Manager's Guide to Program Evaluation : Planning, Contracting, and Managing for Useful Results

Mattessich, Paul W.

ISBN 10: 0940069385 / ISBN 13: 9780940069381

Published by Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Manager's Guide to Program Evaluation : Planning, Contracting, and Managing for Useful Results
• Publisher: Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0940069385
• ISBN 13: 9780940069381
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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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 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.