Evaluation in Organizations
A Systematic Approach to Enhancing Learning, Performance, and Change
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"Citing dozens of successful evaluation programs from the private and public sectors, the authors outline a step-by-step approach to designing, building, and conducting evaluations that will reveal strengths and weaknesses within the organization and pinpoint opportunities for learning and improvement.
Evaluation in Organizations will become a resource for human resource and training professionals; market researchers; finance, operations, and planning managers; educators and students of organizational and human resource development; and anyone responsible for measuring, monitoring, and enhancing organizational performance."--BOOK JACKET.
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Russ-Eft and Preskill provide a fairly thorough look at performing systematic evaluations. I read this book as part of a strategic leadership curriculum, but I can see its applicability on a variety of other fronts: general organizational development, professional development, and a host of traditional research projects.
This book is a textbook in every way, down to the slow moving, dense writing that characterizes our college years. The authors do a good job of breaking up the text with tables and other figures. The chapters usually average about 15-17 pages; plan on setting aside at least an hour for each to allow the text to sink in.
This is a book that will be on my “active” shelf for years to come because of its applicability to my work endeavors. I have no intention of memorizing its wisdom since it will be on that shelf!
Anyway, for the topic at hand, it is a very good book. I dropped the stars to three only because it is incredibly dry.
J.
