STUDY GUIDE

Question 1

2 traditions of evidence-based management?

Answer 1

1. Academic tradition

2. Troubadour tradition

Question 2

Academic tradition

Answer 2

empirical, peer-reviewed, published articles based on data

Difficult for anyone without a PhD to read

Question 3

Troubadour tradition

Answer 3

published materials that are based on anecdotal evidence or opinion
Very popular
Not based on science
Sometimes involves bad advice
Sometimes inspiring

Question 4

Problems with evidence-based management

Answer 4

1. Too much info
2. A PHD is required to read academic research
3. Managers don’t like it

Question 5

How to use Evidence-Based Management

Answer 5

1. Formulate a focused question (ask)
2. Search for the best alternative solutions (acquire)
3. Critically appraise the evidence (appraise)
4. Integrate the evidence with your professional expertise and apply (apply)
5. Monitor the outcome (assess)

Question 6

Leadership Emergence

Answer 6

• Study of the characteristics of individuals who become leaders
• Examine the basis on which they were elected, appointed, and most critically accepted
• View by others as a leader

Question 7

Leadership Effectiveness

Answer 7

-Study of the behaviors of a leader that lead to outcomes valued by the organization or work group, indifferent to how the person became a leader.

Question 8

Evidence based management founding fathers:

Answer 8

Jeffery Pfeffer and Robert Sutton

Question 9

Evidence based management founding mother:

Answer 9

Denise M. Rousseau

Question 10

How to measure leadership effectiveness

Answer 10

Often begins with 360 feedback/surveys, goal setting in response to feedback.