Process and Product Issues in the Evaluation of School Development Planning

Evaluation

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 99-109

  O'hara, Joe ^a   McNamara, Gerry ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

collaborative change; evaluator as communicator filter; organizational climate; organizational development; process versus product evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 29944443031     PISSN: 13563890     EISSN: 14617153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/13563890122209540     Document Type: Article

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