The Manager's Guide to Program Evaluation: Planning, Contracting, & Managing for Useful Results - Hardcover

Mattessich, Paul W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1630263729 ISBN 13: 9781630263720

Publisher: Fieldstone Alliance, 2003

Synopsis

Your Guide to Getting a Useful Evaluation Evaluation is vital and beneficial to any nonprofit organization. An effective evaluation can help identify an organization's successes, share information with key audiences, and improve services. It can confirm that an organization is truly making a difference. This book is for: organization managers and decision makers, policymakers, funders, researchers, and students studying applied social service research. Benefits you'll get: describes what types of information to collect and what questions this information can answer; details the four phases of evaluation and the steps involved in each phase; and information on various types of research consultants and advice selecting one.

About this title

About the Author

PAUL W. MATTESSICH, Ph.D., is director of Wilder Research Center, which dedicates itself to improving the lives of individuals, families, and communities through applied research. Mattessich has assisted local, national, and international organizations with strategic planning, organizational improvement, and evaluation. Mattessich has been involved in applied social research since 1973, and is the author or coauthor of more than two hundred publications and reports. He received his PhD in sociology from the University of Minnesota.

Review

"A clear, concise, and practical guide about the world of evaluation and its contributions to program effectiveness and administrative decision-making." -- Don Compton, PhD, Director, Evaluation Services, American Cancer Society

"An outstanding guide for managers and decision makers." -- Allison H. Fine, Founder and Executive Director, Innovation Network, Inc

"Demystifies the process of constructing evaluations and engaging evaluators with clarity and insight. A most welcome and useful resource." -- Paul Smyth, Director,Public Achievement (Northern Ireland)

"Makes program evaluation a relevant and feasible undertaking process for busy nonprofit organization staff...a 'must have' guide." -- Denice Rothman Hinden, Ph.D., Founder and President, Management Performance Concepts, Silver Spring, MD

"Takes the mystique out of program evaluation and connects it in very real ways with program development and implementation." -- Irv Katz, President,National Assembly of Health and Human Service Organizations, Washington, DC

Edition details

• Publisher: Fieldstone Alliance
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1630263729
• ISBN 13: 9781630263720
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 114