The problem and the solution. Many human resource development professionals do not have a predisposition toward measurement and evaluation. The overall state of measurement and evaluation practices in the profession is dismal. As an effort to clarify these conditions, this article explores the proposition that evaluation is not so much a purposeful process as it is a state of mind from both researcher and practitioner perspectives.
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