Monitoring and evaluation does not need to be complicated.
It closes the loop in the healthy workplace journey and will help you understand if your strategy:
- captured the needs of your workers
- achieved your goals, objectives and strategies
- was efficient and effective
- led to successful action
- could be improved for the future.
When you maintain the appropriate records and complete evaluation you can:
- make reporting to management and other key people much easier
- share success and keep everyone informed and up-to-date
- maintain the momentum of the program when other priorities arise
- prepare for any unexpected issues such as injury, damage to infrastructure, or cost blowouts
- have a foundation to plan for the future
- see the outcomes of your hard work.
Types of evaluation
Process evaluation
Involves measuring how a program or activity is implemented in order to control, ensure or improve the quality of delivery. The goal is to discover how employees felt about the program, if they attended, why they attended and if they did not attend, then why?
Impact evaluation
Focuses on the immediate observable effects of a program leading to intended outcomes. Variables include employees’ behaviour and risk factors, as well as tracking incidents and injury trends. Impact evaluations also look at cause and effect. That is, are the changes that occurred attributed to the program that was implemented?