Monitoring and Evaluation is a critical element in social research, and it is essential for scholars in the social sciences to be proficient in project management. This book comprises 12 units, which have been organized in a logical sequence according to their content.
Monitoring and Evaluation is an important component in social research. The scholars of social science particularly are required to undergo the course to be competent in project management. We have covered all 12 units in detail and have arranged them in logical manner as per contents of each unit. We hope the book will satisfy the requirement as contents have been presented covering all aspects. The book will serve as a key book.
Concept of Evaluation Evaluation is the structured interpretation and giving of meaning to predict or actual impacts of proposals or results. It looks at original objectives, and at what are either predicted or what was accomplished and how it was accomplished. Context Based Meaning and Concept The meaning of evaluation is the way of judging or calculating the quality, importance, amount, or value of something: Evaluation of this new treatment cannot take place until all the data has been collected. In its earliest uses (documented in the 15th century), context meant “the weaving together of words in language.” This sense, now obsolete, developed logically from the word’s source in Latin, contexere “to weave or join together.
Evaluation Theory vs Practice Theory based evaluation is an approach to evaluation (i.e., a conceptual analytical model) and not a specific method or technique. It is a way of structuring and undertaking analysis in an evaluation. A theory of change explains how an intervention is expected to produce its results What are Evaluation Theories?
Identify and Describe Program You Want to Evaluate The first step in conducting a program evaluation is to clarify why we are doing it, what we want to achieve, and what we will focus on. This will help us to define the evaluation questions, criteria, indicators and methods that will guide our data collection and analysis. What is Program Evaluation?
Evaluating the Evaluation To present clarity, representation of components of program, stake holders, senility, needs of target group, sample, data, technical adequacy, data collection methods cost, recommendation the steps have been described below as per syllabus contents prescribed by ICAR. Evaluating the Evaluation
SWOT Analysis-Concept Concept of SWOT The concept of SWOT surfaced in 1960 as, management tool indicating four dimensions of strength, weakness, opportunity and threat and is widely used in business organizations. It’s use is very common in judging the prospectus of any organization particularly rural projects. It’s four attributes have wider applicability to decide whether to move ahead or not. Origin of SWOT
Network in Project Management A project network is a graph that shows the activities, duration, and inter dependencies of tasks within our project. Networking is a crucial aspect of project management that can provide various benefits, including access to new job opportunities, industry insights, and professional development opportunities. What is network with diagram? A Brief History of Project Management.
Bennett’s Hierarchy To set the scene for this we head back to the 1970s when Claude Bennett worked as a specialist in evaluation with the extension service. He wanted to make sure that extension was collecting information that was able to illustrate the effectiveness of extension, and help extension improve its services to clients. So, he developed seven categories of criteria for evaluating extension programmes based on what he called a ‘seven link chain of events. He put these into a hierarchy literally in his article describing this-as a diagram of seven steps.
Logical Framework Approach (LFA) Background and Description, Variation of LFA Definition The Logical Framework Approach or LFA is a systematic and analytical process for objectives-oriented project planning and management Background: The Logical Framework Approach (LFA) was developed for USAID in the 1960s. Since then, it has been adopted and adapted by many other international development organisations. Among them was the German agency GTZ, which derived its Goal-Oriented Project Planning (ZOPP) from it.
Introduction Impact studies isolate the effect of an intervention by assuring that there is clean comparison between a treatment group that received the intervention and a comparison group that is just the same except that it did not get the intervention. Impact studies test whether one thing causes another. Just knowing scores have gone up following an intervention doesn’t mean improvement is attributable to that intervention. The data are generated from an impact study used to identify best practices, to replicate successful programs or policies, and to avoid mistakes that might have negative implications for future projects.
Indicators for Impact Assessment-meaning and Concept Indicators for impact assessment: Indicators are common tools to determine the performance and then the result of the technology/extension/communication interventions. They measure the accomplishment of the project’s goals and targets. Criteria of indicators should be defined during the formulation stage, but they often need to be specified in greater detail during implementation. The indicators should measure intangible and non-tangible changes, particularly in projects that value factors such as personal and social development.
Impact Assessment Approach-Quantitative, Qualitative Participatory and Mixed Methods with Their Advantages and Disadvantages Quantitative research approach Qualitative research approach Participatory research approach Mixed method research approach Advantages of Quantitative Research
Concept of Environmental Impact Assessment Introduction, what it is, who does it, how it is done? Environmental Impact assessment (EIA) is the estimation of the environmental consequences of a plan, policy, program, or actual projects prior to the decision to move forward with the proposed action. Introduction to EIA An EIA may be defined as: a formal process to predict the environmental consequences of human development activities and to plan appropriate techniques to eliminate or reduce adverse effects and to augment positive effects. to enhance positive effects.
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