The Science of Management: Fighting Fads and Fallacies with Evidence-Based Practice

by Ronald Francis and Simon Moss

To enhance the performance of their employees, managers need to reach an extraordinary number of decisions every day based on information and training as well as on their experience and instinct for what is right. But are the assumptions and beliefs behind theses decisions always based on real evidence or do many follow instead the latest management fad, personal opinion, anecdotal observation, pseudo-research or just a dogged preference for the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1875378782
• ISBN13: 9781875378784
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Australian Academic Press
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"