Finding Out Fast by Alan Thomas

Finding Out Fast by Alan Thomas

Finding Out Fast provides readers with key skills and approaches for research designed to inform policies, particularly on development. Recognizing that policy decisions are typically made under pressure of time and on the basis of incomplete data or with limited resources with which to obtain information, the authors provide guidance on how to locate, evaluate and use relevant information, fast. They explain and critically review a variety of research methods for `finding out fast′, in the belief that these methods can still be rigorous. Finding Out Fast will assist readers to become competent investigators, to understand how to use research more effectively and how to commission and critically evaluate research done by others. This book is essential reading for development managers in non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and public sector agencies and students of development management and development studies more generally. However, the ideas and approaches will also appeal to anyone involved in policy making and research with developmental goals. It is a course text for two courses in the Open University Global Programme in Development Management: Capacities for Managing Development (TU870) and the Development Management Project (TU874).

`The book is a useful, interesting and worthwhile contribution to an important area of policy investigation... It will be a useful reference for development managers, policy analysts and budding researchers at large′ - Management and Change

`A welcome addition to the literature for development practitioners... It will undoubtedly also be useful for students and researchers... it illustrates approaches with case studies that are well integrated in the text, and offers summaries and key questions in tables, boxes and pictures. For many this will be a timely book... For many it could become a much-consulted handbook′ - Development in Practice

`This book is unique and fills a glaring gap in the field of development practice. It deals with the dilemmas that every practitioner faces - the need to make decisions fast, provide advice on the basis of incomplete information, and navigate complex political waters′ - Gita Sen, Professor of Economics and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Management

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ISBN 13	9780761958376
ISBN 10	0761958371
Titel	Finding Out Fast
Autor	Alan Thomas
Serie	Published In Association With The Open University
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	SAGE Publications Inc
Erscheinungsjahr	1998-04-07
Seitenanzahl	352
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