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

Autorenporträt

Eric Barends, Denise M. Rousseau

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;