Organizational Use of Evaluations

Hansson, Finn

doi:10.1177/1356389006066970

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“…Evaluation information alone does not result in adaptation. The assertion that it should suggests that evaluations, particularly at the network level, capture all information relevant to the broad array of decisions that are made at various levels throughout at agency or, as a minimum, all relevant knowledge for a more limited set of decisions (Hansson, 2006). We have demonstrated that managers make most sense of evaluation when they can combine it with other knowledge, i.e.…”

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Maximizing conservation evaluation utilization

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Evaluation utilization in conservation management emphasizes the use of 'appropriate' information from the perspective of an expert provider. An alternative is to emphasize the information needs of recipients. Doing so ensures evaluation information is relevant to expected users and uses. The authors worked with an Australian conservation management agency to address barriers associated with engagement and ensuring relevance to the recipient's sphere of decision-making. Workshop feedback demonstrated that the process increased the perceived value of the evaluation information. Managers' reflections on the workshops emphasized factors relating to the decisionmaking context and the importance of being able to interact with the information in a constructive and non-threatening environment. Identified uses for evaluation information expanded as a result of the workshops to include newfound applications in strategy development and planning, parkspecific responses and resource allocation.

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“…It is presumed that M&E systems support democratic governance, enhance accountability and result in policy and program improvement (Hansson 2006;Mark & Henry 2004;Pollitt 2006;Schwandt 2002;Weiss 1999). There is a dearth of literature on how M&E influences performance in different models of governance (Hanberger 2012), particularly in Africa.…”

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A stakeholder view of the development of national evaluation systems in Africa

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vidence for policy-informed decision-making, budgeting and programming. National evaluation systems (NESs) are being set up across Africa, together with the processes and other monitoring and evaluation (ME) infrastructure for efficient and effective functioning.Objectives: This article seeks to document comparative developments in the growth of systems in Anglophone African countries, and provide an understanding of these systems for capacity-development interventions in these countries. It also aims to contribute to the public debate on the development of national ME systems, institutionalisation of evaluation, and use of ME evidence in the larger African context.Methods: This article uses four key dimensions as the conceptual framework of a national monitoring and evaluation system, including monitoring and evaluation systems in the executive; the functioning of parliamentary ME systems; professionalisation of evaluation and existence of an enabling environment. A questionnaire was used to collect information based on the key dimensions from government and non-governmental personnel. The Mo Ibrahim index of 2018 was used to collect information on enabling environment.Results: Findings indicate that all systems have stakeholders with different roles and contexts and are designed according to the state architecture, prevailing resources and capacities.Conclusions: This article concludes that the findings can be used as different entry points for developing and strengthening ME capacities in countries studied.

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“…Indicators assume a simple causal relationship between intervention and impacts, incompatible with some important theories, e.g. with the contemporary understandings of the emergence of innovations (Cozzens and Melkers, 1997; Hansson, 2006; Van der Knaap, 2006). While logic models can be recognized as a first attempt to understand a ‘system’, they do not explain the complex relationships and dynamic between system components.…”

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Future-oriented impact assessment: Supporting strategic decision-making in complex socio-technical environments

Nieminen

Hyytinen

2015

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The article proposes a systemic and future-oriented evaluation approach designed to support decision-making in complex socio-technical environments. The approach integrates established methods of evaluation, foresight, impact assessment, system dynamic modelling and societal embedding within a single framework to provide versatile information to increase strategic intelligence in decision-making. This generic and flexible framework aims to support decisionmaking in various policy and decision-making situations. It is designed to meet the challenges of the changing innovation environment.

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Organizational Use of Evaluations

Cited by 32 publications

References 55 publications

Maximizing conservation evaluation utilization

Maximizing conservation evaluation utilization

A stakeholder view of the development of national evaluation systems in Africa

Future-oriented impact assessment: Supporting strategic decision-making in complex socio-technical environments

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