Book Description
This text provides an introduction to the theory and practice of internal evaluation. It presents the stages of internal evaluation growth, ways of identifying users' needs and selecting appropriate evaluation methods.
Author : Arnold J. Love
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 31,54 MB
Release : 1991-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780803932012
This text provides an introduction to the theory and practice of internal evaluation. It presents the stages of internal evaluation growth, ways of identifying users' needs and selecting appropriate evaluation methods.
Author : Boris B. Volkov
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 14,28 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1118204301
This book highlights practitioners in different industries and organizations who provide theoretical and practical examples of their work in promoting and conducting internal evaluation.
Author : Leanne M. Kelly
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,33 MB
Release : 2022
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781032023489
Focused on the interpersonal aspects of internal evaluation in non-profit organisations, this book presents practice-based discussions centred on six key topics identified through the authors' experience as evaluation practitioners. Internal Evaluation in Non-Profit Organisations: Practitioner Perspectives on Theory, Research, and Practice is not a step-by-step how-to guide; instead, each chapter unpacks an aspect of internal evaluation in non-profits that is paid insufficient heed in the existing literature. Written by and for internal evaluation practitioners, the book contains a plethora of practical strategies and critical analysis of thought-provoking topics that are of particular interest and importance to internal evaluators in non-profit settings. The authors understand the pressures facing practitioners and non-profit organisations and share their insights around improving evaluation's ability to be efficient, embedded, useful, and meaningful. This book will be of interest to researchers, scholars, and students focusing on non-profit management and will hold specific value for internal evaluators who want to harness their unique and influential position to help organisations achieve their goals. Further, this book is ideal for individuals wanting to think critically about evaluation and improve evaluation utilisation by developing their professional capability, building teamwork skills, using informal everyday data, incorporating theory, and developing fruitful relationships with external evaluators.
Author : Marlène Läubli Loud
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 10,56 MB
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1452205477
This book is valuable to those involved in the evaluation of public organisations. Particularly insightful is the realization that similar challenges faced in various organizations are addressed with very different solutions.
Author : Reinhard Stockmann
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 37,74 MB
Release : 2024-08-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1035321483
In this Handbook, Reinhard Stockmann and other esteemed experts in the field provide a systematic and comprehensive exploration into the planning, process, implementation and utilisation of evaluations. Covering the process and individual steps of evaluation in detail, in chronological order and in terms of practical application, it identifies the characteristics and standards that distinguish a professionally and competently conducted evaluation.
Author : D.L. Stufflebeam
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 17,97 MB
Release : 2005-12-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 0306475596
This is an up-to-date revision of the classic text first published in 1983. It includes a historical perspective on the growth of evaluation theory and practice and two comparative analyses of the various alternative perspectives on evaluation. It also includes articles representing the major schools of thought about evaluation written by the leaders who have developed these schools and models. The final section describes and discusses the Standards for Program Evaluation and the reformation of program evaluation.
Author : Michael Quinn Patton
Publisher : Guilford Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 24,48 MB
Release : 2010-06-14
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1606238868
Developmental evaluation (DE) offers a powerful approach to monitoring and supporting social innovations by working in partnership with program decision makers. In this book, eminent authority Michael Quinn Patton shows how to conduct evaluations within a DE framework. Patton draws on insights about complex dynamic systems, uncertainty, nonlinearity, and emergence. He illustrates how DE can be used for a range of purposes: ongoing program development, adapting effective principles of practice to local contexts, generating innovations and taking them to scale, and facilitating rapid response in crisis situations. Students and practicing evaluators will appreciate the book's extensive case examples and stories, cartoons, clear writing style, "closer look" sidebars, and summary tables. Provided is essential guidance for making evaluations useful, practical, and credible in support of social change.
Author : Marvin C. Alkin
Publisher : Guilford Publications
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 44,14 MB
Release : 2024-09-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1462555462
Beloved for its conversational style and reliable advice, this text is now in a revised and updated third edition, reflecting key developments in evaluation. It includes expanded coverage of equity and social justice issues, values and cost analysis, visualizing qualitative data with software, and more. Twenty-six concise chapters, or "sessions," give students, applied researchers, and program administrators a solid foundation for conducting or using evaluations. Covering both quantitative and qualitative methods, the book emphasizes fostering evaluation use. It shows how to build collaborative relationships with users; formulate answerable evaluation questions; deal with contingencies that might alter the traditional sequence of an evaluation; and collect, analyze, and report data. Student-friendly features throughout the sessions include titles written as questions, bulleted recaps, "Thinking Ahead" and "Next Steps" pointers, cautionary notes, and annotated suggestions for further reading. An in-depth case study provides the basis for end-of-session practice exercises. New to This Edition *New sessions on context-sensitive evaluation, including the organizational, sociopolitical, and community contexts of a program. *New or expanded discussions of timely topics: identifying evaluation decision makers, analyzing program costs, coding and visualizing qualitative data with software, and more. *Updated suggestions for further reading and discussion in every chapter.
Author : Saunders, Murray
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 39,46 MB
Release : 2011-05-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 0335241611
This book evaluates the impact of projects to improve teaching and learning in Higher Education, focusing on evaluative practice.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 15,40 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN :