The Manager's Guide to Program Evaluation
The Manager's Guide to Program Evaluation

Author: Paul W. Mattessich

Publisher: Fieldstone Alliance

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780940069381

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Your Guide to Getting a Useful Evaluation Evaluation is vital and beneficial to any nonprofit organization. An effective evaluation can help identify an organization's successes, share information with key audiences, and improve services. It can confirm that an organization is truly making a difference. This book is for: organization managers and decision makers, policymakers, funders, researchers, and students studying applied social service research. Benefits you'll get: describes what types of information to collect and what questions this information can answer; details the four phases of evaluation and the steps involved in each phase; and information on various types of research consultants and advice selecting one.

Manager's Guide to Contingency Planning for Disasters
Manager's Guide to Contingency Planning for Disasters

Author: Kenneth N. Myers

Publisher:

Published: 1999-09-07

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13:

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With the help of an implementation strategy, guidelines for minimizing development costs, and insight into a proven plan development methodology, Manager's Guide to Contingency Planning for Disasters: Protecting Vital Facilities and Critical Operations helps you to: * Establish a corporate contingency plan policy and strategy that will ensure timely completion of a plan with minimal disruption to operations. * Minimize plan development costs * Understand the importance of conducting briefings to communicate the proper mindset before the plan development process begins. * Save time and money by avoiding the consultant's traditional approach of extensive information-gathering that contributes little to the development of practical solutions Remember that you have good people on your management team who don't need a lot of detailed instruction on how to do things in an emergency situation. Precisely "how" they do anything will depend on the specific nature of the disaster and the extent of the damage. Addressing complex hypothetical disaster combinations does not make good business sense. Just prepare "what if" strategies for a worst case and rely on the judgment of your line managers to cope with less severe incidents.

Total Project Control
Total Project Control

Author: Stephen A. Devaux

Publisher: Wiley

Published: 1999-05-21

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780471328599

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New metrics for assessing the performance and profitability of individual or multiple projects-written by the creator of the Total Project Control method. "Critical path method needed a shot in the arm and Devaux delivers it in Total Project Control. His new book is an invaluable and much-needed advance in the art and practice of project management. Every project manager (and software developer) should read this book to understand what project management is all about."-Joel Koppelman, President, Primavera Systems, Inc. "Devaux's Total Project Control introduces a welcome approach for managing dynamic projects from start to finish."-Janet M. Baker, PhD, Chairman and CEO, Dragon Systems, Inc. "Finally, a major shift from traditional project management theory. Devaux slams through decades of cost/schedule fixation and completes the picture. The value concepts in Total Project Control will launch both the art and the science of project planning into mainstream business thinking."-Chip Drapeau, President and CEO, Project Software & Development, Inc. "Total Project Control represents a comprehensive approach for orchestrating and evaluating complex projects."-Alan Trefler, CEO, Pegasystems, Inc. "Total Project Control describes essential new tools for the project management 'power user' that are not found in your favorite project planning software. These tools will prove to be indispensable for the manager who must objectively balance complex multiproject resources."-Robert Virag, Senior Director, Research and Development, Mallinckrodt Inc. "In Total Project Control Stephen Devaux delivers a major breakthrough-all of the tools and understanding necessary to manage enterprise-wide resources in any project-driven company."-Dr. Priscilla A. Glidden V.P. of Human Resources and Organizational Effectiveness, Abt Associates, Inc.

Manager's Guide to Business Planning
Manager's Guide to Business Planning

Author: Peter J. Capezio

Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

Published: 2009-10-16

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 0071713557

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Get the business results you want by creating and executing a solid plan! One simple thing usually makes the difference between business success and failure: a well-laid plan. Whether you want to enact a long-term strategic initiative or set short-term revenue targets, Manager’s Guide to Business Planning provides the tools and techniques for developing a workable plan everyone will support. You’ll learn how to: Measure success Prioritize initiatives Run business reviews Create a budget Engage employees There’s no reason to experience false starts, waste money, or dissatisfy customers in your business endeavors. Manager’s Guide to Business Planning has tried-and-true methods that can be applied to any situation.

The Government Manager's Guide to Strategic Planning
The Government Manager's Guide to Strategic Planning

Author: Kathleen E. Monahan

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 107

ISBN-13: 9781567264135

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Strategic planning deals with long-term goals and objectives. Performance management focusing on the performance of an organization, department, process, or employee--is what makes strategic planning work. Neither can be done without the other, but both must be adapted to the organization. This volume is designed as a reference for those involved in the day to-day challenge of performance management and measurement. Government managers will find ideas and practices that can be applied effectively in the federal environment.

Planning Programs for Adult Learners
Planning Programs for Adult Learners

Author: Rosemary S. Caffarella

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2013-02-26

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 0470770376

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Planning Programs for Adult Learners, Third Edition covers the development of adult education programs in clear, specific detail. This popular step-by-step guide contains information on every area of program planning for adult learners, from understanding the purpose of educational programs to obtaining suitable facilities to incorporating technology appropriately. For educators and practitioners for whom planning programs is a full-time responsibility or only a part of their jobs, as well as volunteers in a variety of organizations, will find this book to be an essential tool. Grounded in a variety of program planning models, the new edition includes: new refinements to the 11-component interactive model updated exercises and examples from new settings new material on the practical application of technology discussion of instructional and program evaluation a focus on critical managerial tasks a new chapter on exploring the foundational knowledge of program planning a new section on the ethical issues related to program planning

Manager's Guide to Program Evaluation: 2nd Edition: Planning, Contracting, & Managing for Useful Results
Manager's Guide to Program Evaluation: 2nd Edition: Planning, Contracting, & Managing for Useful Results

Author: Paul W. Mattessich

Publisher: Fieldstone Alliance

Published: 2022-01-25

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781684427888

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An effective evaluation can help identify an organization's success, share information with key audiences, improve services, and confirm that an organization is truly making a difference. The Manager's Guide to Program Evaluation is a crucial resource for the vitality of any nonprofit organization.