Chapter 8 Flashcards
(32 cards)
What is relational planning?
Planning that involves clear, caring, and respectful communication, “talking through” what is needed, and is guided by intuition.
Who is involved in relational planning?
People united by geographical ties, relational ties, common concerns, or all the above.
What is the purpose of relational planning?
To increase quality of life through trust and caring.
What is traditional planning?
Long-range planning with policy implementation and professionals who gather information and make recommendations to decision-makers.
Who is involved in traditional planning?
Government, legal entities, and employees of sponsering agencies are often involved.
What is the purpose of traditional planning?
To address broad community problems and it is often government mandated.
What is advocacy planning?
Advocates fight on behalf of the powerless and present data in a way that shows injustice.
Who is involved in advocacy planning?
Outside advocates who believe a target group is being treated unjustly.
What is the purpose of advocacy planning?
To ensure powerless groups have a voice in long-range planning
What is participatory planning?
When participants create their own plan and develop, implement, and manage their own strategies
Who is involved in participatory planning?
Involved participants deeply immersed in the system with a desire to improve their quality of life.
What is the purpose of participatory planning?
To solve targeted problems through active engagement by those affected
What are the steps to planning and implementation?
- Choose what type of planning is most useful.
- Answer key planning questions.
- Assess and analyze the situation
- Choose a type of implementation
- Train and pilot
What are the seven key planning questions?
- What are our outcome goals?
- What process will we use to reach these outcomes?
- How will we evaluate our progress as we go along? (fromative evaluation)
- How will we know when we have succeeded? (summative evaluation)
- What organizational structures are best?
- What resources will we need to accomplish our outcome goal?
- What action steps should be taken, by whom, and in what order?
What types of assessment can be used to analyze your situation?
The gap analysis method, the balancing method, and the SWOT analysis
What are the phases in the gap analysis method?
Phase one: Identify the gap
Phase two: Magnify the gap
Phase three: Microscoping to identify the action steps
When is the gap analysis most useful?
When focused on specific issues, either stand-alone or as part of a broader mission.
What are the five steps in phase one: identifying the gap?
- Identify the gap intuitively
- Commit to filling the gap
- Collect evidence of the size and shape of the gap
- Figure out reasons for the gap
- Raise awareness about the gap
What are the five steps in phase two: magnify the gap?
- Inventorying other programs
- Brainstorming ideas
- Critically evaluating suggestions and ranking them
- Determine factors in favour of the project and those against it
- Draft a plan and alternative
What is a SWOT analysis
An analysis where you analyze the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to evaluate and develop a plan.
What is the balancing method?
Analyzing demands, supports, barriers, and competitors surrounding the organizing tasks. Demands and supports must outweigh barriers and competitors.
What are the different types of implementation?
- Relational
- Locality Development
- Social Action
- Popular Education
What is relational implementation?
A type of implementation that seeks to link people at the institutional, associational, primary group, family, and individual levels in an ongoing network of mutual care.
What is locality development?
The process and products used to implement formal economic development activities and large community projects. The expert role is taken.
