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Becoming the Evidence-Based Manager, 2nd Edition: Making the Science of Management Work for You
Over 50-years of management science distilled for everyday practice.
The essential information you need to become an evidence-based manager from hiring to retention. Information is presented within 10 general lessons of management, a new case-study featuring two evidence-based managers in action, and thought-provoking questions at the end of each chapter.
NEW to this
NEW Material on the importance of emotional intelligence
NEW Chapter 5: on ways to engage your employees in their work
NEW Chapter 6: on ways to ensure your career success
NEW Chapter 7: on how to create a psychologically
healthy workplace
NEW Chapter 9: on the pitfalls to avoid when making decisions
NEW Chapter 10: two leading-edge ways to coach and appraise the people on your team
NEW End of chapter questions to reinforce learning
The essential information you need to become an evidence-based manager from hiring to retention. Information is presented within 10 general lessons of management, a new case-study featuring two evidence-based managers in action, and thought-provoking questions at the end of each chapter.
NEW to this
NEW Material on the importance of emotional intelligence
NEW Chapter 5: on ways to engage your employees in their work
NEW Chapter 6: on ways to ensure your career success
NEW Chapter 7: on how to create a psychologically
healthy workplace
NEW Chapter 9: on the pitfalls to avoid when making decisions
NEW Chapter 10: two leading-edge ways to coach and appraise the people on your team
NEW End of chapter questions to reinforce learning
- GenresLeadership
332 pages, Paperback
Published June 5, 2018
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March 14, 2022
- Latham’s book is an excellent primer for fundamental management practices. It is intended to teach managers to become evidence-based—that is, to use management techniques that are supported by scientific evidence—in an engaging way that makes sense to them.
- Latham succeeds on both counts. He offers six key management lessons, supported by scientific evidence and proven in practice, to promote job performance and job satisfaction.
- Latham’s writing is very accessible to a management audience, and he clearly explains the meaning of terms that might be unfamiliar and often provides concrete tools to assist managers in implementing his recommendations.
- Latham strongly advocates for behavioral observation scales, a behavior-based performance appraisal tool, and recommends avoiding any type of bottom-line measure, or results-based appraisal, for individual employees.
On the whole, however, Latham does an admirable job of presenting research-consistent recommendations and providing adequate evidence to support them.
In short, the book is written in such a way that it would be feasible for managers to understand and apply many of the book’s recommendations on their own.
- Latham succeeds on both counts. He offers six key management lessons, supported by scientific evidence and proven in practice, to promote job performance and job satisfaction.
- Latham’s writing is very accessible to a management audience, and he clearly explains the meaning of terms that might be unfamiliar and often provides concrete tools to assist managers in implementing his recommendations.
- Latham strongly advocates for behavioral observation scales, a behavior-based performance appraisal tool, and recommends avoiding any type of bottom-line measure, or results-based appraisal, for individual employees.
On the whole, however, Latham does an admirable job of presenting research-consistent recommendations and providing adequate evidence to support them.
In short, the book is written in such a way that it would be feasible for managers to understand and apply many of the book’s recommendations on their own.
September 16, 2022
Название не соответствует содержимому, так как ничего более «научного», чем свое мнение автор не предлагает. Книга написана с позиции HR техник, а не общего менеджмента
November 10, 2024
must read for managers
This book summarized a mixture of things that I learned in my masters program related to people management. It is a one stop shop for any manager that provides tangible research vs how one leader has done it in their company. Give this book to anyone on your team in or wanting to be in a management role.
This book summarized a mixture of things that I learned in my masters program related to people management. It is a one stop shop for any manager that provides tangible research vs how one leader has done it in their company. Give this book to anyone on your team in or wanting to be in a management role.
September 18, 2022
Lots of practical suggestions.
December 8, 2025
Only needed to read a couple chapters for a class but found it interesting enough to read the whole thing.
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