Organizing evaluation to serve the needs of program planners and managers |
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Authors: | Douglas R Bunker |
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Institution: | State University of New York at Buffalo, USA |
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Abstract: | Evaluation is often both conceptually and functionally separate from program planning and operations management. Though program managers may not see themselves as served well by the work of evaluation staffs, there are a number of potentially beneficial side effects to be realized from close collaboration between program administrators and evaluators. These flow only when the evaluation task is broadly defined and when both administrators and evaluators recognize their interdependence. Particular functional benefits to management from evaluation are described. Characteristics of interorganizational relations which might increase the probability of their attainment are then outlined and discussed. |
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Keywords: | Requests for reprints should be sent to Douglas R Bunker The Center for Policy Studies School of Management 240 Crosby Hall SUNY at Buffalo Buffalo NY 14214 |
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