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BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN ASSET/CAPACITY BUILDING AND NEEDS
ASSESSMENT: Concepts and Practical Applications
James W. Altschuld, The Ohio State University
In this groundbreaking text, the author examines the synthesis of two antithetical ideas—needs assessment and asset/
capacity building. At the heart of this approach is a focus on assessing the strengths and assets that communities
have and demonstrating how to make those assets stronger. The author explains the foundation of needs assessment
and asset/capacity building, discusses their similarities and differences, and offers a new hybrid framework that
includes eight steps for how they can be done jointly for better results. The author then applies a checklist for judging
the quality of this approach to six cases that represent real-world applications of hybrid principles.
CONTENTS 1. Beginnings / 2. Synthesis of Needs Assessment and Asset/Capacity Building / 3. Looking Closely at the First 3 Critical Steps of the
Framework / 4. Step 4 in the Hybrid Framework / 5. Steps 5-8: Completing the Hybrid Process / 6. A Checklist for the Hybrid Framework / 7. Cases
Exhibiting Hybrid Framework Characteristics: Examples from Public Health / 8. Cases from Other Fields / 9. Research and Utilization
PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-4522-2019-2 • ©2015 • 264 PAGES • •
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ENHANCING EVALUATION USE: Insights from Internal Evaluation Units
Edited by Marlène Läubli Loud • John Mayne
This book provides insight from evaluators working inside a range of organizations. They discuss the actual challenges
they have faced over the years trying to make evaluation useful and used. Referencing the latest literature, they
discuss the strategies they have adopted to address these challenges and enhance the utilization of evaluation in their
organizations. Each chapter ends with questions to stimulate thought and discussion about the issues raised.
CONTENTS 1. Enhancing Use of Evaluation in Organizations: A View from the Inside / 2. Evaluator, Evaluand, Evaluation Commissioner: A Tricky
Triangle / 3. Evaluation Management: Lessons from New Zealand and International Development Evaluation / 4. Institutionalization and Evaluation
Culture - Interplay between the One and the Other: Lessons from the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) / 5. Re-shaping Evaluation to
Enhance Utilization in Scotland : The Role of Intermediary Bodies in Knowledge-to-Action Strategies / 6. From Discrete Evaluations to a More
Holistic Organizational Approach: The Case of the Public Health Agency of Canada / 7. Evaluation and Use Within the European Commission (EC):
Lessons for the Evaluation Commissioner / 8. Evaluation Policy and Practice in a Changing Environment: Evolution of the Evaluation Function in
World Health Organization (WHO) / 9. Building for Utilization: The Case of the International Labor Organization (ILO) / 10. What Can We Learn from
Practitioners? Some Thoughts and Take-home Messages for Internal Evaluation Units
PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-4522-0547-2 • ©2014 • 288 PAGES •
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DESIGNING AND MANAGING PROGRAMS: An Effectiveness-Based Approach
FOURTH EDITION
Peter M. Kettner, Professor Emeritus, Arizona State University • Robert M. Moroney, Arizona State
University • Lawrence L. Martin, University of Central Florida
Designing and Managing Programs: An Effectiveness-Based Approach, Fourth Edition, is an updated version of
THE classic book on program planning, design, and implementation. This new edition is written in a deliberate manner
designed to help students logically follow the program planning process. Students will learn to track one phase to the
next, resulting in a solid understanding of the issues of internal consistency and planning integrity.
CONTENTS PART 1. ASSESSING CURRENT PRACTICES / 1. Contemporary Issues in Social Service Program Planning and Administration / PART
2. PROBLEM ANALYSIS/NEEDS ASSESSMENT / 2. The Contribution of Theory to Program Planning / 3. Understanding Social Problems / 4. Needs
Assessment: Theoretical Considerations / 5. Needs Assessment: Approaches to Measurement / PART 3. PLANNING, DESIGNING AND TRACKING
THE INTERVENTION / 6. Selecting the Appropriate Intervention Strategy / 7. Setting Goals and Objectives / 8. Designing Effective Programs / 9.
Using Management Information / PART 4. CALCULATING THE VALUE AND COSTS OF THE INTERVENTION / 10. Performance Measurement, Monitoring,
and Evaluation / 11. Program Impact Evaluation and Hypothesis Testing / 12. Budgeting for Financial Control, Management, and Planning / 13.
Developing Line-Item, Functional, and Program Budgeting Systems
PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-4129-9516-0 • ©2013 • 344 PAGES • •
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REALWORLD EVALUATION: Working Under Budget, Time, Data, and Political
Constraints SECOND EDITION
Michael Bamberger, Independent Consultant • Jim Rugh, Independent Consultant • Linda Mabry,
Washington State University, Vancouver
This book addresses the challenges of conducting program evaluations in real-world contexts where evaluators and the
agencies face budget and time constraints and where critical data is missing. The book is organized around a seven-
step model that was developed by the authors and tested and refined in workshops. Vignettes and case studies—
representing evaluations from a variety of geographic regions and sectors—demonstrate adaptive possibilities for small
projects with small budgets to large-scale, long-term evaluations.
CONTENTS PART 1. THE REALWORLD EVALUATION APPROACH / PART 2. A REVIEW OF EVALUATION METHODS AND APPROACHES AND THEIR
APPLICATION IN REALWORLD EVALUATION: FOR THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO DIG DEEPER ON PARTICULAR EVALUATION TOPICS / PART 3. ORGANIZING
AND MANAGING EVALUATIONS AND STRENGTHENING EVALUATION CAPACITY: FOR READERS INVOLVED WITH THE FUNDING AND MANAGEMENT OF
EVALUATIONS
PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-4129-7962-7 • ©2012 • 712 PAGES •
