization is facing an issue in regard to required service programs. We also understand the community mental health center has suggested as long as there is a director available the proposed suggestion will work, but doing so will take away workshops that have been instrumental to the program consumers. The implemented design includes dedicating a percentage of each professionals work towards Consultation and Education (Lewis, p. 242).
The process evaluation should include a strategy, which involves active participation from the workers, in the organization, in order to meet the objectives of the process evaluations. We will be utilizing and analysis, which is set in place by the expert consultants the director, has contracted. Strategic management is the art, science and craft of formulating, implementing and evaluating cross-functional decisions that will enable an organization to achieve long-term objectives. Strategic management is the process of specifying the organization 's mission, vision and objectives. Strategic management develops policies and plans, often in terms of projects and programs, which are designed to achieve these objectives. Resources are allocated to implement the policies, and plans, projects and programs. Strategic management seeks to coordinate and integrate the activities of the various functional areas of a business in order to
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