Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) 2024Final.pptx
Teaching Evidence-Based Management to Undergraduates
1. Teaching EBP to undergraduates
Barbara Janssen
@barbarajanssen
AOM 8th August 2015
2. Our future finance professionals
Undergraduates
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)
University of Applied Sciences
Future professionals, not academics
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3. Ready to face your manager?
TRUST ME, 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
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6. Curriculum: EBP mind set
Critical thinking
Uncertainty
Trustworthiness of information
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7. Curriculum: EBP skills
Basic EBP skills
Knowing and recognizing biases
Challenging assumptions
Asking questions (PICOC)
Acquiring information
News and data
Scientific literature (Google scholar, ABI Inform)
Advanced EBP skills
Decision making processes
Appraisal of scientific evidence (validity and generalizability)
Search strategies scientific databases
Aggregating information from different sources into a
conclusion (advise)
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8. Curriculum: EBP practice
Recognizing biases and assumptions
Analysing cases like Enron
Desk research
Thesis
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9. Curriculum: EBP practice example
Halo effect
Describe a situation in which your behaviour or decision was
influenced by the Halo effect
What were the consequences?
How could you have prevented your opinion was influenced
by the halo effect?
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10. Challenges
Not academics
Students are trained to reproduce knowledge
Educational context
Authority bias
Overconfidence
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