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Autor/in | Peper, John B. |
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Titel | An Ontological Model of Evaluation: A Dynamic Model for Aiding Organizational Development. |
Quelle | (1973), (28 Seiten)
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Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
Schlagwörter | Decision Making; Educational Programs; Evaluation Methods; Human Development; Models; Organization; Organizational Change; Program Evaluation; Pyramid Organization; Speeches |
Abstract | Evaluation models imply or assume theories of organization, behavior, and decision-making. Seldom does an evaluation model specify these assumptions. As a result, program evaluators often choose mechanistic models and their resultant information is either inadequate or inappropriate for most of the client's purposes. The Ontological Evaluation Model proposed in this paper is based on a developmental assumption, namely, that humans in purposeful groups, organizations, reenact a cycle of development very much akin to the ontology of a single individual. An educational program is a special case of human organizational development. Program evaluation from this contextual premise, therefore, takes organizational development as its structural analog. Reference is made in the presentation to applications in which the model has been used and to which its use seems most efficient. (Author) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |