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Alan Thomas (Ed.) - Finding Out Fast: Investigative Skills for Policy and Development - 9780761958376 - KKD0009759
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Finding Out Fast: Investigative Skills for Policy and Development

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Description for Finding Out Fast: Investigative Skills for Policy and Development Paperback. This is a guide for development managers on how to research, evaluate and use information, fast, and become competent investigators. It is published as a course book for the Open University course "Capacities for Managing Development". Editor(s): Thomas, Alan; Chataway, Joanna; Wuyts, Marc. Series: Published in Association with the Open University. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNZ; KJMV6. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 614. Good copy with some minor shelf wear
Finding Out Fast provides readers with key skills and approaches for research designed to inform policies, particularly on development.

Recognizing that policy decisions are typically made under pressure of time and on the basis of incomplete data or with limited resources with which to obtain information, the authors provide guidance on how to locate, evaluate and use relevant information, fast.

They explain and critically review a variety of research methods for `finding out fast′, in the belief that these methods can still be rigorous. Finding Out Fast will assist readers to become competent investigators, to understand how to ... Read more

This book is essential reading for development managers in non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and public sector agencies and students of development management and development studies more generally. However, the ideas and approaches will also appeal to anyone involved in policy making and research with developmental goals.

It is a course text for two courses in the Open University Global Programme in Development Management: Capacities for Managing Development (TU870) and the Development Management Project (TU874).

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc
Condition
Used, Very Good
Series
Published in Association with the Open University
Dustjacket
Yes
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Thousand Oaks, United States
ISBN
9780761958376
SKU
KKD0009759
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

Reviews for Finding Out Fast: Investigative Skills for Policy and Development
`The book is a useful, interesting and worthwhile contribution to an important area of policy investigation.... It will be a useful reference for development managers, policy analysts and budding researchers at large′ - Management and Change `A welcome addition to the literature for development practitioners... It will undoubtedly also be useful for students and researchers... it illustrates ... Read more

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