A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
The author argues that in public policy making, evaluators have no monopoly on valuation, and that public policy decisions in the United States are almost never made by a single person, organizational entity, or profession. The argument is that what distinguishes evaluators from other valuators is a desire to evaluate public programs, hoping that they can find out what works and what doesn't, and then persuade policy makers, program managers, and professional advocates, and a broad citizen readership, to make rational and efficacious decisions. It is evaluators' broad command of valuation theories and practical methods, their independence, and their professional demeanor that makes them so valuable. The author concludes that the best way to preserve professional reputation is to be independent, relevant, helpful, and respectful. © Wiley Periodicals, Inc., and the American Evaluation Association.
The author argues that in public policy making, evaluators have no monopoly on valuation, and that public policy decisions in the United States are almost never made by a single person, organizational entity, or profession. The argument is that what distinguishes evaluators from other valuators is a desire to evaluate public programs, hoping that they can find out what works and what doesn't, and then persuade policy makers, program managers, and professional advocates, and a broad citizen readership, to make rational and efficacious decisions. It is evaluators' broad command of valuation theories and practical methods, their independence, and their professional demeanor that makes them so valuable. The author concludes that the best way to preserve professional reputation is to be independent, relevant, helpful, and respectful. © Wiley Periodicals, Inc., and the American Evaluation Association.
Evaluators in a world of valuators
Grob, George F. (author)
New Directions for Evaluation ; 2012 ; 91-96
2012-03-01
6 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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