Indiana Wesleyan University Zappos Evidence Based Management Review the rubric to make sure you understand the criteria for earning your grade. Access and

Indiana Wesleyan University Zappos Evidence Based Management Review the rubric to make sure you understand the criteria for earning your grade.

Access and read the following resources:
Center for Evidence-Based Management (CEBMa): “Evidence-Based Management: The Basic Principles (PDF)”
SHRM-SIOP Science of HR Series: “Evidence-Based Strategies to Improve Workplace Decisions: Small Steps, Big Effects (PDF)”
Optional: To learn more about evidence-based practice and decision making, visit the Center for Evidence-Based Management (CEBMa) website. This nonprofit organization provides extensive support and resources you may consider invaluable throughout your career as an HR professional!
Write an 800- to 1000-word paper guided by the following requirements:
Introduction. Provide an introduction paragraph to establish context for the paper. Be sure to identify the organization selected for EB assessment.
Assessing EB Practices. Address the following questions concerning your organization’s decision-making practices:
Leading-Edge Technologies. Does your organization implement leading-edge technologies, and/or best practices to address problems without knowing what the problems really are? Provide several examples to support your response.
Systematic, Scientific Evidence. To what degree does your organization use systematic, scientific evidence when making organizational decisions? Explain.
Internal Data Evaluation. How well does your organization scientifically collect, organize, and critically evaluate internal data? Describe the methods, organization tools and techniques, and strategies used for critical evaluation.
External Data Evaluation. Do managers in your organization know how to evaluate external research? Explain.
New Policies and Procedures. Does your organization explore new policies and procedures and/or evaluate the current ones for relevancy on a systematic basis? Provide evidence to support your response.
Improving EB Decision Making. Formulate substantive ways to address one or more of the areas of weakness identified in the assessment of evidence-based practices in your selected organization. To supplement the paper, a table or graph or other illustration may be used and placed in the appendix of the paper.
Conclusion. Provide a brief conclusion.
Use APA-formatted headings in the paper, matching components 2.a. through 2.d.
A title page and references page are required. Be sure to reference organization documents and website(s), as applicable.
Appendix pages do not apply to the word count requirement.
Thoroughly review your completed paper for APA formatting and mechanics. Use the instructions and the rubric for this assignment as checklists to be sure that your paper has met all the requirements. Do not include personal pronouns (I, me, my, mine, you, your, yours, yourself, we, our, ours, etc.) in the scholarly writing.
In preparation for ongoing coursework, you may wish to review the numerous writing resources and tools available to you as an IWU student, located in IWU Resources.
To access the IWU Resources:
Select Content in the Navigation Bar (NavBar) of your course.
From the Table of Contents, select the Course Dashboard.
Select IWU Resources.
For questions on APA Style, go to OCLS APA Writing Styles Guides.
When you have completed your paper, save a copy for yourself and submit a copy to your instructor by the end of the workshop.