teaching evidence-based management to undergraduates
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Teaching EBP to undergraduates
Barbara Janssen
@barbarajanssen
AOM 8th August 2015
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Our future finance professionals
Undergraduates Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) University of Applied Sciences Future professionals, not academics
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Ready to face your manager?
TRUST ME, 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
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Evidence-based practice
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Dare to think different
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Curriculum: EBP mind set
Critical thinking Uncertainty Trustworthiness of information
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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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Curriculum: EBP practice
Recognizing biases and assumptions Analysing cases like Enron Desk research Thesis
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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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Challenges
Not academics Students are trained to reproduce knowledge Educational context Authority bias Overconfidence