• Helps to reduce error in judgment and biased decision
making • Improves accountability and monitoring of outcomes • Increases acceptability of decisions and credibility of managers • Encourages greater scrutiny of evidence quality • Creates a more level-playing field since everyone can contribute facts and evidence
2–4 What are the Benefits of EBM? “If taken seriously, evidence-based management can change how every manager thinks and acts. It ….proceeds from the premise that using better, deeper logic and employing facts, to the extent possible, permits leaders to do their jobs more effectively. We believe that facing the hard facts and truth about what works and what doesn’t, understanding the dangerous half- truths that constitute so much conventional wisdom about management………. will help organizations perform better.”