APPL ANALYTICS IN ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

5100 APPL ANALYTICS IN ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT - 3. Discussion Forum Activity Paper details: In Module 3. you will dive into an in-depth review of applied analytics, including tools and architecture. in Analytics in a Big Data World. The recommended readings provide supplemental information on various types of data analytic techniques. as well as some focused case studies of how various industries are using big data analytics. in healthcare, finance. and survey research firms. Required: Bart Baesens, Analytics in a Big Data World: The Essential Guide to Data Science and Its Applications, Chapters 1Preview the documentView in a new window. John Wiley & Sons, 201A. Recommended Bart Baesens, Analytics in a Big Data World: The Essential Guide to Data Science and Its Applications, Chapters 8. John Wiley Sons. 20111. This chapter is included in link above. Taruna Seth and Vipin Chaudhary. “Big Data in Finance," in Big Data: Algorithms, Analytics and Applications, Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. [2015]. pp. 329-356 (28 pp.) Wang. Y., et aL. “Big data analytics: Understanding its capabilities and potential benefits for healthcare organizationsPreview the documentView in a new window," Journal of Technological Forecast of Social Change (2016). (11 pp.). http://dx.doi.org 10.10‘I6/j.techfore.2015.12.019 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. Tim J. Gabel and Cathy Tokarski, “Big Data and Organization Design: Key Challenges Await the Survey Research FirmPreview the documentView in a new window," Journal of Organization Design, January ‘I, 20111, pp. 37-ll5 (9 pp.) Write: Discussion Forum Activity: Describe one type of analytical model you have used in your past work or academic experience. Were they predictive or descriptive? What was the (business) problem you were trying to solve? How did the model help to address it? Review some responses from some of the other students. and comment on one additional technique you could have employed to address the problem.