TY  - BOOK
AU  - Patton,Michael Quinn
TI  - Developmental evaluation: applying complexity concepts to enhance innovation and use 
SN  - 9781606238721 (pbk. : acidfree paper)
AV  - HD69.P75 P3344 2011
U1  - 658.4/04 22
PY  - 2011///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Guilford Press
KW  - Project management
KW  - Evaluation
KW  - Organizational effectiveness
KW  - Measurement
KW  - Program Evaluation
KW  - Evaluation Studies as Topic
KW  - Efficiency, Organizational
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-353) and indexes; 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
N2  - Developmental Evaluation offers a powerful approach to monitoring and supporting social innovations by working in partnership with program decision makers.  In this book, eminent authority Michael Quinn Patton show shows how to conduct evaluations within a developmental evaluation framework.  Patton draws on insights about complex dynamic systems, uncertainty, nonlinearity, and emergence.  He illustrated how developmental evaluation can be used for a range of purposes:  ongoing program development, adapting effective principles of practice to local context, generating innovations and taking them to scale, and facilitating rapid response in crisis situations
ER  -