Anything Goes

1 July 1996

journal article
research article
Published by SAGE Publications in Evaluation

Vol. 2 (3) , 291-305
https://doi.org/10.1177/135638909600200304

Abstract

Although evaluators have devised a range of ethical and methodological approaches to evaluation, most have assumed a Weberian construct regarding organizations. Evaluators have tended to avoid judgemental data on the use of power and authority in organizations and have taken refuge in various relativistic discourses. Attempts to deal with these problems, such as 'portrayal of persons' and case study, are considered.

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