INSC60050

1.5 credits. Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Students may not receive credit for both INSC 70600 and INSC 60050. This course is an introduction to the fundamentals of business analytics. Business analytics are enabled by business intelligence (BI) tools for the purpose of analytic decision making. BI systems combine gathering data, storing it, and analyzing it to present complicated company and competitive information to planners and decision makers. By providing wider visibility to plans and supporting data, analytical tools increase the return on existing organizational planning applications because they help companies understand where and how they deviate from their plan objectives. In addition, they provide shared data availability that encourages a global perspective on business performance. Real-world case studies will show students the ways organizations are using analytics to support both tactical and strategic decision-making.