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- Administrative agencies ; Agenda setting theory (communication); Developing countries; Economic development; Federal government; Government productivity; Organizational effectiveness; Social policy; Strategic planning (1)
- Older people – Housing; Small houses; United States. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (1)
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Managing Through Strategic Agendas, Christine G. Springer
Managing Through Strategic Agendas, Christine G. Springer
Public Policy and Leadership Faculty Publications
The author discusses the development of the Balanced Scorecard and strategic agendas on solving social and economic problems by the government. She stated reasons why organizations or countries choose to establish strategic agendas, such as it helps develop a vision, serves as a framework for monitoring government and nonprofit performance, and develops political platform. She concluded that its establishment is vital to success in developing countries and in the federal system of government.
Evaluation Of The Hud Elder Cottage Housing Opportunity (Echo) Program, C Theodore Koebel, Julia Beamish, Karen A. Danielsen, Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State University
Evaluation Of The Hud Elder Cottage Housing Opportunity (Echo) Program, C Theodore Koebel, Julia Beamish, Karen A. Danielsen, Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State University
Public Policy and Leadership Faculty Publications
ECHO housing was introduced in the United States in the 1980s based on a program started in Australia in 1975. An ECHO unit is a small house in which an elderly person resides and which is placed near the home of a host (either relatives or close friends of the elderly person). The purpose of this arrangement is to make it convenient and efficient for the occupants of the host family dwelling to provide assistance to the elderly person residing in the smaller ECHO house.
Although ECHO housing provides a means for keeping an elderly resident close to family and …