Evaluating capacity development : experiences from research and development organizations around the world / Douglas Horton ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Horton, D. (Douglas)

International Service for National Agricultural Research.

International Development Research Centre (Canada)

Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (Ede, Netherlands)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organizational change.

Organizational effectiveness--Evaluation.

Organizational effectiveness.

Strategic planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (189 p.)

Place of Publication:

The Hague : ISNAR ; Ottawa : International Development Research Centre ; Wageningen : ACP-EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In January 2000, ISNAR began the ambitious Evaluating Capacity Development Project, which aimed to improve capacity development efforts in research and development organizations through the use of evaluation. This book explains how the project used an action-learning approach, bringing together people from various countries and different types of organizations. As they conducted six evaluation studies over the course of 3 years, project participants learned a great deal about capacity development and the process of evaluation. The authors use examples and lessons drawn from the evaluation stud

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; About the Book; Acronyms; 1. The Evaluating Capacity Development Project: an Experiment in Evaluating Capacity Development; 2. The Basks of Capacity, Organizational Capacity Development, and Evaluation; 3. Why Managers should be Concerned with Organizational Capacity Development and its Evaluation; 4. Towards a Holistic Approach to Organizational Capacity Development; 5. Towards Partnership in Organizational Capacity Development; 6. Approaches for Evaluating Organizational Capacity Development; 7. Using and Benefiting from an Evaluation

Annex: Summaries of the Evaluation ReportsAbout the Authors; Glossary; References;

Notes:

Co-published by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (Ede, Netherlands).

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-280-71759-9

9786610717590

1-55250-111-6

OCLC:

69661756