Week 7 Building An Ethical Organization
Building an Ethical Organization Part 1
Kay Wehner
HSM/230
July 13, 2014
Kimberly Cowburn
Building an Ethical Organization Part 1
Who are we? As the director of MWDDD (Mid-West Division of the Developmentally Disabled), a mental health service that is focused on the developmentally disabled, the main strategy as the director of this organization is to design, implement, and improve the quality and outcomes for the mental health and the social services within the organization. First it is important for the organization to incorporate different activities in order to improve the effectiveness of the organization, which will entail producing organizational practices, as well as the tools needed in order to not only identify, but address the barriers within the organization such as the ineffectiveness of treatments for instance. Secondly, it sets the essential ground rules for organizational effectiveness in order to direct the improvement endeavors within the organization. Last but not least, the organization will shape and refine the different decision making, and problem solving efforts so as not to hamper the improvements within the organization. It is important that the organization be successful in creating an increase of positive organizational morale, cultures, and climates, while reducing turnover with staff, improving the mental and health services available for each individual, and putting into effect a practice that is evidence-based.
Our purpose and clientele: The MWDDD organization for the mental health services supports and protects individuals who are developmentally disabled, and intellectually disabled, as well as their families with the efforts from our public policies. The organization for the developmentally disabled supports the rights of these individuals, as well as their families, and it is important to provide these individuals and their families with a voice when it comes to the local and state legislative levels. The different
Kay Wehner
HSM/230
July 13, 2014
Kimberly Cowburn
Building an Ethical Organization Part 1
Who are we? As the director of MWDDD (Mid-West Division of the Developmentally Disabled), a mental health service that is focused on the developmentally disabled, the main strategy as the director of this organization is to design, implement, and improve the quality and outcomes for the mental health and the social services within the organization. First it is important for the organization to incorporate different activities in order to improve the effectiveness of the organization, which will entail producing organizational practices, as well as the tools needed in order to not only identify, but address the barriers within the organization such as the ineffectiveness of treatments for instance. Secondly, it sets the essential ground rules for organizational effectiveness in order to direct the improvement endeavors within the organization. Last but not least, the organization will shape and refine the different decision making, and problem solving efforts so as not to hamper the improvements within the organization. It is important that the organization be successful in creating an increase of positive organizational morale, cultures, and climates, while reducing turnover with staff, improving the mental and health services available for each individual, and putting into effect a practice that is evidence-based.
Our purpose and clientele: The MWDDD organization for the mental health services supports and protects individuals who are developmentally disabled, and intellectually disabled, as well as their families with the efforts from our public policies. The organization for the developmentally disabled supports the rights of these individuals, as well as their families, and it is important to provide these individuals and their families with a voice when it comes to the local and state legislative levels. The different
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