Success in Evaluation

<p><em>Success in Evaluation</em> takes a fundamentally different approach to the mainstream supply side discussion of evaluation quality utilization and learning. The contributors believe that a systematic focus on success will lead to increased awareness of evaluation and its findings a more positive attitude and a greater chance of actual evaluation use.</p><p>This book offers many different lessons on how to improve evaluation design research processes and reporting. It is a realistic look at performance management the evidence movement and the demand barriers that so often block the role evaluators can play in organizational learning and decision-making.</p><p>International case studies and lessons are included that both explain success-oriented methods and share insightful lessons from the real world. Together they present a convincing case that evaluation for success allows for increased constructive interaction amongst both stakeholders and evaluators and as a result learning processes and outcomes will improve.</p>