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Author : James C. McDavid
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 37,83 MB
Release : 2012-10-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 145228959X

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Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement: An Introduction to Practice, Second Edition offers an accessible, practical introduction to program evaluation and performance measurement for public and non-profit organizations, and has been extensively updated since the first edition. Using examples, it covers topics in a detailed fashion, making it a useful guide for students as well as practitioners who are participating in program evaluations or constructing and implementing performance measurement systems. Authors James C. McDavid, Irene Huse, and Laura R. L. Hawthorn guide readers through conducting quantitative and qualitative program evaluations, needs assessments, cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analyses, as well as constructing, implementing and using performance measurement systems. The importance of professional judgment is highlighted throughout the book as an intrinsic feature of evaluation practice.

Author : James C. McDavid
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 11,57 MB
Release : 2012-10-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1412978319

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Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement: An Introduction to Practice, Second Edition offers an accessible, practical introduction to program evaluation and performance measurement for public and non-profit organizations, and has been extensively updated since the first edition. Using examples, it covers topics in a detailed fashion, making it a useful guide for students as well as practitioners who are participating in program evaluations or constructing and implementing performance measurement systems. Authors James C. McDavid, Irene Huse, and Laura R. L. Hawthorn guide readers through conducting quantitative and qualitative program evaluations, needs assessments, cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analyses, as well as constructing, implementing and using performance measurement systems. The importance of professional judgment is highlighted throughout the book as an intrinsic feature of evaluation practice.

Author : James C. McDavid
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 24,98 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781412906685

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Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement: An Introduction to Practice offers a conceptual, as well as practical, introduction to program evaluation and performance measurement for public and non-profit organizations. This introductory text discusses topics in a detailed fashion, making it a useful guide for practitioners who are constructing and implementing performance measurement systems as well as for students.

Author : Douglas J. Besharov
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 27,15 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0190646055

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This volume spotlights recent advances in the worldwide use of quantitative performance measures in the public sector, especially approaches that incorporate program evaluation techniques. Chapters include single-country case studies, multi-country comparisons, and thoughtful essays on the challenges of making performance measurement and management work in diverse settings.

Author : Laura Langbein
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 36,29 MB
Release : 2016-07-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1315497883

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First Published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company.

Author : Joseph S. Wholey
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 13,91 MB
Release : 2004-06-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0787973882

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The second edition of Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation offers managers, analysts, consultants, and educators in government, nonprofit, and private institutions a valuable resource that outlines efficient and economical methods for assessing program results and identifying ways to improve program performance. The Handbook has been thoroughly revised. Many new chapters have been prepared for this edition, including chapters on logic modeling and on evaluation applications for small nonprofit organizations. The Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation is a comprehensive resource on evaluation, covering both in-depth program evaluations and performance monitoring. It presents evaluation methods that will be useful at all levels of government and in nonprofit organizations.

Author : Jack E. Edwards
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 17,32 MB
Release : 2003-07-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780761923961

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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.

Author : Paul G. Thomas
Publisher : ANU E Press
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 35,77 MB
Release : 2006-10-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1920942793

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Identifies the ways that politics enters into the creation of performance measurement systems, the selection of the official and unofficial aims of such systems, the selection of performance criteria and measures, the interpretation of findings, the responses to such findings and the implications of performance reporting.

Author : Theodore H. Poister
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 11,68 MB
Release : 2008-03-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 047036517X

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In recent years, a commitment to increased accountability and improved performance has become essential in both governmental agencies and nonprofit organizations. To help managers and executives in their ongoing quest for greater accountability and improved performance Theodore H. Poister, offers a comprehensive resource for designing and implementing effective performance measurement systems at the agency level. The ideas, tools, and processes in this vital resource will help organizations develop measurement systems to support such results-oriented management approaches as strategic management, results-based budgeting, performance management, process improvement, performance contracting, and employee incentive systems. Using this book as a guide, public and nonprofit organizations can accurately measure outputs, efficiency, productivity, effectiveness, service quality, and customer satisfaction, and use the resulting data to strengthen decision-making and improve agency and program performance. Read a Charity Channel review: http://charitychannel.com/publish/templates/?a=36&z=25