Evidence-based decision-making within the context of globalization: A "Why-What-How" for leaders and managers of health care organizations.

"The author acknowledges with thanks the anonymous reviewers for their insights and comments towards the publication of this paper. Funding has been provided by the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). The views expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the views of either funding organization. The PRO-ACTIVE program (Participatory and Evaluative Research Program to Optimize Workplace Management: Application of Knowledge, Transfer of Expertise, Innovative Interventions, Training Transformational Leaders) is a participatory action research program focusing on the organization of care, services, and work (OCSW) through intense researcher/manager collaboration and a partnership. The PRO-ACTIVE program is funded by the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation and the Fonds de recherche en santé du Québec. As part of the PRO-ACTIVE research program, Canadian health care managers and researchers have decided to work together to identify avenues for optimizing human resources, processes and the psychological environment of health care professionals, in order to promote the provision of innovative, good quality care and services in the best working environment. PRO-ACTIVE, which is a sequential program of three complementary projects, is designed to generate knowledge, describe and evaluate innovative and inspiring management practices and to disseminate knowledge emerging from the research program. This new knowledge (different types of knowledge in their explicit and/or tacit dimension) will support managers of health care organizations in their evidence-based decision making on reorganization of care, services and work, and promote transformational leadership as well as mentoring for managers of health care institutions and their partners in Canada’s health care system."