Organizational capacity to do and use evaluation / J. Bradley Cousins, Isabelle Bourgeois, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cousins, J. Bradley, editor.

Bourgeois, Isabelle, editor.

Series:

New directions for evaluation ; number 141, Spring 2014.

New directions for evaluation ; number 141, Spring 2014

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evaluation.

Evaluation--Methodology.

Performance standards.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (137 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Danvers, MA : Wiley Perodicals, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Gain a greater understanding of organizational capacity to do and use evaluation and implications for evaluation capacity building (ECB). This volume is unique in that it represents a multiple case study of eight organizations that were committed to ECB. It: Situates the study in terms of ECB theory and researchDelineates a conceptual frameworkPresents case profile reports and the results of a cross-case analysis.Discusses findings in terms of i

Contents:

Organizational Capacity to Do and Use Evaluation; CONTENTS; EDITORS' NOTES; References; Research Team Members; Other Contributors; 1 Framing the Capacity to Do and Use Evaluation; Evolving Conceptions of Evaluation Capacity Building; Use and Organizational Evaluation Capacity; Utilization and Evaluation Theory; Professional Standards of Practice; Evaluation and Organizational Learning; Data Use Leads to Data Valuing; Direct Versus Indirect ECB; Framework for Organizational Evaluation Capacity; Assumptions; Conceptual Framework; Implications for Research and Practice; Note; References

2 Multiple Case Study Methods and FindingsPurpose and Rationale; Study Methods; Methodological Approach; Sample-Case Organizations; Data Collection; Case 1: Dawson College; Introduction and Study Context; Drivers for Evaluation; Capacity to Do Evaluation; Sources of Evaluation Knowledge; Capacity to Use Evaluation; Evaluation Enablers and Barriers; Concluding Comments; Case 2: Canadian Mental Health Association; Introduction and Study Context; Drivers for Evaluation; Capacity to Do Evaluation; Evaluation Knowledge and Skill Development; Capacity to Use Evaluation

Evaluation Enablers and BarriersConcluding Remarks; Case 3: International Development Research Centre; Introduction and Study Context; Drivers for Evaluation; Capacity to Do Evaluation; Sources of Evaluation Knowledge; Capacity to Use Evaluation; Evaluation Enablers and Barriers; Concluding Comments; Case 4: Canadian Cancer Society; Introduction and Study Context; Drivers for Evaluation; Capacity to Do Evaluation; Capacity to Use Evaluation; Facilitating Evaluative Activities; Facilitating Evaluative Learning; Creating Evaluative Information; Evaluation Enablers and Barriers

Concluding CommentsCase 5: Canada Revenue Agency; Introduction and Study Context; Drivers for Evaluation; Capacity to Do Evaluation; Sources of Evaluation Knowledge and Skills; Capacity to Use Evaluation; Evaluation Enablers and Barriers; Concluding Comments; Case 6: Human Resources and Skills Development Canada; Introduction and Study Context; Drivers for Evaluation; Capacity to Do Evaluation; Sources of Evaluation Knowledge and Skills; Capacity to Use Evaluation; Evaluation Enablers and Barriers; Concluding Comments; Case 7: United Way of Greater Toronto (UWGT)

Introduction and Study ContextDrivers of Evaluation; Capacity to Do Evaluation; Sources of Evaluation Knowledge; Capacity to Use Evaluation; Evaluation Enablers and Barriers; Concluding Comments; Case 8: Ontario Trillium Foundation; Introduction and Study Context; Drivers for Evaluation; Capacity to Do Evaluation; Capacity to Use Evaluation; Evaluation Enablers and Barriers; Concluding Comments; Notes; References; 3 Cross-Case Analysis and Implications for Research, Theory, and Practice; Cross-Case Summary of Findings; Capacity to Do Evaluation; Capacity to Use Evaluation

Principal Forces and Influences

Notes:

A publication of Jossey-Bass and the American Evaluation Association.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 2, 2014).

ISBN:

1-118-87040-9

1-118-87046-8

OCLC:

876512446