The Evaluation Society [electronic resource].
Dahler-Larsen, Peter.
Evaluation-whether called by this name, quality assurance, audit, accreditation, or others-is an important social activity. Any organization that ""lives in public"" must now evaluate its activities, be evaluated by others, or evaluate others. What are the origins of this wave of evaluation? And, what worthwhile results emerge from it?The Evaluation Society argues that if we want to understand many of the norms, values, and expectations that we, sometimes unknowingly, bring to evaluation, we should explore how evaluation is demanded, formatted, and shaped by two great princ
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Cover; Copyright; Title Page; Epigraph; Contents; Foreword to the English Edition; Introduction: The Evaluation Wave: From Mystery to Analysis; Part 1: An Organizational Analysis of Evaluation; Part 2: A Sociological Analysis of Evaluation; Epilogue: Perspectives for Evaluation; References; Index
Evaluation-whether called by this name, quality assurance, audit, accreditation, or others-is an important social activity. Any organization that ""lives in public"" must now evaluate its activities, be evaluated by others, or evaluate others. What are the origins of this wave of evaluation? And, what worthwhile results emerge from it?The Evaluation Society argues that if we want to understand many of the norms, values, and expectations that we, sometimes unknowingly, bring to evaluation, we should explore how evaluation is demanded, formatted, and shaped by two great princ
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Evaluation - Social aspects.
Evaluation -- Social aspects.
Management -- Sociological aspects.
Organizational sociology.
Organizational sociology.
Organizational sociology
Evaluation
Sociology & Social History
Social Sciences
Social Change