A systematic approach to an organization’s sustainability
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This article integrates the concepts of sustainability and quality improvement into a systematic approach to an organization's sustainability. The article: (a) presents a literature-based model that incorporates the factors that drive an organization's sustainability; (b) describes how sustainability is operationalized through a systematic approach to quality improvement; (c) discusses the advantages of a systematic approach to sustainability; and (d) shares with the reader literature and experientially-based lessons learned about the approach.
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A selection of approaches looked at whether the initiative benefits were perceived by staff and other stakeholders as valuable.
“A selection of approaches took a wider perspective and looked at whether the initiative benefits were perceived by staff and other stakeholders as valuable [8, 30, 42, 51, 61-63].”
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- Authors
- Schalock, R. L., Verdugo, M., & Lee, T.
- Affiliations
- Universidad de Salamanca (ES)
- Corresponding author
- Schalock, Robert L.
- Venue
- Evaluation and Program Planning
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2016-06
- Volume
- 56
- Pages
- 56-63
- ISSN
- 0149-7189 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2297048199
- Cited by
- 48
- References
- 48
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 17.56
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Evaluation and Program Planning (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Management Systems and Quality Improvement
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Quality and Management Systems
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Healthcare Quality and Management
- Keywords
- organizational sustainability, quality improvement, sustainability model, sustainability drivers, operationalization of sustainability, lessons learned
- MeSH terms
- Humans, Organizational Innovation, Organizational Objectives, Program Evaluation, Models, Organizational, Quality Improvement
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