The Manager's Guide to Program Evaluation

Download or read book The Manager's Guide to Program Evaluation written by Paul W. Mattessich and published by Fieldstone Alliance. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your Guide to Getting a Useful Evaluation 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. This book is for: organization managers and decision makers, policymakers, funders, researchers, and students studying applied social service research. Benefits you'll get: 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 information on various types of research consultants and advice selecting one.