[Ailist] Appreciative Valuations of Staff

[Rosemary Reilly]

This is a good point, Cheri, and in the work I do with learning 
communities assessing themselves, including the individuals as well as 
the systems, the focus is on capacity development. The approach I take 
is "How do we know where we’re going if we don’t know where we are…."

It is about development, improvement, potential, capacity, and id 
future-oriented. The collective capacities are identified by the 
community through dialogue, engagement, disagreement and 
transformation. Individuals then are free to set their own particular 
processes that are context-specific.

It is not deficit-oriented [which it may sound from this blurb] but it 
is about those areas of development that have been identified by 
communities and individuals. It is growth-oriented with intentionality.

Rosemary Reilly PhD, CCFE
Assistant Professor
Department of Applied Human Sciences
Concordia University

Tel: 514-848-2424 ext. 5818
rreilly at alcor.concordia.ca
fax: 514-848-2262

7141 Sherbrooke St., W. VE 325.03
Montreal, Quebec H4B 1R6
http://ahsc.concordia.ca/reillyr.html
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, 
then you win.
Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)

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On 29-Apr-08, at 9:13 AM, Cheri Torres wrote:

> Not to muddy the waters, but I wonder if another layer of this
> valuation/evaluation process should take into account who the person 
> is that
> is being valued/evaluated combined with the purpose/intention of the 
> action.
> Again, the question about whether we should be striving for one 
> process that
> will address all people--regardless of their values, roles, life
> conditions--or whether we should be developing many forms that are 
> context
> specific.
>
> Cheri
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ailist-bounces at lists.business.utah.edu
> [mailto:ailist-bounces at lists.business.utah.edu] On Behalf Of Bill Scott
> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 8:41 PM
> To: 'Roger Davies'
> Cc: ailist at lists.business.utah.edu
> Subject: RE: [Ailist] Appreciative Valuations of Staff
>
> Hi Roger,
>
> I sure wish I'd seen your response before writing my own. I could have 
> just
> said, "Ditto." to your succinct and eloquently phrased response.
>
> Your statement that, "For me the question is not so much about which
> evaluation process is used but more about how and what it is used for. 
> The
> true opportunities lay at least one layer below the method," resonates 
> very
> well for me indeed.
>
> Regards,
> Bill
>
>
>
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