Process Use in Theory, Research, and Practice New Directions for Evaluation, Number 116

by Cousins, J. Bradley

• ISBN13: 9780470255261
• ISBN10: 0470255269
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-02
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

Conceptions of use are grounded within a common conception that use and influence can be traced to evaluation findings or to the knowledge outputs of evaluative activities. Yet a qualitatively different type of use and impact began to emerge from evaluation practice and research on it. This other sort of consequence -- process use -- appeared to be attributable to something wholly independent of evaluation findings, specifically, the activities or processes of evaluation as opposed to its products or outputs. This volume is a multifacted exploration of process use; it includes methodological, empirical, and conceptual inquiries as well as rich narrative forays into the domain of evaluation practice. Such a comprehensive approach serves to deepen understanding of process use as being pivotal in contemporary theory on evaluation consequences.This is the 116th volume of the Jossey-Bass quarterly report series New Directions for Evaluation, a publication of Jossey-Bass and the American Evaluation Association. The journal publishes empirical, methodological, and theoretical works on all aspects of evaluation.

Table of Contents

Editor's Notes	p. 1
Going Through the Process: An Examination of the Operationalization of Process Use in Empirical Research on Evaluation	p. 5
Evaluators' Descriptions of Process Use: An Exploratory Study	p. 27
Developing Evaluation Capacity Through Process Use	p. 45
Infusing Evaluative Thinking as Process Use: The Case of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC)	p. 61
Multilevel Evaluation Process Use in Large-Scale Multisite Evaluation	p. 75
Process Use: A Case Narrative from Southern Africa	p. 87
Process Use as a Usefulism	p. 99
Index	p. 113
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