Developmental Evaluation - Applying Complexity Concepts to Enhance Innovation and Use (Paperback)

Developmental evaluation (DE) 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 shows how to conduct evaluations within a DE framework. Patton draws on insights about complex dynamic systems, uncertainty, nonlinearity, and emergence. He illustrates how DE can be used for a range of purposes: ongoing program development, adapting effective principles of practice to local contexts, generating innovations and taking them to scale, and facilitating rapid response in crisis situations. Students and practicing evaluators will appreciate the book's extensive case examples and stories, cartoons, clear writing style, "closer look" sidebars, and summary tables. Provided is essential guidance for making evaluations useful, practical, and credible in support of social change. See also Developmental Evaluation Exemplars, edited by Michael Quinn Patton, Kate McKegg, and Nan Wehipeihana, which presents 12 in-depth case studies.

General

Imprint:	Guilford Publications
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2010
First published:	2010
Authors:	Michael Quinn Patton
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	375
ISBN-13:	978-1-60623-872-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Psychological methodology > General
LSN:	1-60623-872-8
Barcode:	9781606238721

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!