Adopting a Socio-Economic Approach to Management for a Shorter Waiting List: Case of an Autism Center

Abstract

Providing education to special needs individuals is both their right and the responsibility of the state and the community. In the 21st century, and with all the developments and evolving the world is witnessing, it is a shame to see individuals with autism not properly schooled or educated just because of lack of money while others are on a long waitlist because the school or center where they should be admitted does not have enough budget to school them and is facing a challenge to remain sustainable. Those organizations have a societal mission in the first place; however, and because of their limited budget and in order to be sustainable, they can only accept a fixed and limited number of cases. What if there were ways to help these organizations manage the scarce resources they have? What if the organization’s efficiency and the employees’ performance are increased so that to decrease the hidden costs in the hope of efficiently managing the organization and thus manage the money through investing in a learning process accomplished through the socio-economic approach. This research paper investigates how adopting a socioeconomic approach to management can enhance the performance in an Autism center and therefore broaden the margin they have in the hope of lessening the waiting list and accepting more children with autism.