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  What is the value of mentoring in a small business? Using narrative evaluation to find out
 
 
Title: What is the value of mentoring in a small business? Using narrative evaluation to find out
Author: Gold, Jeff
Devins, Dave
Johnson, Alistair
Appeared in: British journal of guidance & counselling
Paging: Volume 31 (2003) nr. 1 pages 51-62
Year: 2003-02
Contents: The paper examines the case of one small business manager (Alistair) and the value he gave to a mentoring intervention demonstrated by the use of narrative evaluation. Doubts about the efficacy of orthodox approaches to evaluation when applied to management development activities lead to the view that narratives are more appropriate. Narrative evaluation techniques are applied to a story told by Alistair, the Managing Director of a small business in Sheffield, concerning his view of his involvement in a mentoring programme. Alistair's initial reservations about the value of the programme are revealed rhetorically through a range of arguments. After such doubts, through a process of conversation, the story reveals how Alistair is able to find value from mentoring.
Publisher: Routledge
Source file: Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften
 
 

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