ABSTRACT
The Empirical & Experiential Evidence framework logic is rooted in explicit recognition of organizational informational and decision-making realities, and the desire to retain the spirit of broadly defined evidence-based practice, manifesting itself in systematic identification and assessment of decision-guiding knowledge. The essence of evidence-based practice, is it in medicine, policy setting, or management, is that decisions should be guided by the best available evidence. Evidence-based movement originated in the practice of medicine – as noted earlier, in that field, scientific research is, by far, the largest contributor of new knowledge that can be used to improve the efficacy of medical practice. As seen from the perspective of decision-supporting evidence, empirical theoretical research is comprised of three distinct subcategories of observational research, experimental studies, and research summaries. The believability of analytically derived insights is not a sufficient, or even a necessary condition of decision-guiding value of analytically derived evidence.
