Evidence-Based Management: How to Use Evidence to Make Better Organizational Decisions

by Eric Barends, Denise M. Rousseau

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 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.

Genres: Business, Management, Science, Nonfiction

392 pages, Paperback

Published September 25, 2018

Reviews

[Amy Margaret · Rating 5 out of 5]

This year I was lucky enough to complete the Evidence Based Decision Making course for Human Service leaders, facilitated by Eric Barends, Managing Director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Management (CEBMa) and CEO of OzChild and Fellow of CEBMa, Dr Lisa Griffiths.

The book, Evidence Based Management by Eric Barends and Denise M. Rousseau was the foundation of this course which gives you a step by step run down of how to think more critically, how to identify and gather the best available evidence, critically appraise evidence, and how to apply it to your decision making. This book was really easy to follow and helps you build the skills to be a better leader and decision maker. It's changed the way I look all forms of information and has made me concious of both my own and others bias.

This is a great book for anyone wanting to look at the world and the information in it differently. I can honestly say my critical thinking has improved thanks to this book and course.

[Amir Rafiey · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read it with my friends who are agile project mangagers.
Altough it contains some good point, they are not a good book for two reasons.

First, it's like general speach and includes some management proverbs

second, it lacks of Coherence

[Said AlMaskery · Rating 5 out of 5]

An extremely useful book for evidence based approach towards management (and research). In essence it is logic and common sense, but framed in a practical format that can be used by practitioners.