Focusing on Outcomes: Developing Systematic Practice

摘要

We have witnessed in recent times an increasing emphasis on the need to identify outcomes. This paper explores the significance of this development and relates it to previous work on the subject, notably the long-standing concept of systematic practice. Possible objections to the use of systematic practice (and therefore, by extension, outcome-focused practice) are identified and addressed. Some key implications for practice are identified. The paper seeks to distance outcome-focused practice from the problems associated with managerialism.