Enhancing evaluation use : insights from internal evaluation units /
Läubli Loud, Marlène.
Mayne, John,1943-
"Enhancing Evaluation Use: Insights from Internal Evaluation Units offers invaluable insights from real evaluators who share strategies they have adopted through their own experiences in evaluation. Readers will learn about the challenges, solutions, and lessons drawn from the experience of evaluators working in a wide range of organizations. Referencing the latest literature, contributors discuss factors that help or undermine attempts to foster an evaluative thinking and learning culture within an organization. Applicable in a wide range of situations, their accounts demonstrate the initiative and innovative thinking they use to address challenges in various, sometimes complex, evaluation settings. Questions at the end of each chapter stimulate thought and discussions about the issues raised and allow readers to apply their findings to their own situations."--Publisher's website.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface / Marlene Laubli Loud -- Enhancing use of evaluation in organizations: a view from the inside -- John mayne -- Evaluator, evaluand, evaluation commissioner : a tricky triangle / Bastiaan de Laat -- Evaluation management : lessons from New Zealand and international development evaluation / Penny Hawkins -- Institutionalization and evaluation culture interplay between the one and the other : lessons from the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) / Marlene Laubli Loud -- Reshaping evaluation to enhance utilization in Scotland : the role of intermediary bodies in knowledge-to-action strategies / Erica Wimbush -- From discrete evaluations to a more holistic organizational approach : the case of the public health agency of Canada / Nancy L. Porteous and Steve Montague -- Evaluation use within the European Commission (EC) : lessons for the evaluation -- Commissioner / Bastiaan de Laat and Kevin Williams -- Evaluation policy and practice in a changing environment : evolution of the evaluation function in World Health Organization (WHO) / Maria Santamaria, Alan Schnur, and Deepak Thapa -- Building for utilization : the case of the International Labour Organization (ILO) / Janet Neubecker, Matthew Ripley, and Craig Russon -- What can we learn from practitioners' some thoughts and take-home messages -- For internal evaluation units / Marlene Laubli Loud -- Index -- About the editors -- About the contributors.
"Enhancing Evaluation Use: Insights from Internal Evaluation Units offers invaluable insights from real evaluators who share strategies they have adopted through their own experiences in evaluation. Readers will learn about the challenges, solutions, and lessons drawn from the experience of evaluators working in a wide range of organizations. Referencing the latest literature, contributors discuss factors that help or undermine attempts to foster an evaluative thinking and learning culture within an organization. Applicable in a wide range of situations, their accounts demonstrate the initiative and innovative thinking they use to address challenges in various, sometimes complex, evaluation settings. Questions at the end of each chapter stimulate thought and discussions about the issues raised and allow readers to apply their findings to their own situations."--Publisher's website.
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