Building an Evaluative Culture for Effective Evaluation and Results Management

Efforts to introduce results management and evaluation in organizations are widespread, although often only have limited success. Developing and maintaining an evaluative culture in an organization is often seen as key to building more effective results management and evaluation approaches. On an ongoing basis, there needs to be a climate in the organization where evidence of performance is valued, sought out and seen as essential to good management. Without such a climate, adherence to systems and procedures can dominate attitudes towards results management and evaluation. This brief discusses what an evaluative culture entails and what can be done to build and maintain such a culture.