Eric Barends, Denise M. Rousseau

Evidence-Based Management (eBook, ePUB)

How to Use Evidence to Make Better Organizational Decisions

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kogan Page eBook
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780749483753
• Artikelnr.: 53714481

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter
01: Evidence
based management: the basic principles (with Rob Briner); Chapter
02: ASK: Critical questions about assumed problems and preferred solutions; Section
PART ONE: Evidence from practitioners; Chapter
03: ACQUIRE: Evidence from practitioners; Chapter
04: APPRAISE: Evidence from practitioners; Section
PART TWO: Evidence from the scientific literature; Chapter
05: A short introduction to science (with Rob Briner); Chapter
06: ACQUIRE: Evidence from the scientific literature; Chapter
07: APPRAISE: Evidence from the scientific literature (with Rob Briner); Section
PART THREE: Evidence from the organization; Chapter
08: ACQUIRE: Evidence from the organization (with Martin Walker); Chapter
09: APPRAISE: Evidence from the organization (with Martin Walker); Section
PART FOUR: Evidence from stakeholders; Chapter
10: ACQUIRE: Evidence from stakeholders; Chapter
11 APPRAISE: Evidence from stakeholders; Chapter
12: AGGREGATE: Weighing and pulling together the evidence; Chapter
13: APPLY: Incorporating the evidence into the decision
making process (with Alessandra Capezio); Chapter
14: ASSESS: Evaluate the outcome of the decision taken; Chapter
15: Building the capacity for evidence
based management; Chapter
16: Guidelines for critically appraised topics;