MBE 513: Data-Driven Decision Making

Extracting useful insights from the vast amount of information involves a combination of analytical skills and intuition. It is both art and science. The pedagogic philosophy in this course embraces the principle of learning-by-doing. You will learn a framework to guide effective decision-making during the analytics process, which helps ensure a sound business strategy based on facts. You will practice developing the questions, understanding stakeholder needs, identifying risks and uncertainties, and analyzing plan components, and will determine how to gather and analyze data to evaluate and communicate alternatives to upper management for decision-making. Examples, relevant discussions, and the use of Microsoft Excel will provide you with value that can be transferred back to the real-world environment