Practical Reason and Performance Appraisal
研究大学系主任对强制实施正式绩效评估系统的反应，运用麦金太尔的实践理性概念解释其抵制行为，并探讨对大学管理与变革的启示。
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.