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Smith, M. F. – Evaluation Utilization, 1988
Different dimensions of evaluation utilization and evaluator strategies for stimulating use are discussed, in terms of designing a formal evaluation utilization system. While the need exists to improve the design process, there is no simple formula. Evaluators should see part of their function as creating a repository of knowledge. (SLD)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Evaluation Utilization, Evaluators
Cummings, Oliver W.; And Others – Evaluation Utilization, 1988
Three business evaluation practitioners, representing the continuum from internal to external evaluation, respond to questions posed by three evaluation professors. The questions concern: the evaluator's role; evaluation methods; objectivity; and ensuring the evaluation's quality. The greatest difference between internal and external evaluators…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Business, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization
Johnston, William P., Jr. – Evaluation Utilization, 1988
Randomly selected recommendations (N=176)--concerning performance evaluations of programs of public organizations--made by the General Accounting Office (GAO) in fiscal year 1983 were analyzed. Reasons for the exceptionally high acceptance rate (between 51 percent and 77 percent ) are discussed, including the GAO's status as a formal legally…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Evaluators, Federal Government
