Evaluation as a Planning and Management Tool

Publication Date: December 1984

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Steven Huberman

Research Area: Social conditions

Keywords: Community Building; Organizational Development; Jewish Organizations

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

Community planning consists of four elements: problem definition, program design, monitoring, and evaluation. This article will focus on the final stage, systematic evaluation. It will analyze how evaluation differs from other forms of inquiry; why agencies and programs should be evaluated; whether an agency is ready; types of evaluations; the political framework; and a successful case
study.

In Journal of Jewish Communal Service, v.61 no.2, Winter 1984.