Descriptor
Source
Business Officer | 2 |
ACU-I Bulletin | 1 |
Author
Bowman, Michael L. | 1 |
Braskamp, Larry A. | 1 |
Browning, Henry | 1 |
Coate, L. Edwin | 1 |
Dean, Gary J. | 1 |
Del Prete, Tony | 1 |
Kanaga, Kim | 1 |
Lessik, Alan | 1 |
Michener, Victoria | 1 |
Murk, Peter J. | 1 |
O'Connell, Carleen | 1 |
More ▼ |
Publication Type
Guides - Non-Classroom | 7 |
Journal Articles | 3 |
Books | 2 |
Opinion Papers | 2 |
Reports - Descriptive | 2 |
Information Analyses | 1 |
Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
Tests/Questionnaires | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Administrators | 10 |
Practitioners | 10 |
Policymakers | 2 |
Researchers | 1 |
Teachers | 1 |
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Lessik, Alan; Michener, Victoria – 2000
This document provides information for managers in the U. S. Agency for International Development on measuring institutional capacity, including some tools that measure the capacity of an entire organization as well as others that look at individual components or functions of an organization. The paper defines and discusses capacity assessment in…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Evaluation Methods, Institutional Characteristics, Measurement Techniques
Sapp, Mary M.; Temares, M. Lewis – Business Officer, 1992
At the University of Miami, a monthly written report assesses the status of about 120 measures of institutional effectiveness, with an oral report to administrators focusing on a smaller number of currently crucial organizational characteristics. The reports, kept confidential, help administrators monitor organizational progress. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
O'Connell, Carleen; And Others – 1988
The changes required by many school reform policies address problems that are extremely difficult to clarify, with organizational and environmental factors densely intertwined. Accordingly, this document begins by identifying the "four C's" that must be taken into account if any strategy for school improvement is to succeed: complexity,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
Shafer, Barbara S.; Coate, L. Edwin – Business Officer, 1992
Benchmarking is an ongoing, systematic process for measuring and comparing work processes of one organization to those of another to identify best practices. Higher education can gain much from this technique, as industry has. The method is objective, reduces resistance to change and can lead to dramatic innovation and rapid development. (MSE)
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Change Strategies, College Administration, Comparative Analysis
Peters, Thomas J.; Yonai, Barbara A. – ACU-I Bulletin, 1989
The idea of making college students more comfortable with their campus environment through involvement in extracurricular activities, thus helping them remain in school, has never been argued by those in the college union field. Nevertheless, efforts and theories in this endeavor have been rarely supported by research and evaluation. Reliable and…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Environment, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Research
Kanaga, Kim; Browning, Henry – 2003
This booklet provides ways for organizational team leaders to assess their team's effectiveness at regular intervals and to monitor their team's performance. The booklet identifies six key aspects, or dimensions, consistent across all teams. If all six dimensions are strong within a team, the team has the means to conduct its work and perform…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Principles, Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education
Braskamp, Larry A.; Ory, John C. – 1994
This book addresses issues in higher education faculty assessment with emphasis on the role of assessment in fostering development of individual faculty members and their institutions. Part 1 describes the role of faculty assessment with the first chapter outlining inadequacies in current approaches. The second chapter offers a perspective on…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Faculty College Relationship
Valentine, Jerry W.; Bowman, Michael L. – 1986
This technical manual is presented to assist those using the Audit of Principal Effectiveness, an 80-statement evaluation instrument designed to determine teachers' perceptions of principals' effectiveness, allow principals to obtain feedback from teachers regarding strengths and weaknesses, and provide a useful tool for researchers studying…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Feedback
Office of Personnel Management, Washington, DC. – 2000
A four-step approach to implementing a training program and measuring results for government agencies was developed in response to an executive order to federal agencies to provide effective training and performance measures in their annual budgets. Step one is the analysis of established goals to identify training requirements. Suggested…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Dean, Gary J.; Murk, Peter J.; Del Prete, Tony – 2000
This book, which is intended as a resource for individuals and organizations involved in adult and community education, presents guidelines and activities to assist in enhancing organizational effectiveness in adult and community education. The following are among the topics discussed: (1) experiencing professional and organizational development…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning