Evaluating Organizational Consultation in a Changing World [microform] / John R. Barry
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- 5394536
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- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Barry, John R
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1980
- 13 p.
- Summary:
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While the evaluation of organizational consultation is becoming a more public activity, there is still much to be learned in this area. The complexity and uniqueness of most organizational consultation have contributed to the paucity of studies to evaluate the processes involved. Organizational consultation is an ongoing process; continual feedback and formative evaluations make consultation difficult to describe and evaluate. Consequently, most evaluations are outcome, rather than process, studies. Outcomes of organizational consultation can be identified, quantified, and compared. The processes of reaching the outcomes, however, will vary with the organization, the consultant, and the problems. Client satisfaction will probably continue as an important and widely used indicator of consultation effectiveness. Program evaluation standards being developed by the Evaluation Research Society may one day be converted to a checklist to be used in rating the degree to which a standard has been met. A major strength of good organizational consultation is the flexibility of all parties involved. Organizational consultation should continue as a skill which practitioners from many disciplines utilize while remaining specialists in their own disciplines. (Author/NRB)
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- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association (88th, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, September 1-5, 1980).
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
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