Weaving analytics for effective decision making / Arindam Banerjee, Tanushri Banerjee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Banerjee, Arindam, 1965- author.

Banerjee, Tanushri, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial management--Decision making--Data processing.

Industrial management.

Business--Decision making--Data processing.

Business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (164 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st edition.

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles, CA : SAGE Publications, Inc., 2017.

Summary:

Weaving Analytics for Effective Decision Making helps managers unleash the power of analytics. It provides a roadmap for implementing analytics and securing a high return on investment for the organization. The book is meant primarily for decision makers, business leaders and business problem solvers who are engaged in decision-making roles in organizations. Several books have established the need for analytics in decision making; this book moves one step ahead and explains how managers can maximize the benefits of analytics in organizations. It spells out the sequence business managers should adopt towards building business intelligence-driven organizations.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

Part 1 An Approach to Build Analytics Capability to Solve Business Problems

Introduction The Practice of Analytics and the Associated 'Conundrum'

1 Where to Begin: Managing Organization's Data Inventory for Effective Decision Support

2 Useful Approaches to Mining Information: Building Intuition of Analytic Tools

3 Resolving Business Problems with (Predictive) Analytics: Scoping the Objectives

4 Communicating Analytical Output: Numbers to Narratives

5 From Analysis to Analytics: Building the Infrastructure

Part 2 The Analytic 'State of Affairs'

6 Perspectives on Knowledge Process1 Adoption in Emerging Economies

Postscript

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

Appendix 3

Appendix 3A

Appendix 4

Appendix 5

Appendix 6

About the Authors.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789353280031

9353280036

9789386446770

9386446774

9789386446787

9386446782

OCLC:

993033157