Evaluation Journal of Australasia Volume 4 Issue 1-2

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Editorial

Hurworth, Rosalind; Editors, Delwyn Goodrick

2005 Evaluation Journal of Australasia

doi:10.1177/1035719X05004001-201

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A Fundamental Choice: Internal or External Evaluation?

Conley-Tyler, Melissa

2005 Evaluation Journal of Australasia

doi:10.1177/1035719X05004001-202

An organisation wishes to evaluate one of its programs. It can ask a staff member or hire someone outside the organisation. Which should it choose?Surprisingly little guidance is available for this common scenario. A review of 30 texts dealing with organisational performance and evaluation shows...

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‘A Balancing Act’: Resolving Multiple Stakeholder Interests in Program Evaluation

Markiewicz, Anne

2005 Evaluation Journal of Australasia

doi:10.1177/1035719X05004001-203

Attempting to balance multiple stakeholder interests in program evaluation presents many challenges. The views of different stakeholders as part of a reference group, or multiple stakeholder voices within a sector, are often diverse and reflect different political and organisational interests. In...

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Cultivating Communities of Practice to Build Organisational Capacity: A Case Study of the Philippines-Australia Basic Education Assistance for Mindanao (BEAM) Project

Cawrse, Scott; Walsh, Ian D'arcy

2005 Evaluation Journal of Australasia

doi:10.1177/1035719X05004001-204

This article examines how the latent potential of communities of practice (CoPs) can be harnessed as a strategic resource for building capacity and improving organisational performance. In particular it focuses on a case study of developing communities of practice in the Philippines Department of...

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An Organisational Evaluation Capability Hierarchy Model for Self-diagnosis1

Sharp, Colin A

2005 Evaluation Journal of Australasia

doi:10.1177/1035719X05004001-205

The use of Capability Maturity Models in financial management, project management, people management and information systems management in a wide variety of organisations indicates the potential for an Organisational Evaluation Capability Hierarchy to guide the self-diagnosis of organisations in...

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Evaluating a Model of Service Integration for Older People with Complex Health Needs

Bird, Steve; Kurowski, William; Dickman, Gillian

2005 Evaluation Journal of Australasia

doi:10.1177/1035719X05004001-206

BackgroundOlder people with multiple chronic conditions and complex health care needs require a comprehensive, accessible and well-coordinated system of services. To address this growing problem, a consortium of acute and community-based health care organisations implemented a ‘Patients First’...

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Recreating Experiences: Improving the Validity of Data

Roberts, David

2005 Evaluation Journal of Australasia

doi:10.1177/1035719X05004001-207

This paper explores the dynamics of peoples' responses to questions and uses case studies to explore ways in which the validity of data can be improved. Much social research takes for granted that the process of asking questions through interview, survey or focus groups provides accurate data...

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The Use of Photo-interviewing: Three Examples from Health Evaluation and Research

Hurworth, Rosalind; Clark, Eileen; Martin, Jenepher; Thomsen, Steve

2005 Evaluation Journal of Australasia

doi:10.1177/1035719X05004001-208

This article reviews the use of photographs as data within the social sciences as well as defining related terminology used over the past century. It then examines the use of photos as stimuli for talking about health settings before presenting three recent case studies where photo-interviewing...

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AES Board 2004-2005

2005 Evaluation Journal of Australasia

doi:10.1177/1035719X05004001-209

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Notes to Contributors

2005 Evaluation Journal of Australasia

doi:10.1177/1035719X05004001-210