Evidence-based public management : practices, issues, and prospects

Evidence-based management (EBMgt) derives principles of good management from scientific research, meta-analysis, literature reviews, and case studies, and then translates them into practice. This book is the first systematic assessment of EBMgt and its potential application in public management. The Emerging Field Of Evidence-based Public Management / Terry F. Buss And Anna Shillabeer -- Four Controversies In Evidence-based Public Management / Terry F. Buss And Nathaniel J. Buss -- Evidence-based Management And The Scholar/practitioner Rift In The Private And Public Sectors / David E. Cavazos And Roberto J. Cavazos -- Believing Is Seeing : The Impact Of Beliefs On Evidence-based Management Practices / Ruth T. Zaplin And Don Blohowiak -- Analytic Reasoning For Evidence-based Public Management : Adapting Education To Practice Realities / Alan Lyles -- Toward Evidence-based Public Management Of Virtual E-learning Teams : A Systematic Review Application / Joshua Earl -- Evidence-based Public Management And Ict : A Broad Survey Of The Literature / Aaron Osterby And Robert Hanson -- Evidence In Public Management : A Comparative Perspective / Terry F. Buss And Nathaniel J. Buss, With Evan Hill -- Organizing For Continuous Improvement : Evidence-based Management At The Va / Napa Fellows And Staff -- Evidence-informed Public Management And Evidence Development At The Government Accountability Office / Nancy J. Kingsbury [and Others] -- Managerial Capacity And Performance : An Evidence-based Analysis / Kenneth J. Meier And Laurence J. O'toole, Jr. -- State Agency Attention To Scientific Sources Of Information To Guide Program Operations / Edward T. Jennings, Jr. And Jeremy L. Hall -- Leadership Development In The Uk National Health Service : An Evidence-based Critique / Paul Kearns -- Evidence-based Management Of Social Services : Providing The Right Services For Complex Needs / Denise De Vries -- Governing With Foresight : Institutional Changes To Enhance Fact-based Presidential Decision Making / John M. Kamensky -- Driving Improvement In Federal Policy Outcomes : Lessons For A New President / Kathryn Newcomer And F. Stevens Redburn -- Knowledge Management And Evidence / Anna Shillabeer. Edited By Anna Shillabeer, Terry F. Buss, Denise M. Rousseau. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. The emerging field of evidence-based public management / Terry F. Buss and Anna Shillabeer Four controversies in evidence-based public management / Terry F. Buss and Nathaniel J. Buss Evidence-based management and the scholar/practitioner rift in the private and public sectors / David E. Cavazos and Roberto J. Cavazos Believing is seeing : the impact of beliefs on evidence-based management practices / Ruth T. Zaplin and Don Blohowiak Analytic reasoning for evidence-based public management : adapting education to practice realities / Alan Lyles Toward evidence-based public management of virtual e-learning teams : a systematic review application / Joshua Earl Evidence-based public management and ICT : a broad survey of the literature / Aaron Osterby and Robert Hanson Evidence in public management : a comparative perspective / Terry F. Buss and Nathaniel J. Buss, with Evan Hill Organizing for continuous improvement : evidence-based management at the VA / NAPA Fellows and staff Evidence-informed public management and evidence development at the Government Accountability Office / Nancy J. Kingsbury ... [et al.] Managerial capacity and performance : an evidence-based analysis / Kenneth J. Meier and Laurence J. O'Toole, Jr. State agency attention to scientific sources of information to guide program operations / Edward T. Jennings, Jr. and Jeremy L. Hall Leadership development in the UK National Health Service : an evidence-based critique / Paul Kearns Evidence-based mangement of social services : providing the "right" services for complex needs / Denise de Vries Governing with foresight : institutional changes to enhance fact-based presidential decision making / John M. Kamensky Driving improvement in federal policy outcomes : lessons for a new president / Kathryn Newcomer and F. Stevens Redburn Knowledge management and evidence / Anna Shillabeer. Designed to present an overview of EBMgt, identify effective ways of applying evidence in public management, guide public managers in applying evidence, and guide public management researchers in more effectively translating their research into practice