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Business Analytics/Project Management/Information Security |

Evidence-Based Management / …Continued

» KORN FERRY COMPETENCIES Manages complexity | Decision quality | Global perspective

SEMINAR OUTLINE I. Problems with decision-making II. Conventional wisdom and storytelling III. (Bad) advice, lack of evidence and bounded rationality IV. Evidence based management readiness assessment and discussion

A. Explain parameters, timeline, communication, etc. XV. Summary and discussion of seminar highlights and applicable concepts to apply at work right away Tool for self-assessment for leadership style, activity and case materials, and role-playing materials. Participants should bring a computer to use during the seminar in order to facilitate practicing researching on the web. Optional Assignment: Participants will also be tasked with a post-seminar assignment that will have them investigate a particular issue in their work and try to bring evidence based management to the forefront of the decision-making process. The instructor will stay in touch with the participants and have a follow-up session to discuss the outcomes they develop and suggest to their company.

V. Casual benchmarking VI. Transcribing past experiences

A. Ideological beliefs and management B. Self-deceit C. First mover fallacy VII. Improving decision-making with evidence A. What is true data? B. Demand evidence VIII. Exploring BusinessMinded.com as a resource A. Assignment to explore the web page, read three article reviews, present findings to class IX. Examine the logic underlying the evidence: Question everything X. How to use that evidence A. Creating evidence where there is none XI. Effective benchmarking and the questions to ask A. Emphasize drawbacks XII. Use stories to demonstrate evidence, not replace it A. Seek out conflicting viewpoints XIII. Companies are unfinished prototypes that should be constantly changing A. Avoiding pitfalls in evidence-based management XIV. Assignment to explore evidence on a specific problem in their workplace

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