By Gillian Squirrell
Large format paperback, 152 pages
Published 2012
Evaluation is a powerful tool that can create considerable fear. It may be used to decide how to allocate often scarce resources, it can be the forerunner of bad news, or just be a means to preserve the status quo. But evaluation is always about people, and can empower the disempowered, stimulate change and support democratic innovation and creativity, it is these elements that this book emphasises. It is accessible for those early in their experience of evaluation, taking them and those with more experience to advanced levels. It helps them consider:
The book encourages readers to become involved, offering some examples and stimulating reflection. It is for evaluators, new and experienced, anyone commissioning evaluators, involved in evaluations, as stakeholders at any level.
Organisations wanting to develop an evaluation strategy, students, lecturers, researchers and libraries.
Dr Gillian Squirrell describes her career as social services in action. With an academic background in social sciences and management, she has worked for over 20 years in research, evaluation, training, organisational development and as social entrepreneur.
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