Author Archives: Patricia Rogers

Opinion or evidence? Are working hours getting longer?

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Patricia Rogers

Over the Antipodean summer Genuine Evaluation goes to the beach instead of blogging.  We’re back now, brushing off the sand, and planning more discussions about what it means to do genuine evaluation, plus sharing some insights from the African evaluation … Continue reading →

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Evaluation on autopilot – Environment Protection Agency,Victoria

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Patricia Rogers

What’s worse than no evaluation? An evaluation that is wrong but you think is right. Organizations that provide authoratitive evaluations have an obligation to meet high standards of accuracy and consistency. It is therefore hard to believe the series of … Continue reading →

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Call for papers: Indigenous Research Methodologies in the Modern Age

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Patricia Rogers

A recurring theme on the Genuine Evaluation blog has been the need for methodologies that adequately articulate and investigate the conceptual and values frameworks of participants and intended users – including the use of Indigenous Research Methodologies. Next year’s International … Continue reading →

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Reasons for not defining organizational values

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Patricia Rogers

  Given the focus on values at this year’s AEA conference, I was very interested to see Glenda Eoyang’s recent thoughtpiece “10 reasons for not defining organizational values’.   For example, #2 and #3 in her list are: 2. We feel … Continue reading →

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AEA Preview – Complexity and evaluation

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Patricia Rogers

One of the hardest things about the AEA conference is making difficult choices between great sessions. One of the themes I’m keen to follow through is how evaluation can address complex aspects of interventions and organizations.  When I used the … Continue reading →

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