The Role of Child Welfare Managers in Promoting Agency Performance Through Experimentation

July 9, 2008 This paper introduces three models of managerial experimentation, each of which seeks to improve organizational performance through trial-and-error experimentation and continuous evaluation of staff activities and program outcomes. This article highlights the managerial tensions between the evidence-supported intervention approach and these different models of experimentation. The implications of managerial experimentation and the rising focus on child welfare agency organizational performance for the development of child welfare programming that is both evidence-based and culturally-responsive are also discussed . . .