Evaluation Research: an Illustrative Case Study
- 1 December 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Public Policy and Administration
- Vol. 8 (3) , 20-32
- https://doi.org/10.1177/095207679300800303
Abstract
The Enterprise Allowance Scheme, a policy initiative designed to ameliorate unemployment in Britain by encouraging unemployed persons to establish business enterprises, is relatively unimportant fiscally but provides a textbook example of critical weaknesses in current decision-making procedures. It is clear that government's ideological commitment to business values has yet to be translated into concrete measures in line with the best management theory and practice, notably in respect to the adoption of appropriate monitoring and evaluation of outcomes, a prerequisite to efficiency and adaptability of policy interventions in response to changing circumstances and the capability to learn from experience.Keywords
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