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Evidence-based management in practice : opening up the decision process, decision-maker and context

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17/01/2016
Author
Wright, A.L.
Zammuto, R.F.
Liesch, P.W.
Middleton, S.
Hibbert, Paul Charles
Burke, J.
Brazil, V.
Keywords
Evidence-based management
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Healthcare management
Qualitative methods
H Social Sciences (General)
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Abstract
Evidence-based management (EBM) has been subject to a number of persuasive critiques in recent years. Concerns have been raised that: EBM over-privileges rationality as a basis for decision-making; 'scientific' evidence is insufficient and incomplete as a basis for management practice; understanding of how EBM actually plays out in practice is limited; and, although ideas were originally taken from evidence-based medicine, individual-situated expertise has been forgotten in the transfer. To address these concerns, the authors adopted an approach of 'opening up' the decision process, the decision-maker and the context (Langley et al.). 'Opening up decision making: the view from the black stool', Organization Science, 6, pp. 260-279). The empirical investigation focuses on an EBM decision process involving an operations management problem in a hospital emergency department in Australia. Based on interview and archival research, it describes how an EBM decision process was enacted by a physician manager. It identifies the role of 'fit' between the decision-maker and the organizational context in enabling an evidence-based process and develops insights for EBM theory and practice.
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Wright , A L , Zammuto , R F , Liesch , P W , Middleton , S , Hibbert , P C , Burke , J & Brazil , V 2016 , ' Evidence-based management in practice : opening up the decision process, decision-maker and context ' , British Journal of Management , vol. 27 , no. 1 , pp. 161-178 . https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12123
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British Journal of Management
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12123
ISSN
1045-3172
Type
Journal article
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Copyright © 2015, Wiley Periodicals, Inc. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12123
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The authors acknowledge the support of the Australian Research Council in providing funding for this project under Linkage Project grant LP0989662
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/11754

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