Communities of practice as an effective ECB approach for nonevaluation specialists: A case study in an Australian state government department

Gomez, F; Argyrous, G

Communities of practice as an effective ECB approach for nonevaluation specialists: A case study in an Australian state government department

Gomez, F Argyrous, G

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Citation:: New Directions for Evaluation, 2024, 2024, (183), pp. 95-108
Issue Date:: 2024-09-01

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dc.contributor.author	Gomez, F
dc.contributor.author	Argyrous, G https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3121-2092
dc.date.accessioned	2025-08-08T00:28:10Z
dc.date.available	2025-08-08T00:28:10Z
dc.date.issued	2024-09-01
dc.identifier.citation	New Directions for Evaluation, 2024, 2024, (183), pp. 95-108
dc.identifier.issn	1097-6736
dc.identifier.issn	1534-875X
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/189289
dc.description.abstract	Among the various evaluation capacity building strategies, there is an important opportunity to enhance the evidence on the effectiveness of communities of practice (CoPs). We argue that evaluation CoPs have great potential to develop evaluative thinking among nonevaluation specialists and build the foundations of a sustainable organizational evaluation culture. This article presents a case study of an evaluation community of practice in an Australian state government agency, with evidence collected over 4 years against a comprehensive evaluation framework. It outlines in detail an empirically tested evaluation-CoP good practice from the initial design and logic model to implementation and measurement against individual, group, and organizational outcomes.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Wiley
dc.relation.ispartof	New Directions for Evaluation
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1002/ev.20614
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dc.subject	0603 Evolutionary Biology, 1601 Anthropology, 1607 Social Work, 2101 Archaeology
dc.subject.classification	Anthropology
dc.subject.classification	3103 Ecology
dc.subject.classification	4301 Archaeology
dc.subject.classification	4401 Anthropology
dc.subject.classification	4404 Development studies
dc.subject.classification	4409 Social work
dc.title	Communities of practice as an effective ECB approach for nonevaluation specialists: A case study in an Australian state government department
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	2024
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utslib.for	1601 Anthropology
utslib.for	1607 Social Work
utslib.for	2101 Archaeology
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)/lnstitute for Public Policy and Governance
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dc.rights.license	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0). To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.date.updated	2025-08-08T00:28:09Z
pubs.issue	183
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pubs.volume	2024
utslib.citation.issue	183

Abstract:

Among the various evaluation capacity building strategies, there is an important opportunity to enhance the evidence on the effectiveness of communities of practice (CoPs). We argue that evaluation CoPs have great potential to develop evaluative thinking among nonevaluation specialists and build the foundations of a sustainable organizational evaluation culture. This article presents a case study of an evaluation community of practice in an Australian state government agency, with evidence collected over 4 years against a comprehensive evaluation framework. It outlines in detail an empirically tested evaluation-CoP good practice from the initial design and logic model to implementation and measurement against individual, group, and organizational outcomes.

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