Cornerstones of Impact Management by Dowd, Anne-Maree; Keenan, Thomas; Graham, Kathryn;

Rövid leírás:

The demand for effective impact management is driving the need for skilled impact professionals. A ?how-to? guide for impact management, this book provides readers with an overview of the science of impact and best practices in impact management.

Hosszú leírás:

Cornerstones of Impact Management is a comprehensive and practical guide to all aspects of impact management. It provides insights and expertise from leading practitioners from around the world, who have decades of experience in starting impact management from scratch, shifting cultures, developing systems and processes, and establishing leading-edge practices. It explores planning, implementing, scaling and assessing impact interventions, particularly within research and innovation, and policy, contexts.

Whether you?re a seasoned impact practitioner or just starting your journey, Cornerstones of Impact Management is the definitive resource for understanding and optimising the impact contribution of your project, team, organisation or broader system of operation. It provides invaluable insights for researchers and research managers, policy makers, evaluators, knowledge mobilisers and quality improvement practitioners.

Tartalomjegyzék:

Introduction: The foundations of impact  1. Impact by design  2. Inspiring and fostering a positive impact culture  3. Managing your culture shift  4. Mitigating risks to impact  5. Integrated impact planning approaches and processes  6. Communication and engagement at the planning stage  7. Risks at the planning stage  8. Monitoring progress and risk  9. Why and when to undertake impact evaluation  10. Impact evaluation principles and approaches  11. The role of economics in assessing impact  12. Assessing the value of impacts  13. Quality assurance for impact assessments  14. The art of making impact visible  15. Forecasting impact: Potential value from innovation  16. What?s on the horizon for the impact field