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Karen Plum
Director of Consulting
Advanced Workplace Associates
Eric Barends
Managing Director
CEBMa

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Clients
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Rapid Evidence Assessment?
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Critically
Appraised
Topic
Rapid Evidence
Assessment
Systematic
Review

6 Step Approach
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ACQUIRE:
SEARCH IN
DATABASES
APPRAISE II
CROSS-VALIDATE WITH
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
ASK:
FRAMING THE
QUESTION
APPRAISE & AGGREGATE :
CRITICALLY EVALUATE
AND SUMMARIZE
APPLY:
DEVELOP
TOOLS

ASK
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ASK
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“Which of the factors that have an impact on the productivity of knowledge workers are most widely studied and what is known of their effect?”

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The 3 hardest words in management
(but I know how to find out)

ACQUIRE
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ABI, BSP, PsycINFO
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Scholarly journals, peer reviewed
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1980 – 2013
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English
 performance, productivity, knowledge work*

APPRAISE
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FINDINGS
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FINDINGS
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Social cohesion?
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Social cohesion?
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What is cohesion?
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Task cohesion vs social cohesion
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Association with team performance
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How does social cohesion enhance performance?
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What determines the level of social cohesion in a team or group?
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How can social cohesion be measured?

Enhance?
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6 Step Approach
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ACQUIRE:
SEARCH IN
DATABASES
APPRAISE II
CROSS-VALIDATE WITH
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
ASK:
FRAMING THE
QUESTION
APPRAISE & AGGREGATE :
CRITICALLY EVALUATE
AND SUMMARIZE
APPLY:
DEVELOP
TOOLS

APPRAISE II
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To get feedback on the deliverables and process
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Critically appraise the findings / cross validate with professional experience
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Discuss practical use / applicability of the findings (guidelines, tool?)

Discuss next steps

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1.
Social cohesion
2.
Perceived supervisory support
3.
Information sharing
4.
Vision and goal clarity
5.
External communications (boundary spanning)
6.
Trust

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APPLY
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Evidence-based findings
Measurements
A practical approach
Suggested actions: leadership, people, workplace

Reactions?
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