Participants will learn to do the following:
- Apply the principles of evidence-based management, as laid out in in the 6As model, including the four sources of evidence.
- Refine a research question to drive evidence-based decision-making and apply the PICOC approach (five elements of an answerable question) to requests for information within the organization.
- Explain the interaction between the four levels of HR’s work and the four levels of HR measurement (i.e., metric for inputs, efficiency, effectiveness, and impact).
- Apply some communications tools and strategies for building buy-in for evidence and telling the data-informed story.
- Recognize the role that collaboration plays in designing an HR measurement strategy.
- Prepare a rough draft of a personal action plan.
See also: Using Evidence for Better Informed Decisions: A Playbook for Canadian Human Resource Leaders
Instructor tools
- Instructor’s Guide
- Presentation slides
- Communications exercise handouts
- “Scaling the Wall” wall chart
- “HR Measurement Framework” wall chart
Participant materials
- Participant workbook
- Participant readings
- A quick read handbook on EBMgt
Evidence-Based Management: The Basic Principles. 2014, Barends, Eric, Denise M Rousseau, and Rob B Briner.
- A medium read on EBMgt in HR
Jacobs, Katie. “Under the Microscope.” HR Magazine 2015, no. January (2015): 24-31.
- A longer more detailed academic article
Briner, Rob B and Eric Barends. “The Role of Scientific Findings in Evidence-Based Hr.” People and Strategy 39, no. 2 (2016): 16.
- A case study about an HR research project
Behavioural Insights Project: Increasing recruitment of women into the Canadian Armed Forces, Innovation Hub – Privy Council Office
- A quick read handbook on EBMgt
