The Library
An archaeological critique of ‘evidence-based management’ : one digression after another
Tools
Tools
Tools
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 ISSN 1045-3172.
Research output not available from this repository.
Request-a-Copy directly from author or use local Library Get it For Me service.
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12109
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: |
|
||||||
| 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 |
Request changes or add full text files to a record
Repository staff actions (login required)
 |
View Item |
