Management of Business Analytics

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The course addresses the remarkable impact that analytics is having on business. This course provides students with the fundamental concepts and tools needed to understand the emerging role of business analytics in organizations. The course examines issues that both information systems managers and non-information systems managers face in managing and performing business data analytics within an organization. Students apply business analytics approaches to support business decision making and problem-solving efforts and learn how to effectively use and interpret analytic models and results for business decisions. The course covers managerial statistical tools in descriptive analytics and predictive analytics. Prerequisite: IS 220 ; junior standing. Offered Fall, Spring.