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Integrating a new evaluation unit with an old institution: See no evil; hear no evil; speak no evil
Author(s) -
Baxter Claire E.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
new directions for evaluation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.374
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1534-875X
pISSN - 1097-6736
DOI - 10.1002/ev.382
Subject(s) - unit (ring theory) , clarity , institution , evaluation methods , association (psychology) , psychology , sociology , computer science , mathematics education , social science , engineering , psychotherapist , biochemistry , chemistry , reliability engineering
The author focuses on issues related to the implementation and acceptance of a new evaluation unit within an organization. Specifically, the author discusses role clarity of the evaluation unit with respect to overlapping roles and the reach of the evaluation unit. The author also discusses the push‐and‐pull relationship between organization and evaluation staff. © Wiley Periodicals, Inc., and the American Evaluation Association