Defining Collaborative Leadership in Human Service Organizations

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Defining Collaborative Leadership in Human Service Organizations

For this assignment, select a human service organization from a public, nonprofit, or government sector that you are familiar with, or one that you find interesting. You will use this organization to complete all of the course assignments. You must be able to access information about the organization’s governance, financial sources and practices, mission, population served, and its political and social landscape. Review all the assignments now to verify the types of information you will need about the organization in order to complete them.

The following list provides examples of acceptable types of organizations. You can select an organization of the types included on this list or propose another type of organization to your instructor. The organization must provide human service program services. The selected organization will be included in all your assignments, so you will look at leadership and collaboration practices for that organization through several areas of focus.

Possible Organization Types

• City, county, or state human services or mental health programs.
• State hospitals (Western State Hospital, Milwaukee County Hospital, or another state or county hospital in your area).
• School-based human services or case management programs.
• Private mental health organizations.
• Employee assistance programs.
• For-profit hospital or health care organizations (Humana, Kaiser-Permanente, Aurora, etcetera).
• Catholic community services.
• Lutheran Social Services.

In your assignment submission, include the following:

• In a paragraph format, describe the organization. Provide a brief overview of the mission, target population, and programs provided by the organization.
• Discuss the form of governance used by the organization and why the governance practices used are effective for the organization.
• Address the funding practices and sources for the organization.
• Include at least three current empirical research articles (no more than five years old) that address governance and funding practices for the type of organization you selected.

Assignment Requirements

• Written communication: Written communication should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
• APA formatting: Headings, resources, and citations should be formatted according to current APA style and formatting.
• Length of paper: 3–5 typed, double-spaced pages, excluding the cover page and references.
• Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.

Submit your paper in the Assignment area as a Word attachment.

Resources

• Defining Collaborative Leadership in Human Service Organizations Scoring Guide.
• Human Services Masters Research Guide.
• How Do I Find Peer-Reviewed Articles?.
• APA Style and Format.
• Unit 2 Assignment Template.

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Defining Collaborative Leadership in Human Service Organizations

HMSV5340 Leading in For-Profit, Nonprofit, and Government Organizations

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Introduction

Select and identify a human service organization from the public, non-profit, or government service sector. Write an introduction (3‒5 sentences) that provides some general information about the organization selected.

Organization Mission, Vision, Programs, and Population

The distinguished (A-level) scoring requirements are: Describes a human services organization, including the mission, target population, and programs provided. Provides a brief overview of the organization’s staffing.

Support your content of this section with at least one peer-reviewed journal or resource. Avoid copying directly from your source—summarize the content in your own words.

Governance Structure

The distinguished (A-level) scoring requirements are: Discusses the form of governance employed by a human services organization and explains why the governance structure is effective for the organization. Describes one strength of this form of governance.

Use at least one source from the course syllabus reading list or another academic reference to support the content in this section. Avoid copying directly from your source—summarize the content in your own words.

Funding Practices and Sources

The distinguished (A-level) scoring requirements are: Explains the funding practices and funding sources for a human services organization. Describes one strength of the funding practices.

Use at least one source from the course syllabus reading list or another academic reference to support the content in this section. Avoid copying directly from your source—summarize the content in your own words.

Summary/Conclusions

Summarize the application of governance and funding practices for the selected organization. Use supporting references.

References

The distinguished (A-level) scoring requirements are: Cites three current empirical research articles that address governance and funding practices for a human services organization. Writes in a manner consistent with the expectations of the human services profession. Uses APA style and formatting for all in-text citations and references.

(Sample of reference from the course that might be used)

Lu, J. (2013). How political are government contracting decisions? An examination of human service contracting determinants. Public Administration Quarterly, 37(2), 182‒207.

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Defining Collaborative Leadership in Human Service Organizations Scoring Guide

Due Date: End of Unit 2
Percentage of Course Grade: 10%.

CRITERIA	NON-PERFORMANCE	BASIC	PROFICIENT	DISTINGUISHED
Describe a human services organization, including the mission, target population, and programs provided. 20%	Does not describe a human services organization, including the mission, target population, and programs provided.	Describes a human services organization, but the description is incomplete or insufficient.	Describes a human services organization, including the mission, target population, and programs provided.	Describes a human services organization, including the mission, target population, and programs provided. Provides a brief overview of the organization’s staffing.
Discuss the form of governance employed by a human services organization and explain why the governance structure is effective for the organization. 20%	Does not discuss the form of governance employed by a human services organization and explain why the governance structure is effective for the organization.	Discusses the form of governance employed by a human services organization but does not explain why the governance structure is effective for the organization, or the discussion is incomplete or insufficient.	Discusses the form of governance employed by a human services organization and explains why the governance structure is effective for the organization.	Discusses the form of governance employed by a human services organization and explains why the governance structure is effective for the organization. Describes one strength of this form of governance.
Explain the funding practices and funding sources for a human services organization. 20%	Does not explain the funding practices and funding sources for a human services organization.	Explains the funding practices and funding sources for a human services organization, but the explanation is incomplete or insufficient.	Explains the funding practices and funding sources for a human services organization.	Explains the funding practices and funding sources for a human services organization. Describes one strength of the funding practices.
Cite three current empirical research articles that address governance and funding practices for a human services organization. 20%	Does not cite three current empirical research articles that address governance and funding practices for a human services organization.	Cites articles that address governance and funding practices for a human services organization, but the articles are not research articles, are not current, or are not relevant.	Cites three current empirical research articles that address governance and funding practices for a human services organization.	Cites three current empirical research articles that address governance and funding practices for a human services organization. Cites all articles using current APA guidelines.
Write in a manner consistent with the expectations of the human services profession. 20%	Does not write in a manner consistent with the expectations of the human services profession.	Writes in a manner consistent with the expectations of the human services profession, but with frequent errors and lapses.	Writes in a manner consistent with the expectations of the human services profession.	Writes in a manner consistent with the expectations of the human services profession. Uses APA style and formatting for all in-text citations and references.