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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818103303321

Autore

Jain Piyanka

Titolo

Behind every good decision : how anyone can use business analytics to turn data into profitable insight / / Piyanka Jain and Puneet Sharma ; edited by Lakshmi Jayaraman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : American Management Association, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4002-3104-3

0-8144-4922-0

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 p.)

Disciplina

658.4/034

Soggetti

Business planning - Statistical methods

Decision making - Statistical methods

Management - Statistical methods

Data mining

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""SECTION 1�HELLO ANALYTICS!""; ""1. Analytics or Die""; ""2. What Is Analytics?""; ""3. Top Seven Analytics Methodologies""; ""SECTION 2�DIVING DEEP""; ""4. B.A.D.I.R.: Business Analytics in Five Simple Steps""; ""5. Predictive Analytics, aka Rocket Science""; ""6. Data and Analytics Tools""; ""SECTION 3�LEADERSHIP TOOLKIT""; ""7. Analytics and Leadership""; ""8. Competing on Analytics""; ""9. Analytics Leader's Playbook""; ""10. Making It Happen""; ""11. Common Pitfalls""

""SECTION 4�ANALYTICS AT WORK: TEN CASE STUDIES""""Appendix""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""; ""About the Authors""; ""Free Sample Chapter from Data Crush by Christopher Surdak""

Sommario/riassunto

There is a costly misconception in business today-that the only data       that matters is BIG data, and that complex tools and data scientists are       required to extract any practical information. Nothing could be further      



from the truth.                              In Behind Every Good Decision, authors and analytics experts       Piyanka Jain and Puneet Sharma demonstrate how professionals at any       level can take the information at their disposal and leverage it to make       better decisions. The authors' streamlined frame work demystifies the       process