Stephen A Kapp | Akateeminen Kirjakauppa

Agency-based Program Evaluation: Lessons from Practice, by Stephen A. Kapp and Gary R. Anderson, serves as a core textbook in the advanced undergraduate and graduate social work program evaluation courses. It combines the methodology of program evaluation with the reality of working with agencies and organizations to describe the effectiveness of their services and programs. Students will gain an understanding of the political and social context and pressures in which a program is developed, implemented and evaluated.

This book offers a practice-oriented approach to evaluation. While many program evaluation methods texts often add a chapter or brief sections that describe organizational and political factors.

Features and Benefits:

combines the methodology of program evaluation with the reality of working with agencies

an understanding of the political and social context and pressures in which a program is developed, implemented and evaluated

examples of the techniques to apply in family and children services agencies