This discussion will require drawing from your text chapters and module lectures. If you have experience in management, you can draw on that experience but apply it to the management case you are using through the course. If you have not been in a management role, imagine you have been managing your assigned agency for the past year or more.
At this point, you have decided to evaluate some aspects of the agency or specific program that you created. You also want to gain insight into your own effectiveness and efficiency as a manager. To do so, you need to answer some key questions – this list is not exhaustive; it is a starting point. Address the following questions in your initial post:
How might you evaluate your own ability as a manager towards supporting the agency/program to meet its goals? For example, how would you evaluate your own effectiveness as a manager of this agency?
What sources of information would be helpful to evaluate your management ability and style?
What are two or three specific agency outcomes you might wish to evaluate?
What kinds of information will you need to evaluate the 2 or 3 outcomes?
Who will be receiving the results of the evaluations of your agency or program? Who would receive the results of your managerial effectiveness?
How will those evaluation results be communicated?
What will tell you if your agency or program is efficient (i.e. cost-effective)?
What will tell you if the agency or program is effective in providing services?
What barriers and challenges might you anticipate you will encounter in evaluating your agency or program?
Be sure to cite specific sources from the course readings to support your plan.
