Developmental Evaluation: Applying Complexity Concepts to Enhance Innovation and Use

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.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ The Guilford Press
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 15, 2010
Edition ‏ : ‎ First Edition
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 375 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1606238728
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1606238721
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.52 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 0.75 x 9.75 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #1,253,425 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #385 in Social Sciences Methodology #514 in Nonprofit Organizations & Charities (Books) #982 in Social Services & Welfare (Books)
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