Developmental evaluation : applying complexity concepts to enhance innovation and use

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Title

Developmental evaluation : applying complexity concepts to enhance innovation and use

Author

Patton, Michael quinn

Published

New York, N.Y. : Guilford Press, 2011

Language

English

ISBN

9781606238721

Notes

Developmental evaluation defined and positioned -- Developmental evaluation as a distinct purpose and niche -- Thinking outside evaluation’s boxes -- Situation recognition and responsiveness : distinguishing simple, complicated, and complex -- Systems thinking and complexity concepts for developmental evaluation -- How the world is changed : a dialectic with thesis and antithesis, and developmental evaluation as the synthesis -- The adaptive cycle and developmental evaluation -- Developmental evaluation inquiry frameworks -- Developmental evaluation bricolage : reflective practice, sensitizing concepts, action research, abduction, systems change, and retrospective developmental evaluation -- Utilization-focused developmental evaluation : engagement practices, diverse designs, and adaptive methods

Subjects

• Organizational effectiveness -- Measurement
• Project management -- Evaluation
• Efficiency, Organizational
• Evaluation Studies as Topic