Organizational Capacity to Do and Use Evaluation : New Directions for Evaluation, Number 141

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 implications for research, theory, and practice.This is the 141st issue in the New Directions for Evaluationseries from Jossey-Bass. It is an official publication ofthe American Evaluation Association.

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Year of publication:	2014 ; 1. Aufl.
Authors:	Cousins, J. Bradley ; Bourgeois, Isabelle
Publisher:	[s.l.] : Jossey-Bass
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [gbv.de]

Extent:	Online Ressource (1341 KB, 136 S.)
Series:	J-B PE Single Issue (Program) Evaluation J-B PE Single Issue (Program) Evaluation Ser New directions for evaluation ; number 141, Spring 2014
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record 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
ISBN:	1-118-87042-5 ; 1-118-87040-9 ; 978-1-118-87040-2 ; 978-1-118-87042-6
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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