EVALUATING PROBLEM STRUCTURING METHODS: DEVELOPING A FRAMEWORK TO SHOW
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PSMS IN A REGENERATION CONTEXT
Speaker: Leroy White
Seminar jointly organised by the
Problem Structuring Methods (PSM) Special Interest Group
of the Operational Research Society, and the
Department of Information Systems of the London School of Economics and
Political Science
LSE, Room H103
4.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m. on Thursday 30 June 2005
This seminar will discuss the challenges associated with the evaluation
of problem structuring methods. PSMs are seen as complex interventions
that seek change and action at many levels, both individual and system.
There is now a widespread acceptance that the traditional evaluation
approaches are inappropriate for the evaluation of PSMs. The difficulty
is compounded when PSMs are used in multi-agency area-based initiatives.
Leroy White will propose that evaluation, while pragmatic and situated,
must be a theory based exercise. Part of the challenge of evaluation is
to provide a narrative of the intervention as well as an agreed
assessment.
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L. Alberto Franco
Lecturer in Operational Research and Systems
Warwick Business School
University of Warwick
Coventry CV4 7AL
United Kingdom
Tel.: +44 (0)24 7652 4691
Fax: +44 (0)24 7652 4539
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