New breakthrough tip: It is always useful to consider monitoring & evaluation as forms of control: a means by which management ensures that objectives are achieved. It is important to have systems to enable control. This is usually what is meant by monitoring: the process of recording or observing what is happening in a precise and systematic fashion. Monitoring involves four basic steps: - setting standards - devising instruments to measure performance - comparing performance against standards - taking appropriate remedial action when thing are not going to plan Well-run organizations are all engaged in monitoring their activities. We can assist you to monitor and evaluate activities. Monitoring describes the situation at a given point. Evaluation implies some assessment of the value of an activity. In practice, we all evaluate constantly. Evaluative activities are an essential part of the responsible management of your organization and its resources. Monitoring is an earlier stage of the control loop. We suggest you not to jump to conclusions rather than clearly defining the stages in your thinking. You need information for control and then you interpret that information & decide an action. Evaluation involves asking & answering questions about the effectiveness of your department or project. It is about finding out whether you are achieving what you set out to achieve, and where and how things could be improved. There are two reasons for undertaking evaluation: - To ensure that you are doing the best you can to meet the purposes of your organization - To prove to those who manage or finance your activities that the resources they provide are achieving the purposes for which they were intended Feel free to contact us anytime.
Posted on: Fri, 30 May 2014 10:30:00 +0000
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