7Managing Evaluation
In this chapter, we turn our attention to:
- how evaluations are managed;
- roles and influences of external evaluators;
- ways in which evaluators can work for and within organisations;
- roles and influences of internal evaluators; and
- costing of evaluation work.
MANAGING EVALUATION UNDERTAKEN BY OUTSIDERS
Contracting Evaluations
A common arrangement for undertaking evaluations is for a commissioning agency to contract out or outsource the work to an outsider, an evaluation consultant. Perhaps the agency does not have the expertise to undertake the study itself, or senior managers see the need for an independent group to examine a program that is to be reviewed.
A contracted evaluation can be thought of as a project, ...
