000353578 000__ 02473cam\a22002774a\4500 000353578 001__ 353578 000353578 005__ 20210513130342.0 000353578 008__ 060714s2007\\\\dcu\\\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000353578 010__ $$a 2006023238 000353578 020__ $$a9780872893023 (pbk. : alk. paper) 000353578 020__ $$a0872893022 (pbk. : alk. paper) 000353578 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocm70668711 000353578 035__ $$a353578 000353578 040__ $$aDLC$$beng$$cDLC$$dYDX$$dEYE$$dBAKER$$dIG#$$dYDXCP$$dBTCTA$$dUKM$$dOCLCQ$$dISE 000353578 049__ $$aISEA 000353578 05000 $$aJF1351$$b.E55 2007 000353578 08200 $$a352.4/39$$222 000353578 1001_ $$aEmison, Gerald A. 000353578 24510 $$aPractical program evaluations :$$bgetting from ideas to outcomes /$$cGerald Andrews Emison. 000353578 260__ $$aWashington, D.C. :$$bCQ Press,$$cc2007. 000353578 300__ $$axvi, 121 p. ;$$c23 cm. 000353578 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000353578 5050_ $$aProgram Evaluations That Matter -- The Myth of Ceteris Paribus -- Practicing Program Evaluation in a Complex World -- Why Should You Read This Book? -- The Paradox of Applied Program Evaluation -- The Core Principles of the C⁴ Approach -- An X-Ray of the Book -- Our Purpose is Program Evaluations That Matter -- The Landscape of Program Evaluation -- The Public Interest -- Pursuing the Public Interest through Rationality -- Delving Into Program Evaluation -- The Four C's and the Landscape of Program Evaluation -- Understand Your Client -- Know What Your Client's Interests Are -- Know What Success Is -- Have a Principal Who Can Do Something -- Put the Evaluation in a Management Context -- Do the Right Thing -- Know the Content -- Build the Analysis on Facts -- Align Your Evidence and Your Conclusions -- Simplicity Always Trumps Elegance -- Don't Let the Illusion of the Perfect Drive Out the Reality of the Good -- Never Underestimate the Power of Accurate Description -- Control the Work -- Have a Real Work Plan -- Meet the Deadline -- Getting People with the Right Skills and Temperament -- Expect Something to Go Wrong -- Use More Than One Set of Eyes -- Know Your Core Values -- Communicate With Clarity -- Lead with Communicating Ideas Not Details -- Write and Speak In Short Words with Short Sentences -- Preview, Provide, and Review the Messages -- Visuals That Support, Not Supplant, the Briefing -- In the Long Run -- Personal Success -- Professional Success. 000353578 650_0 $$aPublic administration$$xEvaluation. 000353578 650_0 $$aAdministrative agencies$$xEvaluation. 000353578 85200 $$bgen$$hJF1351$$i.E55$$i2007 000353578 85641 $$3Table of contents only$$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0617/2006023238.html 000353578 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:353578$$pGLOBAL_SET 000353578 980__ $$aBIB 000353578 980__ $$aBOOK