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The article discusses the importance of research in industrial organization. It mentions that research is the missing theme that integrates the industrial framework, discipline and validity of claims of effectiveness. The author asserts that research can deliver accountability while technology will not. Moreover, it can strengthen the learning and development (L&D) side of instructional system design. Organizations who conducted research are said to have adopted evidence-based practice (EBP), which is about employing the most current and credible research evidence on effective instructional design, learning optimization, and instructional delivery system. Among the first to adopt EBP include David Sackett and Gordon Guyatt from the medicine sector.