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Evaluation and communication: Using a communication audit to evaluate organizational communication
| dc.contributor.author | Hogard, Elaine | * |
| dc.contributor.author | Ellis, Roger | * |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-11T09:32:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-06-11T09:32:23Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2006-04-01 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Evaluation Review, 2006, 30(2), pp. 171-187 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0193-841X | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/0193841X05278789 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10034/228273 | |
| dc.description | This article is not available through ChesterRep. | |
| dc.description.abstract | Within evaluation studies the process of programme delivery is relatively neglected and within that there has been little or no attention to communication as an aspect of process. This article identifies this lacuna and proposes the technique known as 'communication audit' as a way to address this gap. The use of the method is exemplified through several programme evaluations. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This article was submitted to the RAE2008 for the University of Chester - Social Work and Social Policy & Administration. | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | SAGE Publications | en_GB |
| dc.relation.url | http://erx.sagepub.com | en_GB |
| dc.rights | Archived with thanks to Evaluation Review | en_GB |
| dc.subject | communication | en_GB |
| dc.subject | programme evaluation | en_GB |
| dc.subject | organisational communication | en_GB |
| dc.subject | communication audit | en_GB |
| dc.title | Evaluation and communication: Using a communication audit to evaluate organizational communication | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |
| dc.contributor.department | University of Chester | |
| dc.identifier.journal | Evaluation Review | |
| html.description.abstract | Within evaluation studies the process of programme delivery is relatively neglected and within that there has been little or no attention to communication as an aspect of process. This article identifies this lacuna and proposes the technique known as 'communication audit' as a way to address this gap. The use of the method is exemplified through several programme evaluations. |
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