Program planning and evaluation
Jim Ross
3 hours per week * First semester * Caulfield
Perspectives on program: types of programs, changes in programs. Program management in development, implementation and stabilisation stages. Concepts and models of need and methods of need assessment. Program planning: planning concepts, problem and values clarification, aims and objectives, resource and skill requirements. Program implementation: target group, resource allocation, staffing. Program evaluation: establishing evaluation criteria and measurement processes, development of monitoring techniques, measurement of effectiveness, efficiency and effort.
Assessment
Written (7000 words): 80% * Seminar participation: 20%
Recommended texts
Donovan F and Jackson A Managing human service organisations Prentice-Hall, 1991
Patti R Social welfare administration: Managing social programs in a developmental context Prentice-Hall, 1983
Shadish W Foundations of program evaluation Sage, 1991