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Case Study: Spinal Cord Injury Of Alberta

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They are client- directed which means taking their direction from, and responding to the unique needs of the people they serve. In addition, they are culturally aware serving Alberta’s diverse population in all regions of the province. Leaders in spinal cord injury they are demonstrating excellence and impact by achieving positive outcomes for individuals and communities. They are also a dynamic organization integrating best practices in charitable and business governance models. They are also having a solid reputation among their organization with all staff and volunteers and good relationships with other community leaders and decision-makers.
Board membership of SCI Alberta
Spinal Cord injury of Alberta has 15 members of boards of directors …show more content…

The participative decision-making approach is “involving staff either formally or informally, directly or indirectly, in the decision process” (Leewis, 2014, p. 155). The SCI Alberta management structure is very similar to participative decision making (PDM) approach. There is participation or inputs from the clients, staff, leadership team, and boards of directors before a decision is made. For example, during they design strategic plan, first data collected through the consultation sessions held with the board of directors and staff members. In addition, data will be collected via an on-line survey services evaluation from selected clients. The result of constellation and survey from clients will review by the board of directors and a chief executive officer then final approval will be made by the board of directors. Therefore, in SCI Alberta organization there are no limitations on staff involvement in decision-making and their management structure will eliminate seating on the back seat to watch the …show more content…

They are creating positive relationships with provincial and local civic leaders, including First Nations Band Councils. They also have good communication and positive working relationships with other service agencies and Improvements made to community accessibility. They are also pursuing co-location arrangements with other not for profits in Lethbridge, Calgary, Red Deer, and Edmonton. In addition, the spirit of positive inroads made by improving access to physical activity opportunities and a core of skilled and dedicated staff throughout regional offices. Good teamwork within and between regional offices and positive working relationships with trauma units, rehabilitation units/hospitals, and regional hospitals. I have seen several interactions of the SCI Alberta with our organization. For example, during my practicum, I want to Foothills hospital and children hospital several times, I also attended several meeting with other organization such as City hall, Calgary police headquarter, and other agencies and communities to advocate for people with disabilities. According to the agency sources, SCI Alberta is the only agency that provides a full spectrum of services for people with disabilities from the point of injury through

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