Brain for Business Series 1, Episode 2: What's the big deal with "evidence-based management"? With Anna Connolly
May 20, 2020
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In this episode we are joined by Anna Connolly, management consultant and Chair of the Psychological Society of Ireland's Division of Work & Organisation Psychology and ask: what really is the big deal with "evidence-based management"?Anna Connolly is a Chartered Work and Organisational Psychologist and founder of Work Frontiers, a Business Psychology consultancy. Work Frontiers applies the science of human behaviour to help people thrive in the workplace. Anna uses coaching, learning solutions, and organisational design to improve team performance, develop leaders and facilitate change. Anna has 13 years management experience in the ICT industry with Ericsson and is the current Chair of the Division of Work and Organisational Psychology in Ireland.Anna can be contacted at: anna@workfrontiers.iehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/connollyanna/www.workfrontiers.ieAnna recommends the following sources on evidence-based management:www.cebma.org – Centre for Evidence Based ManagementSilver, N. (2012). The signal and the noise: Why so many predictions fail—but some don't. London: Penguin. pp. 286, 690.Bauer, A., Eisenbeis, R. A., Waggoner, D. F., & Zha, T. (2003). "Forecast evaluation with cross-sectional data: The blue chip surveys." Economic Review. Volume 88. Number 2. 17-32 Pages.Servan-Schreiber, E., Wolfers, J., Pennock, D. M., & Galebach, B. (2004). "Prediction markets: Does money matter?." Electronic Markets. Volume 14. Number 3. pp. 243-251 Armstrong, J. S. (2001). Principles of forecasting: A handbook for researchers and practitioners. Chapter Combining Forecasts. New York: Kluwer Academic.Yaniv, I., & Choshen-Hillel, S. (2011). "Exploiting the wisdom of others to make better decisions: Suspending judgment reduces egocentrism and increases accuracy." Journal of Behavioral Decision Making. Volume 25. Number 5. pp.427-434.Lewis, M. (2003). Moneyball: The art of winning an unfair game. New York: W. W. Norton.Grove, W. M. (2005). "Clinical versus statistical prediction." Journal of Clinical Psychology. Volume 61. Number 10. pp.1233-1243.Ayres, I. (2007). Super crunchers. New York: Bantam Books.Antman, E. M., J Lau, J., Kupelnick, B., Mosteller, F., & Chalmers, T. C. (1992). "A comparison of results of meta-analyses of randomized control trials and recommendations of clinical experts." JAMA. Volume 268. Number 2. pp. 240-248.McNees, S. K. (1990). "The role of judgment in macroeconomic forecasting accuracy." International Journal of Forecasting. Volume 6. Number 3. pp.287-299.
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