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Verner Denvall

Verner Denvall

Professor i socialt arbete

Verner Denvall

Evidence in action: a Thompsonian perspective on evidence-based decision-making in social work

Författare

  • Verner Denvall

Summary, in English

Evidence-based practice presupposes evidence-based decision-making. In the debate it is argued that a social work fashioned after evidence should be more rational, less authoritarian and built on scientific knowledge, respect and ethics. Yet the empirical evidence that this idea works is weak. In fact the difficulties met during efforts to implement evidence could be a sound reaction. Indeed difficulties experienced could be a defensive organizational reaction to a new, disturbing technology. In this article James D. Thompson’s classical study Organizations in Action from 1967 is applied to evidence-based decision-making in social work. It shows to date that many problems have been given, at best, tenuous attention. It is argued that a focus on evidence will raise ambiguity and complexity levels within organizations and that new professional specialists will emerge. Further, new constellations of power will appear, leading to a change of balance within the domains of social work.

Avdelning/ar

  • Socialhögskolan

Publiceringsår

2008

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

29-42

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

European Journal of Social Work

Volym

11

Issue

1

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Routledge

Ämne

  • Social Work

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1369-1457