TY - BOOK AU - Barends,Eric AU - Rousseau,Denise M. TI - Evidence-Based Management: How To Use Evidence To Make Better Organizational Decisions SN - 9780749483746 (pbk.) : AV - HD31.2 .B357 2018 U1 - 658.403 23 KW - Decision making KW - Industrial management KW - Business and Management KW - ukslc N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Decisions in businesses and organisations 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 organisation? 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 - organisational data, professional expertise, stakeholder values and scientific literature ER -