Suppose We Took Evidence- Based Management Seriously: Implications for Reading and Writing Management

We are honored and flattered that AMLE solicited such an interesting and informative set of reviews, and we are appreciative of the opportunity to add our voices to the discussion of Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths, and Total Nonsense: Profiting From Evidence-Based Management. The reviewers raise a number of important issues that, in many instances, have implications far beyond our book. We discuss some of these below, in the hope that we can also engage others in the conversation and, even more important, in an endeavor to change some fundamental things about the reading and writing of management research and theory.