Organizational Readiness for Change: Case Study of a Substance Abuse Treatment Provider in a Correctional Institution Setting
Author: Sonia Y. Ruiz.; Scott McClure.; Igor Koutsenok.
Source: Volume 13, Number 04, November/December 2009 , pp.49-53(5)
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Abstract:
Despite our enhanced understanding of behavioral modification through decades of research, change remains a slow and difficult process. With less and less money available for research and treatment and greater pressure from HMOs to fund evidence-based practices, “technology transfer” is of the utmost importance. Technology transfer in the broadest sense means “creating a mechanism by which a desired change is accepted, incorporated and reinforced at all levels of an organization or system. This piece highlights one organization’s readiness and ability to properly incorporate new and effective prison practices.Keywords: change
Affiliations:
1: UC San Diego; 2: Center for Criminality and Addiction, Research, Training, and Application; 3: Center for Criminality and Addiction, Research, Training, and Application.