|
|
 |
 |
Growing numbers of organizations (service providers, non-profits, governments, and private firms) are recognizing the need to provide clear evidence of accountability for the money, time and effort they expend to achieve their stated goals.
While accountability has driven much previous research, Alinea Group explores the evaluation paradigm from an integrated perspective that emphasizes helping programs and policies to achieve their goals and to improve services.
Alinea Group's evaluations cover the following integrated components as needed:
| 1. | Needs Assessment Research |
| 2. | Formative Evaluation Research |
| 3. | Process Evaluation Research |
| 4. | Outcome Evaluation Research |
Alinea Group offers the expertise to facilitate evaluations (business, social science, educational, industry, etc...) using best fit methodology, including:
| • | True experimental designs |
| • | Quasi-experimental designs |
| • | Meta-analyses |
| • | Archival research |
Evaluation research can help your organization to:
| • | Recruit and retain talented staff |
| • | Attract new participants |
| • | Garner support for well defined results |
| • | Retain or increase funding |
| • | Engage collaborators |
| • | Strengthen existing services |
| • | Target effective services for expansion |
| • | Identify staff and volunteer training needs |
| • | Develop and justify budgets |
| • | Prepare long range plans |
| • | Focus board members' attention on pragmatic issues |
| |
|
| |
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
