Evaluation plus: Beyond conventional evaluation

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Performance ImprovementVolume 42, Issue 7 p. 5-8 Commentry Evaluation plus: Beyond conventional evaluation Roger Kaufman PhD, CPT, Roger Kaufman PhD, CPT Roger Kaufman is Professor Emeritus, Educational Psychology & Learning Systems, Florida State University. He is also Director, Roger Kaufman & Associates. He was Director, Office for Needs Assessment & Planning at Florida State. He is the recipient of the Member for Life and the Thomas Gilbert Award from the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI), where he also has been past president and is a CPT. He has authored and coauthored 35 books and more than 230 articles on strategic planning, strategic thinking, needs assessment, evaluation, and management. His PhD is in Communications from the New York University. He does and has consulted with public and private organizations in Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Latin America, Canada, and the US. Roger may be reached at rkaufman@nettally.com.Search for more papers by this authorZita Unger PhD, Zita Unger PhD Zita Unger, PhD, is Managing Director of Evaluation Solutions, a Melbourne, Australia, company specializing in program evaluation and online evaluation tools. Her online survey tool, E-valuate-IT, received the Australasian Evaluation Society award of Excellence 2001 and she was awarded the Evaluation Training and Service Award in 2000. She has extensive experience in the evaluation of training as well as the application of technology to teaching and learning that covers a broad range of development, delivery, implementation, and impact issues. She is an advocate of strategic approaches where evaluation is a collaborative activity—undertaken with people, not to them. She is a past president of the ISPI Melbourne Chapter. Zita may be reached at zitau@evaluationsolutions.com.Search for more papers by this author Roger Kaufman PhD, CPT, Roger Kaufman PhD, CPT Roger Kaufman is Professor Emeritus, Educational Psychology & Learning Systems, Florida State University. He is also Director, Roger Kaufman & Associates. He was Director, Office for Needs Assessment & Planning at Florida State. He is the recipient of the Member for Life and the Thomas Gilbert Award from the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI), where he also has been past president and is a CPT. He has authored and coauthored 35 books and more than 230 articles on strategic planning, strategic thinking, needs assessment, evaluation, and management. His PhD is in Communications from the New York University. He does and has consulted with public and private organizations in Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Latin America, Canada, and the US. Roger may be reached at rkaufman@nettally.com.Search for more papers by this authorZita Unger PhD, Zita Unger PhD Zita Unger, PhD, is Managing Director of Evaluation Solutions, a Melbourne, Australia, company specializing in program evaluation and online evaluation tools. Her online survey tool, E-valuate-IT, received the Australasian Evaluation Society award of Excellence 2001 and she was awarded the Evaluation Training and Service Award in 2000. She has extensive experience in the evaluation of training as well as the application of technology to teaching and learning that covers a broad range of development, delivery, implementation, and impact issues. She is an advocate of strategic approaches where evaluation is a collaborative activity—undertaken with people, not to them. She is a past president of the ISPI Melbourne Chapter. Zita may be reached at zitau@evaluationsolutions.com.Search for more papers by this author First published: 08 February 2007 https://doi.org/10.1002/pfi.4930420703Citations: 5 AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume42, Issue7August 2003Pages 5-8 RelatedInformation