Evidence-Based Decision Making
CEBMa’s e-textbook Evidence-Based Decision Making – for Organizations, Public Policy and Practice is the standard textbook on this topic and is currently used by more than 100 universities worldwide.
The basic idea of evidence-based decision making is that good-quality decisions depend on the systematic use of the best available evidence. Although all decision makers use some form of evidence, many pay little attention to its trustworthiness and rely on too few sources. As a result, decisions in organizations, public policy, and practice are often based on fads, ‘cutting-edge’ solutions, and popular ideas promoted by consulting firms and management gurus. The result is poor decisions, poor outcomes, and limited understanding of what actually works. To address this, evidence-based decision making improves decision quality by using critically evaluated evidence from multiple sources: organizational data, professional expertise, stakeholder values, and scientific research. Although this approach sounds straightforward, gathering, understanding, and applying evidence is challenging and requires specific skills. This book helps students develop these skills and shows how evidence-based decision making can improve decisions in organizations, public policy, and practice.
This interactive e-Textbook is a fully updated and expanded version of the best-selling (paper) textbook 'Evidence-Based Management - How to Use Evidence to Make Better Organizational Decisions'
- First, this is an interactive eBook featuring more than 200 Learn by Doing and Did I Get This? exercises from the online course.
- Second, all chapters (now called modules) are fully updated and expanded
- Third, because this is an eTextbook, you (and your students) will always have the latest version. Updates, corrections, and improvements will automatically appear in your copy.
- Finally, we’ve rephrased the term evidence-based management as evidence-based decision making to reflect that an evidence-based approach is not limited to a specific domain, but applicable to all situations in which important decisions are made.
Because this is an interactive eBook, it will be available through the VitalSource platform. VitalSource is the leading digital textbook provider used by universities and students around the world.
<< Click here to go to the eTextbook on the VitalSource website >>
Universities can provide the eTextbook to students through their campus bookstore and learning platform. For ordering and setup, the bookstore can use the following VBID or ISBN: 978-90-826957-55. Students can open the eTextbook in VitalSource Bookshelf from within their course or directly from their laptop, tablet or phone.
In the coming month the book will also be available through Amazon. However, because Amazon does not support the book's interactive features, we recommend purchasing through VitalSource.
Finally the eTextbook will soon be freely available to all CEBMa members through the membership area of our website.
Teachers, lecturers and other educators can get a free inspection copy to check out the content.
- Because this is an interactive eBook we recommend accessing the book through the VitalSource platform. You can request an inspection copy here >
- Alternatively, you can check out the samples of the separate modules below > Note that that these samples are not interactive (but it nevertheless gives you a pretty good idea)
PLESASE NOTE:
To prevent unauthorized copying, distribution, or reproduction, access to these samples is password protected. If you are a CEBMa teacher member, you can find the password in our last newsletter or in the teacher-member area of the CEBMa website. If you are not a teacher member, please get in touch with us through this contact form, and we will provide you with the password as soon as possible.
Module 1: The Basic Principles of Evidence-based Decision Making
Module 2: ASK - Questions about Problems and Solutions
Module 3: ACQUIRE - Evidence from Practitioners
Module 4: APPRAISE - Evidence from Practitioners
Module 5: ACQUIRE - Evidence from the Scientific Literature
Module 6: A Short Introduction to Science
Module 7: APPRAISE - Evidence from the Scientific Literature
Module 8: ACQUIRE - Evidence from the Organization
Module 9: APPRAISE - Evidence from the Organization
Module 10: ACQUIRE - Evidence from Stakeholders
Module 11: APPRAISE - Evidence from Stakeholders
Module 12: AGGREGATE - Weigh and Pull Together the Evidence
Module 13: APPLY - Incorporate Evidence into your Decision
Module 14: ASSESS - Evaluate the Outcome of the Decision
Module 15: Building the Capacity for Evidence-based Decision Making
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