Designing and Managing Programs ─ An Effectiveness-Based Approach

Designing and Managing Programs: An Effectiveness-Based Approach, 5e, is a classic text for social work and human services on how to design, implement and evaluate a human services program. It is written by leaders in the field and guides the student through the process in a series of phases from beginning to end.

The primary features and benefits of this book are as follows:
1. Hands-on and practical - This enables students to read through the book and then actually apply what they have learned to design a social program.
2. Clearly written and engaging - The book is a quick read; it's easy to read from cover to cover.
3. Contains many practical tables and figures to illustrate key points - This helps students apply what they read to their own programs.
4. Walks the student through the process of program design from start to finish, including defining the problem, conducting the needs assessment, developing a strategy, incorporating the strategy, and finally evaluating the program.

Hallmark features of the text include:
‧ Easy-to-understand writing style
‧ Follows logic model which is popular in HS administration
‧ Filled with illustrative examples along every step of the process