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Analytics at Work: Smarter Decisions, Better Results
Thomas H. Davenport
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Description for Analytics at Work: Smarter Decisions, Better Results
Hardback. Reveals how any manager can effectively deploy analytics in day-to-day operations' one business decision at a time. This book outlines the five-step DELTA model for deploying and succeeding with analytical initiatives. It teaches you how to use data more effectively and glean valuable analytical insights. Num Pages: 240 pages, 15F/10T. BIC Classification: KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
Most companies have massive amounts of data at their disposal, yet fail to utilize it in any meaningful way. But a powerful new business tool - analytics - is enabling many firms to aggressively leverage their data in key business decisions and processes, with impressive results. In their previous book, Competing on Analytics, Thomas Davenport and Jeanne Harris showed how pioneering firms were building their entire strategies around their analytical capabilities. Rather than "going with the gut" when pricing products, maintaining inventory, or hiring talent, managers in these firms use data, analysis, and systematic reasoning to make decisions that ... Read more
Most companies have massive amounts of data at their disposal, yet fail to utilize it in any meaningful way. But a powerful new business tool - analytics - is enabling many firms to aggressively leverage their data in key business decisions and processes, with impressive results. In their previous book, Competing on Analytics, Thomas Davenport and Jeanne Harris showed how pioneering firms were building their entire strategies around their analytical capabilities. Rather than "going with the gut" when pricing products, maintaining inventory, or hiring talent, managers in these firms use data, analysis, and systematic reasoning to make decisions that ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
462 g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781422177693
SKU
V9781422177693
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Ref
99-15
About Thomas H. Davenport
Thomas H. Davenport is the President's Distinguished Chair at Babson College, a research fellow at the MIT Center for Digital Business, and the author, coauthor, or editor of thirteen books. Jeanne G. Harris is Executive Research Fellow and a senior executive at Accenture's Institute for High Performance in Chicago. Robert Morison has been leading business research in professional services firms ... Read more
Reviews for Analytics at Work: Smarter Decisions, Better Results
"Harvard Business School Press, Davenport in particular, has produced some excellent books on competitive analytics and the like, with good case studies..." - ZD Net