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Performance Evaluation: Proven Approaches for Improving Program and Organizational Performance
by Ingrid Guerra-López
May 2008
Intermediate to advanced
320 pages
8h 39m
English
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CONTENTS
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION TO EVALUATION
ONE: FOUNDATIONS OF EVALUATION
A Brief Overview of Evaluation History
Evaluation: Purpose and Definition
Performance Improvement: A Conceptual Framework
Making Evaluation Happen: Ensuring Stakeholders' Buy-In
The Evaluator: A Job or a Role?
The Relationship to Other Investigative Processes
General Evaluation Orientations
Challenges That Evaluators Face
TWO: PRINCIPLES OF PERFORMANCE-BASED EVALUATION
Principle 1: Evaluation Is Based on Asking the Right Questions
Principle 2: Evaluation of Process Is a Function of Obtained Results
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