Behind Every Good Decision

✍ Scribed by Jain, Piyanka

Publisher: AMACOM
Year: 2013
Tongue: English
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

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 of business analytics and helps anyone move from data to decisions in just five steps...using only Excel as a tool. Readers will learn how to:

Clarify the business question • Lay out a hypothesis-driven plan • Pull relevant data • Convert it to insights • Make decisions that make an impact

Packed with examples and exercises, this refreshingly accessible book explains the four fundamental...

✦ Table of Contents

Contents Prefacexi Acknowledgmentsxv Introduction1 SECTION 1--HELLO ANALYTICS!7 1.Analytics or Die9 2.What Is Analytics?20 3.Top Seven Analytics Methodologies34 SECTION 2--DIVING DEEP49 4.B.A.D.I.R.: Business Analytics in Five Simple Steps51 5.Predictive Analytics, aka Rocket Science101 6.Data and Analytics Tools128 SECTION 3--LEADERSHIP TOOLKIT141 7.Analytics and Leadership143 8.Competing on Analytics156 9.Analytics Leader's Playbook171 10.Making It Happen175 11.Common Pitfalls184 SECTION 4--ANALYTICS AT WORK: TEN CASE STUDIES207 Appendix221 Notes229 Index233 About the Authors239

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