Sports Analytics for Business

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Analytics has become highly influential in business over the last 25 years. More recently, it has come to influence aspects of sports, including tournament and team management, real time strategy, and betting. The class demonstrates how skills such as critical thinking, mathematical modeling, statistical analysis, predictive analytics, prescriptive analytics and optimization are valuable in sports. Prereq: Enrollment in Fisher College of Business Grad program, or permission of instructor. 7259 Operations and Technology Strategy G 1½ Develop a unifying framework for analyzing strategic issues in operations. Use theory and cases to illustrate and explore the concept of operations and technology strategy. Covers strategic decisions on technology, facilities, vertical integration, human resources, global operations and social issues. Prereq: Enrollment in Fisher College of Business Grad program; or permission of instructor.