Organizational capacity to do and use evaluation / / J. Bradley Cousins, Isabelle Bourgeois, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910453448603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Danvers, MA : , : Wiley Perodicals, , [2014]; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-118-87040-9; 1-118-87046-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (137 p.)
• Collana: New directions for evaluation ; ; number 141, Spring 2014
• Soggetti: Evaluation; Evaluation - Methodology; Performance standards; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: A publication of Jossey-Bass and the American Evaluation Association.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 i