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Peer reviewedKiresuk, Thomas J.; And Others – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1981
The consumer of a service is of primary importance when defining groups most concerned with program impact. Program effectiveness for the consumer may be increased through the use of certain guiding principles based on the extension of existing quality assurance and program evaluation methodologies. (Author/RL)
Descriptors: Accountability, Delivery Systems, Evaluation Methods, Human Services
Kearney, William J. – Personnel Journal, 1979
The author reviews the goal setting and action planning stages of the management by objectives process in employee performance appraisal, and discusses behaviorally anchored rating scales to describe job-specific behaviors associated with getting results with personnel who need more help in raising individual and organizational effectiveness. (MF)
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Evaluation Methods, Management by Objectives, Organizational Effectiveness
McNamara, R. P.; Booth, P. – Journal of Tertiary Educational Administration, 1984
A management strategy that is potentially more fruitful for the nonprofit sector than traditional management toward a primary objective is a risk management approach to organizational effectiveness. The organization's effectiveness, its survival, can be analyzed by categorizing the risks facing it and assessing its performance in managing these…
Descriptors: College Administration, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making, Evaluation Methods
Goate, Edward W. – 1977
Public demands for accountability in school systems led the Capital School District in Dover, Delaware, to begin investigating management systems in 1974. This investigation led to the adoption of a management by objectives system in 1975 and the addition of program budgeting in 1976, providing the district with the tools of administrative…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Attitudes, Board of Education Role, Community Attitudes
Hayman, Brian; Sussman, Susan – 1986
This report assesses the current state of the art of personnel performance appraisal in education to provide guidelines for new initiatives and developments in the use of personnel evaluation systems in Ontario schools. It is organized in such a way that the major issues related to performance appraisal are presented in the order in which an…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Download full textMcGreal, Thomas L. – 1983
Teacher evaluation remains a controversial and disruptive area. The problems arise from the way evaluations are carried out. In many cases the evaluation system used is the problem. This book discusses teacher evaluation by providing characteristics separating effective and less effective systems. It presents eight commonalities identified in…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
