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Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement: An Introduction to Practice

Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement: An Introduction to Practice

Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement: An Introduction to Practice
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Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement: An Introduction to Practice Paperback - 2012

by McDavid, James C.; Huse, Irene; Ingleson, Laura R. L

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SAGE Publications, Inc, 2012-10-25. paperback. Very Good. 8x1x10. Listing is for the book only. Book is in Very Good Condition. Covers and pages are clean with minimal wear. No markings or highlights within. Supplemental materials and access codes are not included.
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From the publisher

Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement: An Introduction to Practice, Second Edition offers an accessible, practical introduction to program evaluation and performance measurement for public and non-profit organizations, and has been extensively updated since the first edition. Using examples, it covers topics in a detailed fashion, making it a useful guide for students as well as practitioners who are participating in program evaluations or constructing and implementing performance measurement systems. Authors James C. McDavid, Irene Huse, and Laura R. L. Hawthorn guide readers through conducting quantitative and qualitative program evaluations, needs assessments, cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analyses, as well as constructing, implementing and using performance measurement systems. The importance of professional judgment is highlighted throughout the book as an intrinsic feature of evaluation practice.

KEY FEATURES

  • Guides readers through conducting quantitative and qualitative program evaluations and needs assessments, as well as constructing and implementing performance measurement systems
  • Demonstrates how program evaluation and performance measurement are complementary ways of supporting evidence-based management and decision making
  • Covers the hot topic of professional judgment
  • Provides audiences with reader friendly checklists to underscore key points

About the author

James C. McDavid (PhD, Indiana, 1975) is a professor of Public Administration at the University of Victoria. He is a specialist in program evaluation, performance measurement, and performance management. He has conducted extensive research and evaluations focusing on federal, state, provincial, and local governments in the United States and Canada. His published research articles include assessments of the ways elected officials use public performance information as well as comparisons of the efficiency of local government service production across Canada. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation.

In 1993, Dr. McDavid won the prestigious University of Victoria Alumni Association Teaching Award. In 1996, he won the J.E. Hodgetts Award for the best English language article published in Canadian Public Administration. From 1990 to 1996, he was Dean of the Faculty of Human and Social Development at the University of Victoria. In 2004 he was named a Distinguished University Professor at the University of Victoria.

Irene Huse (MPA, PhD candidate, University of Victoria) is a recent recipient of a three-year Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Her research includes the multi-year study of B.C. legislator uses of public performance reports, co-authored with James C. McDavid and published in 2012.

Laura R. L. Hawthorn holds a Master of Arts degree in Canadian history from Queen′s University in Ontario, Canada and a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Victoria. After completing her MPA, she worked as a manager for several years in the British Columbia public service and non-profit sector before leaving to raise a family. She is currently living in Vancouver, working on her horse farm and being mom to her two small boys.

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