Take the lead in evidence-based management.

Evidence-based management is an emerging movement to improve outcomes by explicitly using the current, best evidence about what really works: Information that shows which factors really help an organization achieve its objectives – whether it’s discovered through formal research, data mining, or practical experience. But there are hurdles to overcome: These include a lack of technology for efficiently delivering current evidence to the people who need it, and a lack of agreement on how to interpret different forms of evidence.

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Who is joining the evidence-based movement?

software design  See Evidence-Based Software Engineering, and also “Evidence-Based Software Engineering for Practitioners” by Kitchenham et al., IEEE Software (Jan-Feb 2005).

business management  Two Stanford profs, Jeff Pfeffer and Bob Sutton, are advocates: See “Forget Going With Your Gut” and also their 2006 book, “Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths, and Total Nonsense: Profiting From Evidence-Based Management.” Pfeffer & Sutton have a web site at evidence-basedmanagement.com. Also see “Is There Such a Thing as Evidence-Based Management?” by Denise Rousseau.

health care  Evidence-based medicine has gotten lots of attention. See “Medical Guesswork: The Health Industry Knows Little About Which Common Treatments Really Work.” The journal Implementation Science and the Center for Health Design are finding ways to boost the use of research findings in clinical practice and building design. There's a blog on Evidence-Based Nursing. Also see “The Gold Standard: The Challenge of Evidence-Based Medicine” (Timmermans, 2003), and the journal Evidence-Based Dentistry.

govt & public policy  See “What Works? Evidence-Based Policy and Practice in Public Services” by Davies et al. (2000) and “Evidence-Based Crime Prevention” by Sherman (2006). And see “A Paradigm Shift for Managers and Researchers: Evidence-based Management” from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

libraries  See the Journal of Evidence Based Library and Information Practice.

e-Learning  For example, see the keynote presentation for e-Learning DevCon 2006.

Big Tag Labs offers a practical way to achieve evidence-based management in your enterprise. Email us at labs@bigtaglabs.com for more info.