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Direct linkSchweigert, Francis J. – New Directions for Evaluation, 2011
Internal evaluators encounter risks but also significant opportunities to strengthen organizational and professional ethics. Potential contributions depend, in part, on the conjunction of ethics and evaluation in the role of the internal evaluator as the person specially commissioned to investigate value and render judgment based on evidence…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Risk, Ethics, Guidelines
Kniker, Ted – New Directions for Evaluation, 2011
This chapter describes the author's experience and insights as the chief of evaluation for public diplomacy at the U.S. Department of State, and as a consultant assisting federal agencies in a multitude of evaluation activities relating what helps and hinders internal evaluation functions. The article discusses the challenges faced by the internal…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Program Evaluation, International Relations, Public Agencies
Volkov, Boris B. – New Directions for Evaluation, 2011
This chapter features a recent conversation with Dr. Arnold J. Love, a long-time proponent of internal evaluation and one of the most cited internal evaluation authors. In 1983, Love edited the first issue of "New Directions for Program Evaluation" on the topic of internal evaluation. He is the author of the book "Internal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Evaluation, Interviews, Organizational Development
Mathison, Sandra – New Directions for Evaluation, 2011
The author analyzes the growth and nature of internal evaluation from the 1960s to the present and suggests that internal evaluation has been on the increase because of its perceived importance. Although the 1960s were characterized by a rich intellectual development of evaluation theory and practice, the fiscal conservatism of the 1980s ushered…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Accountability, Public Administration, Political Attitudes
Behrens, Teresa R.; Kelly, Thomas – New Directions for Evaluation, 2008
An overview is presented of forces that have shaped how public and private funders approach evaluation, including the challenges that funders, and particularly foundations, face in effectively using evaluation within an organizational learning framework. Even with internal organizational challenges to learning, foundations are increasingly…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Program Evaluation, Measurement, Philanthropic Foundations
Clegg, Judith; Smart, Dawn Hanson – New Directions for Evaluation, 2006
Developing a new line of business in an independent consulting firm provides an excellent way to expand, increase income for the company, and create cross-marketing opportunities. If it is not done correctly, however, this potential opportunity can imperil the existence of the business. This chapter's case highlights the benefits new lines of…
Descriptors: Consultants, Personal Autonomy, Entrepreneurship, Cooperation
Peer reviewedNewcomer, Kathryn E., Ed. – New Directions for Evaluation, 1997
The seven chapters of this volume review current design and use of performance measurement in public and nonprofit programs. The contexts surrounding design and implementation of performance measurement systems and best practices are discussed, and examples of the use of performance measurement in government and the nonprofit sector are presented.…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Government (Administrative Body), Nonprofit Organizations, Performance Based Assessment
Wilson, David – New Directions for Evaluation, 2004
International commitment to the human immunodeficiency virus-acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) epidemic has grown rapidly in recent years, stimulated by the leadership of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and its cosponsors and supported by a range of new mechanisms. These include the World Bank's Multi-Country…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Foreign Countries, Public Sector
