Using systems theory and logic models to define integrated outcomes and performance measures in multi-program settings

John H Reed and Gretchen Jordan

Research Evaluation, 2007, vol. 16, issue 3, 169-181

Abstract: This paper describes the application of diffusion of innovations theory (Rogers, 2003) to four domains representing the typical partners and target audiences of deployment programs in order to systematically define program outcomes. Diffusion of innovations is a broad systems theory that describes how technologies and practices are diffused and adopted. The theory is integrated with logical modeling to provide a powerful new tool for defining outcomes. The domains, the theory, the use of the theory to develop researchable issues and measures, and examples of its application to an energy-efficiency agency are provided. While this paper focuses on an energy-efficiency agency, with only slight modification the approach can apply to other types of deployment agencies such as education, human service, health, or agriculture. Copyright , Beech Tree Publishing.

Date: 2007
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