Identifying and Promoting Best Practices
Understanding
Best Practices | Key
Steps in Promoting and Fostering Best Practices
Identifying Best Practices
Page: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 Formal Evaluation:
The Next Level
For organizations that want to go a step further and reach the
highest level of research validated best practices, a formal evaluation
or research component is the next step. A formal evaluation is
essential in order to make the claim that a best practice is the
best practice in the field. Formal evaluations are:
- Most often conducted by individuals or organizations that combine strong research capabilities with subject matter knowledge (e.g., academic institutions and private consulting businesses).
- Extremely intensive in terms of time and resources and, therefore, may be beyond the capacity of many FBCOs.
While there are a number of advantages to conducting a formal evaluation and reaching the research validated best practice level, it is not necessary for a working use of best practices. Best practices are in essence simply a collection of programs, activities and methods that work and that others can implement with the strong likelihood of producing similar positive results. In this sense, evaluation provides certain advantages but is not necessary to meet the benchmark or standard of a best practice.
Understanding
Best Practices | Key
Steps in Promoting and Fostering Best Practices