Common Data-Gathering Framework

In searching for answers to most management problems, there is a common set of places a manager should investigate. This common methodological framework involves searching for sites in the following six categories:

1) Analogous Organizations

a) Same Issue and Format

b) Same Issue

c) Same Format

2) Accrediting and Funding Bodies

3) Research

a) Academic

b) Program Evaluations

4) General Public and Nonprofit Management

5) General “Issue” Organizations

6) Government

a) General federal, state, and local government sites

b) Specific issue-related federal, state, and local government sites