Developmental Evaluation: Applying Complexity Concepts to Enhance Innovation and Use

by Michael Quinn Patton

Book Overview

Developmental evaluation (DE) offers a powerful approach to monitoring and supporting social innovations by working in partnership with program decision makers. In this book, eminent authority Michael Quinn Patton shows how to conduct evaluations within a DE framework. Patton draws on insights about complex dynamic systems, uncertainty, nonlinearity, and emergence. He illustrates how DE can be used for a range of purposes: ongoing program development,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1606238728
• ISBN13: 9781606238721
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Guilford Publications
• Length: 375 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 9.8"