Performance measurement as precursor to organizational evaluation capacity building

Researchers have conducted numerous empirical studies on evaluation capacity (EC) and evaluation capacity building (ECB) in Western cultural settings. However, little is known about these practices in non-Western contexts. To that end, this study identified the major dimensions of EC and feasible ECB approaches in Taiwanese elementary and junior high schools. Using a Delphi technique with 23 experts, the research sought consensus on the components of EC organized in three categories (evaluation culture, evaluation infrastructure, and human resources) and on approaches to building it in Taiwanese schools. The study also identified school-driven and government-driven approaches to ECB in this context. Although the findings support the major dimensions and approaches identified in the Western literature, unique differences emerged in the Taiwanese context. The article concludes with implications for theory and practice.

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Evaluation Capacity Building Conceptual Model: An Analysis of Individual, Organizational and Contextual variables

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e628592012-224 ◽

2009 ◽

Author(s):

Yolanda Suarez-Balcazar ◽

Tina Taylor-Ritzler ◽

Edurne Garcia-Iriarte ◽

Fabricio Balcazar

Keyword(s):

Capacity Building ◽

Conceptual Model ◽

Contextual Variables ◽

Evaluation Capacity Building ◽

Evaluation Capacity

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Evaluation Capacity Building for Program Evaluation in Public Sector

Journal of Research Methodology ◽

10.21487/jrm.2019.03.4.1.35 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 35-59

Author(s):

Don Jaegal

Keyword(s):

Program Evaluation ◽

Public Sector ◽

Capacity Building ◽

Evaluation Capacity Building ◽

Evaluation Capacity

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A research and evaluation capacity building model in Western Australia

Health Promotion International ◽

10.1093/heapro/daw088 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. daw088 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Roanna Lobo ◽

Gemma Crawford ◽

Jonathan Hallett ◽

Sue Laing ◽

Donna B Mak ◽

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Keyword(s):

Capacity Building ◽

Western Australia ◽

Evaluation Capacity Building ◽

Evaluation Capacity ◽

Building Model

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Evaluation Capacity-building: A Tale of Value-adding

Evaluation Journal of Australasia ◽

10.1177/1035719x0500500207 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 41-47 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Diana Beere

Keyword(s):

Program Evaluation ◽

Capacity Building ◽

Organisational Culture ◽

Added Value ◽

Evaluation Capacity Building ◽

Evaluation Capacity ◽

Police Service ◽

Internal Evaluators ◽

Integrate Evaluation ◽

Evaluation Work

Evaluation capacity-building entails not only developing the expertise needed to undertake robust and useful evaluations; it also involves creating and sustaining a market for that expertise by promoting an organisational culture in which evaluation is a routine part of ‘the way we do things around here’. A challenge for evaluators is to contribute to evaluation capacity-building while also fulfilling their key responsibilities to undertake evaluations. A key strategy is to focus on both discerning value and adding value for clients/commissioners of evaluations. This paper takes as examples two related internal evaluation projects conducted for the Queensland Police Service that have added value for the client and, in doing so, have helped to promote and sustain an evaluation culture within the organisation. It describes key elements of these evaluations that contributed to evaluation capacity-building. The paper highlights the key role that evaluators themselves, especially internal evaluators, can take in evaluation capacity-building, and proposes that internal evaluators can, and should, integrate evaluation capacity-building into their routine program evaluation work.

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