HHS 497 Health & Human Services Capstone Wk3-D1

Communication Through Innovation

Prepare:

For this discussion, you will read Chapter 3 of

Making Strategy Count in the Human

Services Sector

and select a minimum of one

scholarly article from the Ashford library that

examines the use of technology in human service organizations (e.g., client/provider

communication, use of social media, interventions using communication technology, etc.).

Reflect:

As contemporary society

seeks to access and capitalize on the use of innovative

technologies, human service organizations find themselves working to integrate applicable

modalities into the scope of service provision on multiple levels (e.g., use of technology to

communicate inte

rnally, apply technology to client engagement, etc.). For this discussion, you

will consider the role of communicaton within human service organizations and apply your

understanding of how pertinent technologies have changed the

landscape of

interaction.

Consider the critical issues that relate to the use of technology as

identified in your readings.

Write:

First, you will explain the essential features and significance of two distinct electronic

communication methods identified in your scholarly article

(s).

Next, you will

compare and

contrast each method in terms of their individual benefits and limitations as they pertain to

meeting the needs of the client group. Finally, discuss the implications of these methods in terms

of how they contribute to org

anizational strategy within a human service organization.

Communication Through Innovation

Prepare: For this discussion, you will read Chapter 3 of Making Strategy Count in the Human

Services Sector and select a minimum of one scholarly article from the Ashford library that

examines the use of technology in human service organizations (e.g., client/provider

communication, use of social media, interventions using communication technology, etc.).

Reflect: As contemporary society seeks to access and capitalize on the use of innovative

technologies, human service organizations find themselves working to integrate applicable

modalities into the scope of service provision on multiple levels (e.g., use of technology to

communicate internally, apply technology to client engagement, etc.). For this discussion, you

will consider the role of communicaton within human service organizations and apply your

understanding of how pertinent technologies have changed the

landscape of interaction. Consider the critical issues that relate to the use of technology as

identified in your readings.

Write: First, you will explain the essential features and significance of two distinct electronic

communication methods identified in your scholarly article(s). Next, you will compare and

contrast each method in terms of their individual benefits and limitations as they pertain to

meeting the needs of the client group. Finally, discuss the implications of these methods in terms

of how they contribute to organizational strategy within a human service organization.