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Jeffrey Pfeffer is a professor of organizational behavior at Stanford Graduate School of Business, known for his research on power and leadership. Robert I.
Known for: Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths, and Total Nonsense: Profiting from Evidence-Based Management
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Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths, and Total Nonsense: Profiting from Evidence-Based Management
This book advocates for evidence-based management, urging leaders to make decisions grounded in data and research rather than intuition or conventional wisdom. Pfeffer and Sutton expose common managerial myths and provide practical frameworks for applying empirical evidence to improve organizational performance.
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The Problem of Conventional Wisdom
We have both taught and studied management for decades, and one persistent observation continues to trouble us: managers far too often act on beliefs that are simply untested—or flatly wrong. The problem with conventional wisdom is not that it is always false; rather, it becomes dangerous precisely ...
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Hard Facts and Their Importance
Facts are stubborn things—but organizations have a way of contorting them. Our research repeatedly showed that even when data are available, managers often ignore or misinterpret them, preferring anecdote to analysis. This is not mere laziness; it is human nature. Stories stick; data bore. Yet organ...
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About Jeffrey Pfeffer, Robert I. Sutton
Jeffrey Pfeffer is a professor of organizational behavior at Stanford Graduate School of Business, known for his research on power and leadership. Robert I. Sutton is a professor of management science and engineering at Stanford University, recognized for his work on innovation and workplace dynamic...
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Jeffrey Pfeffer is a professor of organizational behavior at Stanford Graduate School of Business, known for his research on power and leadership. Robert I. Sutton is a professor of management science and engineering at Stanford University, recognized for his work on innovation and workplace dynamic...
Jeffrey Pfeffer is a professor of organizational behavior at Stanford Graduate School of Business, known for his research on power and leadership. Robert I. Sutton is a professor of management science and engineering at Stanford University, recognized for his work on innovation and workplace dynamics.
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