Evidence-Based Management

How to Use Evidence to Make Better Organizational Decisions

Edition: 1 Date: 03/09/2018 Price: £36.99 ISBN Paperback: 9780749483746 ISBN Ebook: 9780749483753 Pages: 392 Format (mm): 235x155 Product Category: Supplementary Text/

Professional

Subject: Strategy

Author Information

Eric Barends is Managing Director of the Center for Evidence-Based Management and advises management teams and boards of directors on evidence-based management and decision-making. He is also a visiting lecturer at New York University, Australian National University and VU University Amsterdam.

Denise M Rousseau is the H J Heinz II University Professor of Organizational Behavior and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College and Tepper School of Business. She was formerly the President of the Academy of Management and is an adviser to numerous social enterprises, professional associations, and governmental and for-profit organizations. « Explains what information qualifies as evidence and how it can drive better organizational decisions « Outlines how to improve the quality of organizational decisions by using data from multiple sources including organizational data, professional expertise, stakeholder values and scientific literature « Shows how to critically analyze and evaluate evidence in order to get the most out of it « Online resources: Lecture slides, case studies, exercises and further reading

Description

Decisions in businesses and organizations are too often based on fads, fashions and the success stories of famous CEOs. At the same time, traditional models and new cutting-edge solutions often fail to deliver on what they promise. This situation leaves managers, business leaders, consultants and policymakers with a profound challenge: how can we stay away from trends and quick fixes, and instead use valid and reliable evidence to support the organization?

In response to this problem, evidence-based management has evolved with the goal of improving the quality of decision-making by using critically evaluated evidence from multiple sources - organizational data, professional expertise, stakeholder values and scientific literature. This book sets out and explains the specific skills needed to gather, understand and use evidence to make better-informed organizational decisions.

Evidence-Based Management is a comprehensive guide that provides current and future managers, consultants and organizational leaders with the knowledge and practical skills to improve the quality and outcome of their decision-making. Online resources include case studies, exercises, lecture slides and further reading.

Table of Contents

1 Evidence-based management: the basic principles (with Rob

Briner) 2 ASK: Critical questions about assumed problems and preferred solutions

1 Evidence from practitioners

2 ACQUIRE: Evidence from practitioners 3 APPRAISE: Evidence from practitioners

2 Evidence from the scientific literature

3 A short introduction to science (with Rob Briner) 4 ACQUIRE: Evidence from the scientific literature 5 APPRAISE: Evidence from the scientific literature (with Rob

Briner)

3 Evidence from the organization

4 ACQUIRE: Evidence from the organization (with Martin

Walker) 5 APPRAISE: Evidence from the organization (with Martin

Walker)

4 Evidence from stakeholders

5 ACQUIRE: Evidence from stakeholders 6 APPRAISE: Evidence from stakeholders 7 AGGREGATE: Weighing and pulling together the evidence 8 APPLY: Incorporating the evidence into the decisionmaking process (with

Alessandra Capezio) 9 ASSESS: Evaluate the outcome of the decision taken 10 Building the capacity for evidence-based management 11 Guidelines for critically appraised topics