Finding Out Fast - Investigative Skills for Policy and Development

Zusammenfassung This is a guide for development managers on how to research! evaluate and use information! fast! and become competent investigators. It is published as a course book for the Open University course "Capacities for Managing Development". Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction - Alan ThomasPART ONE: CONCEPTUALISING POLICY-RELATED INVESTIGATIONInformation Needs and Policy Change - Stephen Potter and Ramya SubrahmanianBoundaries for Thinking and Action - Chris Blackmore and Ray IsonGrabbing Attention - Joseph HanlonPART TWO: THINKING WITH PAPERHow to Do a Literature Study - Stephanie BarrientosInterpreting Institutional Discourses - Bridget O'LaughlinPART THREE: THINKING WITH PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONSPeople as Informants - Philip WoodhouseInvestigation as Empowerment - Hazel Johnson and Linda Mayoux Using Participatory MethodsOrganizational Assessment and Institutional Footprints - Chris RocheDilemmas of Researching Poverty - Dina AbbottCommunicating Results - Joanna Chataway and Avril JoffePART FOUR: THINKING WITH DATAThinking with Quantitative Data - Chandan Mukherjee and Marc WuytsAnalysing Institutional Accounts - Geoff JonesCritical Issues in Using Data - Sue MayerChallenging Cases - Alan ThomasConclusion - Alan Thomas and Joanna Chataway Personal Effectiveness and Integrity

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• Autori: Alan Chataway Thomas
• Con la collaborazione di: Joanna Chataway (Editore), Alan Thomas (Editore), Marc Wuyts (Editore)
• Editore: Sage Publications Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 07.04.1998
• EAN: 9780761958376
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-5837-6
• Pagine: 352
• Serie: Published in association with the Open University
• Categorie: Saggistica > Psicologia, esoterismo, spiritualità, antroposofia > Psicologia applicata; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Opere generiche, enciclopedie