Collaborative Evaluation in Practice

One of the reasons some groups are more effective than others is collaboration;people implement evaluative decisions more willingly if they have collaborated onthose decisions. This book introduces real-world applications of the Model forCollaborative Evaluations (MCE) in business nonprofit and education to makecollaborative evaluations more accessible to you. The MCE is a systematicframework that revolves around a set of six interactive components specific toconducting a collaborative evaluation. It represents a practical attempt to capturethe essence of collaborative evaluation from various perspectives in order to offera valuable understanding of different stances that often arise when using this typeof approach. A multidisciplinary team of authors enriches the diverse perspectives of this book with theirinternational and cross-cultural expertise. The intention is to share a deeper understanding of how this approachis applied to build collaborative relationships within an evaluation recognizing the level of collaboration willvary in each situation.