| Session Title: The Weakest Link: Does Good Evaluation Lead to Good Decisions? How to Assess Your Organization |
| Skill-Building Workshop 528 to be held in Texas A on Friday, Nov 12, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM |
| Sponsored by the Government Evaluation TIG |
| Presenter(s): |
| Thea C Bruhn, United States Department of State, bruhntc@state.gov |
| Abstract: GIGO or Garbage In-Garbage Out is a familiar notion: bad data result in ineffective or inappropriate follow-on actions. Does the antithesis apply? If they have good evaluation data, will leaders make good decisions? The use of data for strategic decision making is Business Intelligence (BI). BI also includes providing decision makers with intuitive methods for monitoring and analyzing data on an ongoing basis. Studies of what managers actually do, as opposed to what they are supposed to do, or what they say they do, have shown that even successful managers rarely, if ever, employ rational approaches. How does your organization measure up? In this workshop, participants will apply tools to look at decision-making in their organizations and the role and impact of evaluation data. |