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Make better organizational decisions using data and evidence from sources both inside and outside your business
List of contents
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;
About the author
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 the VU University of 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 the Tepper School of Business. She was formerly the President of the Academy of Management and is an adviser to numerous social enterprises, professional associations, governmental and for-profit organizations.