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Practical Reason and Performance Appraisal

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This paper examines responses of chairs of university departments to the news that they would be required to conduct a formal performance appraisal system. It is suggested that in order to understand resistance to appraisal we need to reject explanations invoking polarized antinomies – formal/informal, rational/political – and interrogate the concept of rationality. Drawing on MacIntyre's work, the paper examines the concept of practical reason to make sense of the chairs' responses and considers its relevance for understanding management and change in universities.

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  • Barbara Townley, 1999. "Practical Reason and Performance Appraisal," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 36(3), pages 287-306, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jomstd:v:36:y:1999:i:3:p:287-306
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-6486.00137
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    3. Kulno Türk & Tõnu Roolaht, 2005. "A Comparison Of The Appraisal Systems And Appraisal-Compensation Interlinks Used By Estonian Public And Private Universities," University of Tartu - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Working Paper Series 41, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Tartu (Estonia).
    4. John Martyn Chamberlain, 2010. "Portfolio-Based Performance Appraisal for Doctors: A Case of Paperwork Compliance," Sociological Research Online, , vol. 15(1), pages 68-76, February.
    5. Gulrajani, Nilima, 2009. "The future of development management: examining possibilities and potential," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 24206, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    6. Philip Stiles & Jonathan Trevor & Elaine Farndale & Shad S. Morris & Jaap Paauwe & Guenter Stahl & Patrick Wright, 2015. "Changing Routine: Reframing Performance Management within a Multinational," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 52(1), pages 63-88, January.

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