Order Description
Systems Approach
Organizational Background:
*How long have I been there and how long to I planed to be there and what framework will I use*
*Who are the recipients*
The North Miami Beach Youth Athletic Club is a non-profit 501(c)3 program dedicated to building sportsmanship, self-esteem, and a winning attitude that will take their youth participants far beyond the world of sports. The organization provides community based tackle football, cheerleading, and a track & field program built upon academics, athletic achievement, and community service. They strive to provide a positive atmosphere where their youth participants can learn the fundamentals of competitive sports in a safe and supportive environment.
Safety is our first concern, so prior to joining our program, coaches undergo extensive local and nationwide background screening and coaching certifications and they are held to the highest standards of sportsmanship, integrity, and professionalism.
This is 501(c)3 organization located in the city of North Miami Beach. The NMYAC has been providing youth tackle football, cheerleading and recently added track & field in this community for nearly 50 years. The program currently has approximately 200 boys and girls and 60 volunteers.
Systems Attributes:
-Systems Layers; City of NMB, Miami-Dade County, Varying culture throughout the county ( community members)
– Niches; youth sports i.e.. tackle football, cheerleading, and track & field
– Organization; non-profit
– Actors; Parents, Players, Volunteers, Board Members; President , Cheerleading Director, Football Commissioner, Assistance Football Commissioner, Assistance Commissioner, Board member at large, Secretary.
Systems Norms: What current assumptions explain why things are done as they are? What current assumptions support the systems change effort? Which ones might impede its success?
? What are the ??theories in use” that stakeholders use to explain why the targeted problem exists?
? What are the values guiding current programs, policies, and practices within the system? What are the values guiding the proposed change? To what extent are these two congruent or compatible with each other?
Systems Resource:
Human Resources
? How will setting members be expected to behave if the systems change effort is successful? Do system members have these skills and knowledge sets now?
? Are there local champions for the change? Do they know how to leverage change within the system? Do they understand how the system operates? What is needed to help system members develop this understanding?
Social Resources:
? To what extent are relationships among stakeholders a contributing factor to the targeted issue? In what ways?
? What formal and informal relationships in the system explain ??the way things are done around here”?
? How will relationships need to shift in order for the proposed initiative to be successful? Who will need to interact with whom and what will be the nature of that interaction (i.e., information sharing, collective action)?
? What aspects of the system might support or hinder relationship development? Are policies/procedures put into place to guide, support and encourage collaborative relationships, shared work, and service coordination?
Economic Resources & Opportunities
? Whose needs are prioritized in the ways that current resources are allocated and opportunities distributed? Whose needs are ignored?
? What new resources or opportunities are needed to support the desired change? How does the system need to use its resources differently to support the goals of the initiative? Who might perceive this reallocation as a loss?
Identifying System Regulations ? What policies, practices and procedures exacerbate the problem you want to address? Which ones have made it difficult to fully resolve this problem in the past?
? What current policies, practices and procedures are incompatible with the new or planned change? Which ones might get in the way of the systems change effort succeeding?
? Is there a gap between the stated policy and implemented practices? If so, why?
? What policies are not in place but are needed to fully support the goals and philosophies of new change?
? What current practices or procedures are incompatible with the new or planned change? Which ones might get in the way of the systems change effort succeeding?
? What practices are not in place but are needed to fully support the goals and philosophies of new change?
? What practices or procedures exacerbate the problem you want to address? Which ones have made it difficult to fully resolve this problem in the past?
? What daily routines will support and encourage the desired changes? Which ones might get in the way of this change being fully enacted?
System Operations: Power and Decision-Making ? What types of decisions are most critical to the functioning of the system and where does authority over these decisions rest?
? What types of information and resources are most important to the system and who controls access to these resources?
? Who are the social ??movers and shakers” of the system? Do these individuals support the systems change effort?
? How does the systems change effort challenge the existing power and decision-making structures? What new power bases or decision-making structures will need to be developed to support the goals of the initiative? What else within the system will need to be altered to support this new power structure?
Systems Regulation:
What policies, practices and procedures exacerbate the problem you want to address? Which ones have made it difficult to fully resolve this problem in the past?
? What current policies, practices and procedures are incompatible with the new or planned change? Which ones might get in the way of the systems change effort succeeding?
? Is there a gap between the stated policy and implemented practices? If so, why?
? What policies are not in place but are needed to fully support the goals and philosophies of new change?
? What current practices or procedures are incompatible with the new or planned change? Which ones might get in the way of the systems change effort succeeding?
? What practices are not in place but are needed to fully support the goals and philosophies of new change?
? What practices or procedures exacerbate the problem you want to address? Which ones have made it difficult to fully resolve this problem in the past?
? What daily routines will support and encourage the desired changes? Which ones might get in the way of this change being fully enacted?
