Verner Denvall
Researcher
Knocking on heaven's door: The evaluation community goes to church
Author
Summary, in English
Ideas and concepts about evaluation travel around the globe. Studies of how evaluation models are disseminated, diffused and implemented are important. In this article, we examine an organization
with a history of traditions and legitimacy and a successful audit of its own and how it responds to modern concepts of administration where evaluation plays an important role. Based on an analytical framework from organizational theory, we show how an evaluation model has been either adopted, rejected or transformed depending on the local context and consider why central policies have had limited success in its implementation. This article should contribute to a better understanding of the transformation that evaluation undergoes in the journey between and within organizations.
with a history of traditions and legitimacy and a successful audit of its own and how it responds to modern concepts of administration where evaluation plays an important role. Based on an analytical framework from organizational theory, we show how an evaluation model has been either adopted, rejected or transformed depending on the local context and consider why central policies have had limited success in its implementation. This article should contribute to a better understanding of the transformation that evaluation undergoes in the journey between and within organizations.
Department/s
- School of Social Work
Publishing year
2013
Language
English
Pages
431-441
Publication/Series
Evaluation
Volume
19
Issue
4
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Document type
Journal article
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Topic
- Social Work
Keywords
- church
- dissemination
- TQM
- translation
- use of evaluation
- Kyrkans Q
Status
Published
Research group
- Organisation och organisering
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1356-3890