Internal Evaluation

Internal Evaluation
Author: Arnold J. Love
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 174
Release: 1991-03
Genre: 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.

Building Evaluation Capacity

Building Evaluation Capacity
Author: Hallie Preskill
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Total Pages: 461
Release: 2015-08-14
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1483370623

The Second Edition of Building Evaluation Capacity provides 89 highly structured activities which require minimal instructor preparation and encourage application-based learning of how to design and conduct evaluation studies. Ideal for use in program evaluation courses, professional development workshops, and organization stakeholder trainings, authors Hallie Preskill and Darlene Russ-Eft cover the entire process of evaluation, including: understanding what evaluation is; the politics and ethics; the influence of culture; various models, approaches and designs; data collection and analysis methods; communicating and reporting progress and findings; and building and sustaining support. Each activity includes an overview, instructional objectives, minimum and maximum number of participants, range of time required, materials needed, primary instructional method, and procedures for facilitators to help learners in the most common evaluation practices.

Training in Organizations

Training in Organizations
Author: Irwin L. Goldstein
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2001-06-22
Genre: Assessment centers (Personnel management procedure)
ISBN: 9780534249854

"Adds new information covering the use of computer technology and the web to conduct training, as well as coverage of contemporary training issues, such as changes in demographics, the influences of technology, and the increasing emphasis on international concerns." --Cover.

Consulting and Evaluation with Nonprofit and Community-based Organizations

Consulting and Evaluation with Nonprofit and Community-based Organizations
Author: Judah J. Viola
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2010
Genre: Business consultants
ISBN: 0763756881

The need for consultation and evaluation among nonprofits and government agencies has soared in recent years, as funders have demanded accountability and agencies are ill-equipped to provide the types of data-based information needed. Consulting and Evaluation with Nonprofit and Community-Based Organizations fills a critical gap in the academic literature for nonprofit management. This unique text is a collection of advice and voices from a diverse group of successful, practicing consultants who work with nonprofits and government agencies. Through surveys and interviews, these experts relate detailed information on how they got started in consulting, what types of services they provide, what types of clients they serve, the biggest challenges they face, and much more. The book also integrates current topics from a wide variety of sources so that interested readers can easily access important information all in one book. Book jacket.

Performance Evaluation

Performance Evaluation
Author: Ingrid J. Guerra-López
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2012-07-20
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1118504895

Performance Evaluation is a hands-on text for practitioners, researchers, educators, and students in how to use scientifically-based evaluations that are both rigorous and flexible. Author Ingrid Guerra-López, an internationally-known evaluation expert, introduces the foundations of evaluation and presents the most applicable models for the performance improvement field. Her book offers a wide variety of tools and techniques that have proven successful and is organized to illustrate evaluation in the context of continual performance improvement.

Evaluation with Power

Evaluation with Power
Author: Sandra T. Gray
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Total Pages: 216
Release: 1998
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

A practical, comprehensive handbook for transforming program, process, and organizational evaluation into a positive learning experience that connects performance to the mission. Leading experts show how to use evaluation in key organizational areas, including program design, human resource management, information systems, volunteers, and more.

Internal Evaluation in Non-Profit Organisations

Internal Evaluation in Non-Profit Organisations
Author: Leanne M. Kelly
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2022
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781003183006

"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"--

Enhancing Evaluation Use

Enhancing Evaluation Use
Author: Marlène Läubli Loud
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2013-04-17
Genre: 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.

Nonprofit Program Evaluation Made Simple

Nonprofit Program Evaluation Made Simple
Author: Chari Smith
Publisher:
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2021-01-12
Genre:
ISBN: 9781736315903

Are you overwhelmed on how to do nonprofit program evaluation? You're not alone. Chari's here to help! There are many ways to do program evaluation, making it difficult to know how to start. In this book, Chari outlines a clear approach, filled with real world stories as well as examples of evaluation plans, surveys, and reports. Key topics addressed: Understand how to build buy-in for evaluation and address staff resistance and make a realistic program evaluation plan Create measurable outcomes for both grant applications and to guide program improvement Develop an impact and/or logic model that visually communicates what your program does and the difference it makes Create useful surveys that measure what matters Understand the choices in how to manage your data - spreadsheets v. database solutions Basic data analysis and reporting to make meaning of your data Included with the book is a link to a companion website filled with downloadable real world examples and templates.

The Human Resources Program-Evaluation Handbook

The Human Resources Program-Evaluation Handbook
Author: Jack E. Edwards
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 600
Release: 2003-07-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780761923961

The Human Resources Program-Evaluation Handbook is the first book to present state-of-the-art procedures for evaluating and improving human resources programs. Editors Jack E. Edwards, John C. Scott, and Nambury S. Raju provide a user-friendly yet scientifically rigorous "how to" guide to organizational program-evaluation. Integrating perspectives from a variety of human resources and organizational behavior programs, a wide array of contributing professors, consultants, and governmental personnel successfully link scientific information to practical application. Designed for academics and graduate students in industrial-organizational psychology, human resources management, and business, the handbook is also an essential resource for human resources professionals, consultants, and policy makers.