Patricia Jessup
Biographic Data
| ID | 6650558 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Patricia Jessup |
| GIVEN NAMES | Patricia |
| FAMILY NAME | Jessup |
| SIGNATURE | JESSUP P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Jessup & Associates, LLC, Ann Arbor, MI, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
How Evaluators Can Use a Complex Systems Lens to Get “Untrapped” From Limiting Beliefs and Assumptions
Evaluators are becoming increasingly aware that, to provide maximum benefit to the programs they evaluate, they must address the systems within which the programs work. However, evaluation practice is often influenced by beliefs and assumptions that are rooted in an understanding of these systems as stable and predictable. We identify four traps that can limit the usefulness of program evaluations when the instability and uncertainty of systems a…
Partnerships, Paradigms, and Social-System Change
Social systems structures stem from underlying paradigms that are made up of beliefs, perspectives, and assumptions. Changing paradigms is a powerful way to change social systems. Such change is difficult and old paradigms keep pulling systems back to their former state. This article examines three types of partnerships that focus on these deep structures and paradigms, and that go beyond implementing a project or initiative to create fundamental…
The Foundation Review 8.2 Full Issue
The Foundation Review
The role of culture in program improvement
The role of culture in program improvement
How Evaluators Can Use a Complex Systems Lens to Get “Untrapped” From Limiting Beliefs and Assumptions
Evaluators are becoming increasingly aware that, to provide maximum benefit to the programs they evaluate, they must address the systems within which the programs work. However, evaluation practice is often influenced by beliefs and assumptions that are rooted in an understanding of these systems as stable and predictable. We identify four traps that can limit the usefulness of program evaluations when the instability and uncertainty of systems a…
The role of culture in program improvement
Partnerships, Paradigms, and Social-System Change
Social systems structures stem from underlying paradigms that are made up of beliefs, perspectives, and assumptions. Changing paradigms is a powerful way to change social systems. Such change is difficult and old paradigms keep pulling systems back to their former state. This article examines three types of partnerships that focus on these deep structures and paradigms, and that go beyond implementing a project or initiative to create fundamental…
The Foundation Review 8.2 Full Issue
The Foundation Review
How Evaluators Can Use a Complex Systems Lens to Get “Untrapped” From Limiting Beliefs and Assumptions
Evaluators are becoming increasingly aware that, to provide maximum benefit to the programs they evaluate, they must address the systems within which the programs work. However, evaluation practice is often influenced by beliefs and assumptions that are rooted in an understanding of these systems as stable and predictable. We identify four traps that can limit the usefulness of program evaluations when the instability and uncertainty of systems a…
Computer Science (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Management science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Work (physics (2 works)