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Designing and Managing Programs: An Effectiveness-Based Approach

Autor Peter M. Kettner, Robert M. Moroney, Lawrence L. Martin
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 13 dec 2022
Designing and Managing Programs for human services helps readers grasp the meaning and significance of measuring performance and evaluating outcomes. Hands-on and practical, the book incorporates the principles of effectiveness-based planning as it addresses the steps of designing, implementing, and evaluating a human services program at the local agency level. Meaningful examples at every stage of the process—from problem analysis and needs assessment to evaluating effectiveness and calculating costs—enhance reader understanding of how concepts are implemented in the real world. The Sixth Edition contains new examples and references, and updates based on changes to federal regulations.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781544371436
ISBN-10: 1544371438
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 187 x 232 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.57 kg
Ediția:Sixth Edition
Editura: SAGE Publications
Colecția Sage Publications, Inc
Locul publicării:Thousand Oaks, United States

Cuprins

PART I: Assessing Current Practices
1 Contemporary Issues in Human Service Program Planningand Administration
PART II: 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 III: Planning, Designing, and Tracking the Intervention
6 Selecting the Appropriate Intervention Strategy
7 Organizational Mission and Program Goals, Objectives, and Activities
8 Designing Effective Programs
9 Designing Effectiveness-Based Information Systems
Part IV: Calculating the Value and Cost of the Intervention
10 Performance Measurement, Monitoring, and Program Evaluation
11 Impact Program Evaluation and Hypothesis Testing
12 Budgeting for Financial Control, Management, and Planning
13 Developing Line-Item, Functional, and Program Budgeting Systems

Notă biografică

Peter M. Kettner was a professor at the Arizona State University School of Social Work. He authored six books, 50 articles, monographs, and book chapters on the topics of purchase-of-service contracting, privatization, macro practice in social work, human services planning, and social work administration. Over his 30 year career in academia he served as a consultant to five different state human service agencies and dozens of local nonprofit agencies on their purchase of service contracting practices and in the design and implementation of effectiveness-based planning systems.

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Designing and Managing Programs for human services helps readers grasp the meaning and significance of measuring performance and evaluating outcomes. Hands-on and practical, the book incorporates the principles of effectiveness-based planning as it addresses the steps of designing, implementing, and evaluating a human services program at the local agency level. Meaningful examples at every stage of the process—from problem analysis and needs assessment to evaluating effectiveness and calculating costs—enhance reader understanding of how concepts are implemented in the real world. The Sixth Edition contains new examples and references, and updates based on changes to federal regulations.