05372nam 2200685 450 991082842850332120230803221250.01-118-87040-91-118-87046-8(CKB)2550000001272957(EBL)1662689(SSID)ssj0001212405(PQKBManifestationID)11720670(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001212405(PQKBWorkID)11210301(PQKB)11535517(MiAaPQ)EBC1662689(Au-PeEL)EBL1662689(CaPaEBR)ebr10858444(CaONFJC)MIL595084(OCoLC)876512446(EXLCZ)99255000000127295720140502h20142014 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOrganizational capacity to do and use evaluation /J. Bradley Cousins, Isabelle Bourgeois, editorsDanvers, MA :Wiley Perodicals,[2014]©20141 online resource (137 p.)New directions for evaluation ;number 141, Spring 2014A publication of Jossey-Bass and the American Evaluation Association.1-118-87042-5 1-306-63833-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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; References2 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 EvaluationEvaluation 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 BarriersConcluding 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 EvaluationPrincipal Forces and Influences 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 iNew directions for evaluation ;number 141, Spring 2014.EvaluationEvaluationMethodologyPerformance standardsEvaluation.EvaluationMethodology.Performance standards.Cousins J. BradleyBourgeois IsabelleMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828428503321Organizational capacity to do and use evaluation4092208UNINA