Morrell, Kevin, Learmonth, Mark and Heracleous, Loizos Th. (2015) An archaeological critique of ‘evidence-based management’ : one digression after another. British Journal of Management, 26 (3). pp. 529-543. doi:10.1111/1467-8551.12109

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Abstract

Fundamental problems remain with evidence-based management. We argue that, rather than being addressed, these problems are treated as digressions. One explanation for this is an ongoing incoherence: the evidence-based approach relegates narrative to a ghetto category of knowledge, but it is itself a narrative. Moreover, while this narrative is becoming more polished through repetition and selective assimilation of critique, it is also becoming simplified and less interesting. A Foucauldian, archaeological analysis accounts for this development by locating evidence-based management in a broader historical context. This analysis shows how the roots of incoherence can be informed by older exchanges between evidence and narrative.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Strategy & International Business Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Journal or Publication Title:	British Journal of Management
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
ISSN:	1045-3172
Official Date:	July 2015
Dates:	Date Event July 2015 Published 19 March 2015 Available
Volume:	26
Number:	3
Page Range:	pp. 529-543
DOI:	10.1111/1467-8551.12109
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access

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