Concepts of Effectiveness and Inferred worth and their Application in Social Service Resource Allocation Models

Abstract

This paper considers the problem of including “objectives” in a resouce allocation planning model for personal social services. Essentially, are models to be built containing valued “goals” and/or “objectives” in a planning model for senior management in personal social services; that is, models which contain explicitly defined “goals” and/or “obectives”? Alternatively, are valued “goals” and/or “objectives” to be absent from our models but inferred from dialogues with the decision makers? And if the latter form is adopted what are the implications for the measurement of service effectiveness?

Citation

Prentice, R.C. (1980), "Concepts of Effectiveness and Inferred worth and their Application in Social Service Resource Allocation Models", Management Research News, Vol. 3 No. 1, pp. 21-22. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb027752