title: A social-justice approach to organizational evaluation.
abstract: Contemporary conceptualizations of organizational effectiveness are selectively reviewed. Dominant goal-based models are found deficient in providing evaluative criteria that apply to the organization as a whole, that permit comparison across organizations, and that point to an appropriate direction for organizational change. It is argued that Barnardian participant-satisfaction model, augmented by a principle of social justice, provides a more useful framework for assessing organizational value.
mesh_terms: D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006040:Goals; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009934:Organization and Administration; D012935:Social Justice