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Informationen zum Autor Gail Vallance Barrington is a Credentialed Evaluator (CE) and a certified teacher. During her 35 years as owner and manager of an independent consulting company, she completed over 130 evaluation studies, mainly in education, health, and research. She has authored articles, book chapters, and the popular book, Consulting Start-up and Management: A Guide for Evaluators and Applied Researchers (SAGE, 2012). She has served on the boards of both the American Evaluation Association (AEA) and the Canadian Evaluation Society (CES). Awards include the CES Contribution to Evaluation in Canada Award (2008) and the AEA Alva and Gunnar Myrdal Award for Evaluation Practice (2016). She is a Fellow of the Canadian Evaluation Society (2018) and the Certified Management Consultants of Canada (2014). She holds degrees from McGill University (BA), Carleton University (MA) and the University of Alberta (PhD in Educational Administration). She teaches research and evaluation skills online for Michigan State University and the University of Alberta. For more information see www.barringtonresearchgrp.com . Klappentext Consulting Start-up and Management: A Guide for Evaluators and Applied Researchers addresses the unique issues faced by evaluators and applied researchers who are interested in becoming independent consultants, as well as by those who need to re-tool their professional practice. This text will be used as a supplementary text in courses in evaluation and applied research in which consulting work is addressed, in addition to its use as a professional text by current and would be practitioners. Zusammenfassung Addresses the unique issues faced by evaluators and applied researchers who are interested in becoming independent consultants! as well as by those who need to re-tool their professional practice. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Consulting and You Chapter 1: The Consulting Landscape Chaper 2: Personal Characteristics Chapter 3: Essential Values Chapter 4: Political Skills Chapter 5: Survival Skills Part II: Entrepreneurial Skills Chapter 6: Getting Started Chapter 7: Your Business Plan Chapter 8: Setting your Fees Chapter 9: Managing Time Chapter 10: Getting to Work Chapter 11: Writing Proposals Part III: Business Skills Chapter 12: Managing Money Chapter 13: Ownership Structures Chapter 14: Managing Risk Chapter 15: Managing Contracts Chapter 16: Managing People Chapter 17: Managing Knowledge Glossary Appendix ...
