Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths, and Total Nonsense: Profiting From Evidence-Based Management

The organizations have the talent...Financial incentives drive company performance...Firms must change or die. Popular axioms like these drive business decisions every day. Yet too much common management wisdom isn't wise at all--but, instead, flawed knowledge based on best that are actually poor, incomplete, or outright obsolete. Worse, legions of managers use this dubious knowledge to make decisions that are hazardous to organizational health. Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert I. Sutton show how companies can bolster performance and trump the competition through evidence-based management, an approach to decision-making and action that is driven by hard facts rather than half-truths or hype. This book guides…