Manager`s Guide to Program Evaluation: 2nd Edition: Planning, Contracting, & Managing for Useful Results, Mattessich Paul W.

Evaluation is vital and beneficial to any nonprofit organization. An effective evaluation can help identify an organization's successes, share information with key audiences, and improve services. It can confirm that an organization is truly making a difference, or what changes an organization needs to make in order to improve. This book describes what types of information to collect and what questions this information can answer, details the four phases of evaluation and the steps involved in each phase, and provides information on various types of research consultants and advice on selecting one. If you are an organization manager, decision maker, policymaker, funder, researcher, or student studying applied social service research, this guide is an essential resource for your knowledge of effective organizational management.

This accessible, updated edition provides an implementation plan for establishing a corporate security program, especially for those who have little or no knowledge on the topic. It also includes information for intermediate and advanced professionals who are interested in learning more about general security, information systems security, and information warfare.

• Addresses today's complex security industry, the role of the security manager, the diverse set of corporate security functions, and skills for succeeding in this dynamic profession
• Outlines accessible, comprehensive implementation plans for establishing asset protection programs
• Provides tactics for intermediate and advanced professionals on the topics of general security, information systems security, and information warfare
• Offers new perspectives on the future of security and evolving expectations of security professionals