The Evidence-based Management (EBMa) course provides students enrolled in programs at RSM with competencies centered around evidence that they are expected to develop and maintain throughout their studies and ultimately translate into their working life. EBMa involves the conscientious, explicit and judicious use of the best available evidence about and within business organisations for decision-making. This course equips students with fundamental knowledge about EBMa and evidence, and how it strengthens decision-making and practice in business and organisations. Students will explore evidence in organisational settings and the integration of evidence with particular decisions and actions in practice. Students will be able to translate principles of best available evidence to management practice and ethical decision-making, and as well to reflect on how to use evidence and their position to improve on their learning experience.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- describe Evidence-based practice (EBP) in management and its basic principles and its core and functional capabilities
- formulate problems that require decision-making based on evidence-based principles and capabilities (ASK)
- create search strategies to acquire the best available evidence relevant to a problem (ACQUIRE)
- ascertain the methodological appropriateness, quality, and trustworthiness of evidence (APPRAISE)
- integrate different types of relevant evidence to answer questions (AGGREGATE)
- design and implement evidence-based interventions and solutions to a problem that take into account their social and ethical implications (APPLY)
- evaluate feedback obtained about interventions to determine needs for further action (ASSESS)
- generate insights and decision-making awareness through self-reflection (ASSESS).
Other Information
Students with an active Education Access Plan (EAP) are encouraged to discuss support with the Course Convenor (if necessary).
Indicative Assessment
- Typical assessments may include, but are not restricted to: in-class exercises, written and oral assignments, quizzes, examinations, group project tasks, oral presentations, and other assessments deemed appropriate to show the attainment of the learning outcomes set for the course. Further details will be made available via the Class Summary. (100) [LO 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]
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Workload
Students taking this course are expected to commit 130 hours to completing the work. For semester length offerings this will typically include 3 hours per week in class and at least 7 hours a week on average (excluding non-teaching weeks) on course reading, research, writing and assessment work.
Where this course is offered in intensive delivery mode as a continuous block over a shorter period of time, the expected total time commitment for this course will be 130 hours.
Inherent Requirements
This course has yet to be assessed for inherent requirements.
Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
Information about the prescribed textbook (if any) will be made available via the Class Summary.
Preliminary Reading
Information about indicative readings (if any) will be made available via the Class Summary.
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 34
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
ANU utilises MyTimetable to enable students to view the timetable for their enrolled courses, browse, then self-allocate to small teaching activities / tutorials so they can better plan their time. Find out more on the Timetable webpage.
Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.
First Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-campus | ||||||
| 2434 | 23 Feb 2026 | 02 Mar 2026 | 31 Mar 2026 | 29 May 2026 | In Person | N/A |
| On-line | ||||||
| 2435 | 23 Feb 2026 | 02 Mar 2026 | 31 Mar 2026 | 29 May 2026 | Online | N/A |
Second Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-campus | ||||||
| 7444 | 27 Jul 2026 | 03 Aug 2026 | 31 Aug 2026 | 30 Oct 2026 | In Person | N/A |
| On-line | ||||||
| 7445 | 27 Jul 2026 | 03 Aug 2026 | 31 Aug 2026 | 30 Oct 2026 | Online | N/A |