The Transformation Team
An Enabling Structure for Organizational Learning in Action
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11043539 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Scotney D Evans (0000-0003-0897-0725, University of Miami, corresponding author), Natalie Kivell (0000-0001-6204-5077, University of Miami) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 760-777 |
| Publication date | 2015-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-4392 • E-ISSN: 1520-6629 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/jcop.21756 |
| OpenAlex | W2116294814 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 31 |
The majority of work occurring in human service organizations (HSOs) today, is ameliorative in nature, leaving the original sources of problems in our communities or society unchanged. The current tendency is to unreflectively reproduce these ameliorative practices that at best are superficially addressing a problem, and at worst are perpetuating the issues our communities face. In this paper we bring in two key concepts from Organizational Theory to inform Community Psychology theory and practice: reflective practice and organizational learning. We demonstrate the necessity of critically reflective practice in HSOs to promote learning, critical consciousness and critical community practice, in order to create more transformative rather than ameliorative practices. Utilizing our learning from three case studies, we propose the use of a Transformation‐team (T‐team) model as an enabling structure for reflective practice and organizational learning. Outlining benefits as well as eight necessary conditions of a successful T‐team, we delve into the possibilities that such an organizational structure can offer our HSOs
Action (physics) · Action learning · Best practice · Cooperative learning · Face (sociological concept) · Knowledge management · Organization development · Organizational learning · Organizational structure · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Reflective Practice · Sociology · Transformative learning · Community Health and Development · Computer Science · Evaluation and Performance Assessment · Psychology · Service-Learning and Community Engagement
Human services as complex organizations
Words and Minds
Knowing-In-Action
The fifth discipline, the art and practice of the learning organization
Organizational Change as Discourse
Readiness for Organizational Change
Capacity building in health promotion, Part 1
Critical practice in health and social care
The Community Psychologist as Critical Friend
Shifting the paradigm in community mental health
Toward community
Participatory Organizational Change in Community‐Based Health and Human Services
Blending ameliorative and transformative approaches in human service organizations
On knowing the community of caring persons
Nonprofit Human-Service Organizations, Social Rights, and Advocacy in a Neoliberal Welfare State
Creating Readiness for Organizational Change
Wellness as Fairness
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |