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Institutionalization. A second process within the social construction of reality
theory is known as institutionalization. It “occurs whenever there is a reciprocal
typification of habitualized actions by types of actors” (Berger & Luckmann, 1967, p.
54). In other words, institutionalization is what happens when the habitualized actions
and/or modes thinking of an individual are transferred in such a way that these same
actions and/or modes of thinking become the habitualized behavior of the group. “Men
together produce a human environment” … and “ social order is a human product, or,
more precisely, an ongoing human production” (Berger & Luckmann, p. 51). Berger and
Luckmann go on to explain “The objectivated meanings of institutional activity are
conceived of as ‘knowledge’ and transmitted as such. Some of this ‘knowledge is deemed
relevant to all, some only to certain types. All transmission requires some sort of
apparatus” (p. 70).
Again, the illustration serves to help link the concept to the study. The model and
processes that are derived from this study have the potential to be transferred into the
fabric of the organizational culture in the form of commonly held understandings and
expectations of the stakeholders who have the potential to carry forth from the study
commonly held expectations regarding how program evaluation should be done and what
benefits stand to be gained in their district in the future.
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