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23 Cards in this Set
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Goal |
a desired future outcome that an organization strives to achieve |
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Objective |
specific statements that describe how the goal will be accomplished |
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Mission Statement |
broad declaration of an organizations purpose - defines the business by asking 3: 1. who are our customers? 2. what customer needs being satisfied? 3. How are we satisfying needs? - success measured by goals and objectives --> more specific |
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Needs of 3 Groups that influence program development |
Individual Organizational (internal) Community (external) |
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Individual Needs |
Demographics and social trends Regional Differences Technology Economics Political |
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Organizational Needs |
Identify strengths and weaknesses Success depends on: available resources, organization category, internal and external evaluation of organization |
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Resource Dependency |
survival depends on successfully acquiring the resources needed to deliver services |
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Organizing Rationale |
different agencies offer different services because of the social ends they are organized to promote |
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Types of Organizations (8) |
Public, Voluntary, Non-Profit, Armed Forces, Campus Recreation, Corporate Recreation, Therapeutic Recreation, Commercial, Private |
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Community Needs |
success depends on external strengths and weaknesses - Community Needs -Assessing leisure opportunities - Community Partnerships - Recreation and public interest |
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Strategic Goals |
- Short Range 3-5 years - not measurable must be broken down into measurable statements |
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Needs Assessment |
citizen participation in decision making more information, better chance of designing a successful program FULFILL: determine direction, incorporates citizen input PERFORM: generates ideas, allows input from community - will not lead to clear course of action, ongoing process |
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Needs |
a state of deprivation |
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Interests |
an awareness of feeling about what one would like to do or acquire - learned and influenced by social forces |
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Wants |
Perceived to be needed but not necessarily - Programmers can satisfy wants |
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Intentions |
commitment to acquire specific satisfiers of wants under given market conditions |
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Normative Needs |
- standards set by professionals or experts - reflect needs of majority - what a community may have and what the normative standard suggests they should have |
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Felt Needs |
- perceptions about what an individual believes he or she would like to do - shaped by social forces that lead people to think they are lacking something |
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Expressed Needs |
- needs that are fulfilled through actual participation |
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Comparative Needs |
- variations in services provided or access to leisure opportunities |
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Methods of Needs Assessments |
Group Approaches Surveys |
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Group Approaches |
Citizen Advisory Committees (residents appointed or elected to advise agency staff, often lobby narrow interest, consider all aspects) Public Meetings and Workshops (open to entire community) Interviews (planned, structured,) |
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Surveys |
Excellent to gather but poor at giving information to the public |
