| Description |
x, 262 pages ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Sage sourcebooks for the human services ; v. 11 |
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Sage sourcebooks for the human services series ; v. 11
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| Contents |
1. Contemporary Issues in Social Service Program Planning and Administration -- 2. Understanding Social Problems -- 3. Needs Assessment: Theoretical Considerations -- 4. Needs Assessment: Approaches to Measurement -- 5. Selecting the Appropriate Intervention Strategy -- 6. Setting Goals and Objectives -- 7. Designing Effective Programs -- 8. Building a Management Information System -- 9. Line-Item, Functional, and Program Budgeting Systems -- 10. Budgeting for Control, Management, and Planning -- 11. Performance Measurement, Monitoring, and Program Evaluation -- App. Line-Item, Functional, and Program Budgeting Systems: A Case Example -- Implementing a Combined Functional and Program Budgeting System |
| Summary |
In this updated version of Designing and Managing Programs, the authors have strengthened the usability of the book with better examples and more illustrations. In addition, significant changes to the technical sections on goals and objectives, program design, management information systems, and budgeting have been incorporated. This volume also includes new material on evaluating quality and performance measurement as well as a new appendix that illustrates a format for reporting performance measures |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 1990 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-252) and index |
| Subject |
Social action -- Evaluation.
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Social action -- Management.
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Social planning.
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Social service -- United States -- Evaluation.
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Social service -- United States -- Finance.
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Social service -- United States -- Planning.
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Social Work.
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| Author |
Martin, Lawrence L.
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Moroney, Robert, 1936-
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| LC no. |
98025496 |
| ISBN |
0761915486 (cloth : acid-free paper) |
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0761915494 (paperback: acid-free paper) |
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