David W Sink
Biographic Data
| ID | 5683746 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David W Sink |
| GIVEN NAMES | David W |
| FAMILY NAME | Sink |
| SIGNATURE | SINK D W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Arkansas at Little Rock |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Five Obstacles to Community-Based Collaboration and Some Thoughts on Overcoming Them
Focus Groups as an Approach to Outcomes Assessment
Focus Groups, used heavily in marketing and public relations, can be valuable tools, as well, for assessing outcomes of MPA programs. By capitalizing on the human tendency to discuss issues and ideas in groups, focus groups depend on interaction to shape opinions and encourage an exchange of ideas. Focus groups, usually consisting of from seven to ten participants and led by a well-prepared moderator, are carefully planned discussions de signed t…
Transorganizational Development in Urban Policy Coalitions
Transorganizational Development (TD) is a purposive, planned change strategy concerned with creating and improving the effectiveness of interorganizational coalitions. Unlike bounded, overorganized systems found within most organizations, coalitions frequently exhibit indefinite boundaries and underorganization. As such, they may demand more than the traditional organization development (OD) strategies to effect change. This research focuses on f…
The Politics of Homelessness
Homelessness is an issue which has emerged as an important one, locally and nationally, over the last six years in a classic “agenda setting” fashion. Public awareness has increased, and public policies developed (at every level of the political system), as the number of homeless persons has increased, and changed character to include more young people, women and children, and intact families. This awareness has been stimulated by events as diffe…
An Interorcanizational Perspective on Local Emergency Management
Using an open‐systems model, this article discusses performance in civil defense agencies as a function of crucial environmental variables. These, in turn, are conceptualized in predicting uncertainty and dependency. Such analysis helps managers and scholars pinpoint the constraints on goal achievement. Case studies illustrate the uncertainties and dependencies induced. The model and examples, in turn, facilitate discussion of conditions affectin…
The Intersection of Political Culture and Fiscal Federalism
Political culture and intergovernmental relations together shape specific policy actions of a state government within the constraints of its economic condition. Although financial resources provided a state government strongly influence the level of its policy outputs, the political and administrative dynamics appear to affect the exact nature of that policy. A case study of state block grant implementation in the state of Alabama provides an opp…
Making the Indian Child Welfare Act Work
Transorganizational Development in Urban Policy Coalitions
Transorganizational Development (TD) is a purposive, planned change strategy concerned with creating and improving the effectiveness of interorganizational coalitions. Unlike bounded, overorganized systems found within most organizations, coalitions frequently exhibit indefinite boundaries and underorganization. As such, they may demand more than the traditional organization development (OD) strategies to effect change. This research focuses on f…
An Interorcanizational Perspective on Local Emergency Management
Using an open‐systems model, this article discusses performance in civil defense agencies as a function of crucial environmental variables. These, in turn, are conceptualized in predicting uncertainty and dependency. Such analysis helps managers and scholars pinpoint the constraints on goal achievement. Case studies illustrate the uncertainties and dependencies induced. The model and examples, in turn, facilitate discussion of conditions affectin…
Making the Indian Child Welfare Act Work
The Intersection of Political Culture and Fiscal Federalism
Political culture and intergovernmental relations together shape specific policy actions of a state government within the constraints of its economic condition. Although financial resources provided a state government strongly influence the level of its policy outputs, the political and administrative dynamics appear to affect the exact nature of that policy. A case study of state block grant implementation in the state of Alabama provides an opp…
An Interorcanizational Perspective on Local Emergency Management
Using an open‐systems model, this article discusses performance in civil defense agencies as a function of crucial environmental variables. These, in turn, are conceptualized in predicting uncertainty and dependency. Such analysis helps managers and scholars pinpoint the constraints on goal achievement. Case studies illustrate the uncertainties and dependencies induced. The model and examples, in turn, facilitate discussion of conditions affectin…
The Politics of Homelessness
Homelessness is an issue which has emerged as an important one, locally and nationally, over the last six years in a classic “agenda setting” fashion. Public awareness has increased, and public policies developed (at every level of the political system), as the number of homeless persons has increased, and changed character to include more young people, women and children, and intact families. This awareness has been stimulated by events as diffe…
Focus Groups as an Approach to Outcomes Assessment
Focus Groups, used heavily in marketing and public relations, can be valuable tools, as well, for assessing outcomes of MPA programs. By capitalizing on the human tendency to discuss issues and ideas in groups, focus groups depend on interaction to shape opinions and encourage an exchange of ideas. Focus groups, usually consisting of from seven to ten participants and led by a well-prepared moderator, are carefully planned discussions de signed t…
Transorganizational Development in Urban Policy Coalitions
Transorganizational Development (TD) is a purposive, planned change strategy concerned with creating and improving the effectiveness of interorganizational coalitions. Unlike bounded, overorganized systems found within most organizations, coalitions frequently exhibit indefinite boundaries and underorganization. As such, they may demand more than the traditional organization development (OD) strategies to effect change. This research focuses on f…
Five Obstacles to Community-Based Collaboration and Some Thoughts on Overcoming Them
Political science (6 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Government (linguistics (2 works) · Law (2 works)