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Organizational Readiness for Change
Simpson, D. D., & Flynn, P. M. (Guest Eds.). (2007). Organizational Readiness for Change (Special Issue). Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 33(2).
The process of innovation adoption and implementation is the focus of studies included in this special journal volume. Collectively, they examine staff perceptions of program needs, organizational readiness for change (i.e., motivational pressures, resources, staff attributes, and organizational climate), quality of workshop training, subsequent utilization of training materials, and client self-report of treatment engagement in approximately 800 treatment programs nationwide. A standardized assessment of organizational functioning captured attributes that describe environments, settings, and staffs, and the findings are interpreted in the context of a stage-based approach to making program changes. This paper presents conceptual refinements to the Simpson (2002) “program change model” used to help organize and summarize longitudinal results within the organizational context of treatment programs and according to implementation influences related to qualities of the innovations.
go to the website: http://www.ibr.tcu.edu/pubs/recent/si-jsat07.html
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