Book Review: Performance Evaluation: Proven Approaches for Improving Program and Organizational Performance

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Patton M.Q. 1997, Utilization-focused evaluation: the new century text, 3rd edn, Sage, Thousand Oaks, California.

Pershing J. 2006, Handbook of human performance technology: principles, practices, potential, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco.

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