The Manager's Guide to Program Evaluation: 2nd Edition: Planning, Contracting, & Managing for Useful Results
"For managers committed to evidence-informed decision-making, no better book on evaluation exists." –Michael Quinn Patton, Founder and Director of Utilization-Focused Evaluation
Your Guide to Getting a Useful Evaluation, now updated and revised in this second edition.
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, or what changes an organization needs to make in order to improve. This book 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 provides information on various types of research consultants and advice on selecting one. If you are an organization manager, decision maker, policymaker, funder, researcher, or student studying applied social service research, this guide is an essential resource for your knowledge of effective organizational management.
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Book details
- Author
- Paul W Mattessich
- Imprint
- Fieldstone Alliance, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 126
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Business & Economics › Leadership
Business & Economics › Management
Business & Economics › Nonprofit Organizations & Charities › Management & Leadership - Topics
- nonprofit management · organizational effectiveness · evidence-informed decision-making · nonprofit leadership · evaluation planning · performance measurement
- ISBN-13
- 9781684427888 (Paperback)9781684427895 (Hardcover)
About the author
PAUL W. MATTESSICH, Ph.D., is executive director of Wilder Research and the author or coauthor of more than three hundred publications and reports. His recent books include Collaboration: What Makes It Work.
Mattessich received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Minnesota, where he serves as adjunct faculty in the School of Social Work. He has been involved in applied social research since 1973 and has served on task forces in government and the nonprofit sectors.
When not writing, Mattessich consults with local, national, and international organizations on strategic planning, organizational improvement, and evaluation, traveling regularly to Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom to work with organizations addressing youth development, community development, and the promotion of peace among divided communities.
Paul lives in St. Paul with his wife.