Designing and Managing Programs: An Effectiveness-Based Approach, Fourth Edition, is an updated version of THE classic book on program planning, design, and implementation. This new edition is written in a deliberate manner designed to help students logically follow the program planning process. An increased emphasis on diversity teaches students and program planners how to develop a well-rounded program that meets the needs of relevant populations. Students will learn to track one phase to the next, resulting in a solid understanding of the issues of internal consistency and planning integrity. The book's format guides students from problem analysis through evaluation, enabling them to apply these concepts to their own program plans. -- publisher's web site.
1 Contemporary Issues in Social Service Program Planning and Administration
Problem AnalysisNeeds Assessment
2 The Contribution of Theory to Program Planning
3 Understanding Social Problems
Theoretical Considerations
Approaches to Measurement
Planning Designing and Tracking the Intervention
6 Selecting the Appropriate Intervention Strategy
Calculating the Value and Cost of the Intervention
10 Performance Measurement Monitoring and Program Evaluation
11 Impact Program Evaluation and Hypothesis Testing
12 Budgeting for Financial Control Management and Planning
13 Developing LineItem Functional and Program Budgeting Systems
Implementing EffectivenessBased Program Planning Practical Implications
7 Setting Goals and Objectives
8 Designing Effective Programs
9 Using Management Information
About the Authors
Peter M. Kettner is Professor Emeritus at the Arizona State University School of Social Work. He is the author of six books, 50 articles, monographs, and book chapters on the topics of purchase-of-service contracting, privatization, macro practice in social work, human services planning, and social work administration. Over his 30 year career in academia he served as a consultant to five different state human service agencies and dozens of local nonprofit agencies on their purchase of service contracting practices and in the design and implementation of effectiveness-based planning systems. In retirement he has continued his writing and consultation with local government and nonprofit agencies. Robert M. Moroney is Professor of Social Policy and Planning at the School of Social Work at Arizona State University. He is the author of ten books and over 60 articles and book chapters on various aspects of policy, planning, and program evaluation. He currently serves as a board member of the Rosalyn Carter Institute for Human Development. He does extensive consultation with numerous national, state, and local human service organizations. Lawrence L. Martin is Professor of Public Affairs, Social Work and Public Administration at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. He was previously on the faculty of the Columbia University School of Social Work in New York City where he directed the program in social work administration. He is the author of 20 books and major monographs and over 100 articles and book chapters.
| Название | Designing and Managing Programs: An Effectiveness-Based Approach: An Effectiveness-Based Approach SAGE Sourcebooks for the Human Services |
| Авторы | Peter M. Kettner , Robert M. Moroney , Lawrence L. Martin |
| Издание: | иллюстрированное |
| Издатель | SAGE, 2012 |
| ISBN | 1412995167, 9781412995160 |
| Количество страниц | Всего страниц: 322 |
| Экспорт цитаты | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |