Professor Kenya Brown
Intro to Business Organization and Management
7th May 2014
The Children’s Aid Society The research of a history of service, change, innovation and success through an almost foolproof management theory.
The Children’s Aid Society has been in the business of saving children since its inception. Just as in the beginning, this agency continues to be in the forefront of innovation for servicing children that are considered to be the most in need. As time progresses and the world changes, so does the approach of helping children. The Children’s Aid Society has been an important hallmark in the business of helping the less fortunate. The agency’s ability to remain relevant, successful and vital since the 19th century is a testament to its constant overhaul, risk taking and revolutionary ideas. By constantly reaching for the moon and beyond The Children’s Aid Society has been very successful. However, when the ultimate goal is pushed further and farther, when promises are made and they become too distant to see; those that believed in landing on the moon but fall short, lose their faith in the process.
When the people directly responsible for carrying out the mission of the agency feel forgotten and undervalued, it can cause disruption of progress at its full potential. The research of the Children’s Aid Society as an agency, Its Community Schools Initiative, and specifically the Extended Day Program overhaul and its business management theory will show that although there is much success attributed to this agency; there is still plenty of room for improvement. Instead of reaching for what appears to be the impossible, those in the frontlines can actually help the agency land at its intended target and become believers in the full