Enhancing Evaluation Use by John Mayne, 2014 1st edition, paperback

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Subject Area
Data Analysis, Effective Learning & Studying
Educational Level
Adult & Further Education
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Beginner
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1st Edition
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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Development Studies, Education
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9781452205472
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Publisher
SAGE Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1452205477
ISBN-13
9781452205472
eBay Product ID (ePID)
160021947

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Enhancing Evaluation Use : Insights from Internal Evaluation Units
Subject
Research
Publication Year
2013
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Social Science
Author
John Mayne
Format
Trade Paperback

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0.6 in
Item Weight
16.9 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
7.5 in

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College Audience
LCCN
2013-001179
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
Overall, this is a good book that is neatly organized. The book can be used in teaching because the examples provide realistic flesh and blood to supplement new students' learning of dry evaluation theory. Pedagogical discussion questions follow each chapter...Let me add that, as a reader, I feel reassured that the editors and authors collectively are experienced and competent., 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. -- Andreas Balthasar * LeGes * "Overall, this is a good book that is neatly organized. The book can be used in teaching because the examples provide realistic flesh and blood to supplement new students' learning of dry evaluation theory. Pedagogical discussion questions follow each chapter...Let me add that, as a reader, I feel reassured that the editors and authors collectively are experienced and competent." -- Peter Dahler-Larsen, 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.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
001.4
Table Of Content
Preface - Marlène Läubli Loud1. Issues in Enhancing Evaluation Use - John Mayne2. Evaluator, Evaluand, Evaluation Commissioner: A Tricky Triangle - Bastiaan de Laat3. Evaluation Management: Lessons From New Zealand and International Development Evaluation - Penny Hawkins4. Institutionalization and Evaluation Culture--Interplay Between the One and the Other: Lessons From the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) - Marlène Läubli Loud5. Reshaping Evaluation to Enhance Utilization in Scotland: The Role of Intermediary Bodies in Knowledge-to-Action Strategies - Erica Wimbush6. From Discrete Evaluations to a More Holistic Organizational Approach: The Case of the Public Health Agency of Canada - Nancy Porteous and Steve Montague7. Evaluation Use Within the European Commission (EC): Lessons for the Evaluation Commissioner - Bastiaan de Laat and Kevin Williams8. Evaluation Policy and Practice in a Changing Environment: Evolution of the Evaluation Function in the World Health Organization (WHO) - Maria Santamaria, Alan Schnur, and Deepak Thapa9. Building for Utilization: The Case of the International Labour Organization (ILO) - Janet Neubecker, Matthew Ripley, and Craig Russon10. What Can We Learn From Practitioners? Some Thoughts and Take-Home Messages for Internal Evaluation Units - Marlène Läubli LoudIndexAbout the EditorsAbout the Contributors
Synopsis
Written from the insiders perspective, this text helps organizations become more focused on using evaluation to improve policies, strategies, programming and delivery of public and communal services, Enhancing Evaluation Use: Insights from Internal Evaluation Units offers invaluable insights from real evaluators who share strategies they have adopted through their own experiences in evaluation. Readers will learn about the challenges, solutions, and lessons drawn from the experience of evaluators working in a wide range of organizations. Referencing the latest literature, contributors discuss factors that help or undermine attempts to foster an evaluative thinking and learning culture within an organization. Applicable in a wide range of situations, their accounts demonstrate the initiative and innovative thinking they use to address challenges in various, sometimes complex, evaluation settings. Questions at the end of each chapter stimulate thought and discussions about the issues raised and allow readers to apply their findings to their own situations., Enhancing Evaluation Use: Insights from Internal Evaluation Units offers invaluable insights from real evaluators who share strategies they have adopted through their own experiences in evaluation. Readers will learn about the challenges, solutions, and lessons drawn from the experience of evaluators working in a wide range of organizations. Referencing the latest literature, contributors discuss factors that help or undermine attempts to foster an evaluative thinking and learning culture within an organization. Applicable in a wide range of situations, their accounts demonstrate the initiative and innovative thinking they use to address challenges in various, sometimes complex, evaluation settings. Questions at the end of each chapter stimulate thought and discussions about the issues raised and allow readers to apply their findings to their own situations. "This book speaks to a cutting-edge topic, that is, the potential to generalize program evaluation expertise to larger organizational questions, and the cases from multiple international contexts represent a unique feature." --John Clayton Thomas, Georgia State University "The use of actual cases to highlight major concepts in evaluation in the public sector is a great feature." --Danica G. Hays, Old Dominion University "The text provides practical information from a variety of organizational contexts and the integration of international experiences provides for expanded discussion of evaluation theory and practice." --Kathleen Norris, Plymouth State University "The key strengths of this book lie in its national, supra-national and international organizational contexts, its consistency in insider perspectives, and the detailed examples provided." --Donna Haig Friedman, University of Massachusetts, Boston EVALUATION IN ORGANIZATIONS: A BOOK REVIEW by Robert Picciotto, UKES Council Member (Excerpted) "The book of essays reviewed here was edited by two eminent evaluators. It fills an important gap in the literature: in pursuit of improved quality of evaluation products, evaluation thinkers have lavished attention on evaluation methods, ethics and use but they have sorely neglected evaluation governance issues and have largely failed to probe the workings of evaluation within organizations. All contributors to the book are seasoned practitioners. They hail from national, supranational and international organizations and many of them have trespassed across these thematic and organizational boundaries. They all are equipped to draw on a vast reservoir of hands---on experience as evaluation commissioners, managers, internal evaluators or external practitioners. Given its pragmatic focus the book is bound to elicit broad based interest among evaluation practitioners. While it addresses familiar dilemmas and challenges (evaluation independence, evaluation utilization, organizational learning, nurturing of an evaluation culture, etc.) it does so from the distinctive perspective of "insiders" who have had to contend with a variety of organizational constraints and management pressures. [It] should be of practical value to teachers, students, professional evaluators as well as evaluation commissioners and programme managers. All in all, this is a book that belongs on your shelf if you are intent on enhancing the role that evaluation plays in your organization."
LC Classification Number
H62.E593 2013

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