HROB 2090 Lecture 3: Evidence-Based Management 1_3

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Human Resources and Organizational Behaviour
• Course: HROB 2090
• Professor: Bahramirad

Document Summary

Leaders practicing evidence-based management learn how to rethink their approaches to data and knowledge in order to make more effective decisions. Evidence-based management means making decisions based on integrating individual expertise with the best obtainable evidence (i. e. , scientific findings and unbiased organizational facts). In particular, evidence-based management involves doing the following: Information needs to be converted into answerable questions. The evidence most able to answer the questions is efficiently gathered. The evidence is critically appraised for its validity and usefulness. The results of the appraisal are used to help make the decision.