TY - BOOK AU - Owen,John M. TI - Program evaluation: forms and approaches SN - 9781741146769 U1 - 658.4 OW PR PY - 2006/// CY - Crows Nest, N.S.W. PB - Allen & Unwin KW - Management KW - Evaluation KW - Methodology N1 - Previous ed.: 1999; Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Everyone involved with policy and programme development and delivery is being asked to plan more carefully, reflect more critically and justify their decisions. The key to this is evaluation. This text offers a practical overview of the evaluation process for both beginners and experience practitioners. It shows evaluators how to identify appropriate forms and approaches using an original framework. The authors examines the role of evaluation in programme development and offer techniques for involving stakeholders in the planning process and for disseminating the evaluation findings ER -