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We are drowning in data but are starved for knowledge. Data Analytics is the discipline of extracting actionable insights by structuring, processing, analysing and visualising data using methods and software tools. Hence, we gain knowledge by understanding the data. A roadmap to achieve this is encapsulated in the knowledge discovery in databases (KDD) process. Databases help us store data in a structured way. The structure query language (SQL) allows us to gain first insights about business opportunities. Visualising the data using business intelligence tools and data science languages deepens our understanding of the key performance indicators and business characteristics. This can be used to create relevant classification and prediction models; for instance, to provide customers with the appropriate products or predict the eruption time of geysers. Machine learning algorithms help us in this endeavour. Moreover, we can create new classes using unsupervised learning methods, which can be used to define new market segments or group customers with similar characteristics. Finally, artificial intelligence allows us to reason under uncertainty and find optimal solutions for business challenges. All these topics are covered in this book with a hands-on process, which means we use numerous examples to introduce the concepts and several software tools to assist us. Several interactive exercises support us in deepening the understanding and keep us engaged with the material.This book is appropriate for master students but can be used for undergraduate students. Practitioners will also benefit from the readily available tools. The material was especially designed for Business Analytics degrees with a focus on Data Science and can also be used for machine learning or artificial intelligence classes. This entry-level book is ideally suited for a wide range of disciplines wishing to gain actionable data insights in a practical manner.

This book combines academic research with practical guidelines in methods and techniques to supplement existing knowledge relating to organizational management in the era of digital acceleration. It offers a simple layout with concise but rich content presented in an engaging, accessible style and the authors'holistic approach is unique in the field.From a universalist perspective, the book examines and analyzes the development of, among others, Industry 4.0, artificial intelligence (AI), AI 2.0, AI systems and platforms, algorithmics, new paradigms of organization management, business ecosystems, data processing models in AI-based organizations and AI strategies in the global perspective. An additional strength of the book is its relevance and contemporary nature, featuring information, data, forecasts or scenarios reaching up to 2030. How does one build, step by step, an organization that will be based on artificial intelligence technology and gain measurable benefits from it, for instance, as a result of its involvement in the creation of the so-called mesh ecosystem? The answer to this and many other pertinent questions are provided in this book.This timely and important book will appeal to scholars and students across the fields of organizational management and innovation and technology management, as well as managers, educators, scientists, entrepreneurs, innovators and more.

This book aims to provide relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings in Internet of Things (IoT) in Management Science and Operations Research. It starts with basic concept and present cases, applications, theory, and potential future. The contributed chapters to the book cover wide array of topics as space permits. Examples are from smart industry; city; transportation; home and smart devices. They present future applications, trends, and potential future of this new discipline. Specifically, this book provides an interface between the main disciplines of engineering/technology and the organizational, administrative, and planning capabilities of managing IoT. This book deals with the implementation of latest IoT research findings in practice at the global economy level, at networks and organizations, at teams and work groups and, finally, IoT at the level of players in the networked environments. This book is intended for professionals in the field of engineering, information science, mathematics, economics, and researchers who wish to develop new skills in IoT, or who employ the IoT discipline as part of their work. It will improve their understanding of the strategic role of IoT at various levels of the information and knowledge organization. The book is complemented by a second volume of the same editors with practical cases.

In Computational Organizational Cognition, Davide Secchi presents an innovative definition of organizational cognition using a research tradition that builds on the Embodied/Distributed/Extended Cognition (EDEC) perspectives and it is developed through agent-based computational simulation modelling. After an overview of EDEC perspectives, Computational Organizational Cognition presents four simulations which allow readers to clearly assess the advantages of agent-based computational organizational cognition (AOC) for both theory and practice. The book attempts to demonstrate how AOC is a useful if not essential instrument to explore, understand and analyze the inner complexities of organizational cognition. AOC is a powerful tool and an approach for organizational research enquiry at the service of both organizational scholars and cognitive scientists.

These proceedings compile selected papers from presenters at the Conference: Managing Digital Industry, Technology and Entrepreneurship 2019 (CoMDITE 2019) which was held on July 10-11, 2019. There are 122 papers from various universities and higher educational institutions in Indonesia and Malaysia. The main research topics in these proceedings are related to: 1) Strategic Management and Ecosystem Business, 2) Digital Technology for Business, 3) Digital Social Innovation, 4) Digital Innovation and Brand Management, 5) Digital Governance, 6) Financial Technology, 7) Digital and Innovative Education, 8) Digital Marketing. 9) Smart City, 10) Digital Talent Management, and 11) Entrepreneurship. All the papers in the proceedings highlight research results or literature reviews that will both contribute to knowledge development in the field of digital industry.

Martin Schymanietz explores dynamic capabilities that help organizations to cope with the challenges and chances of the utilization of data for service provision. Data-driven service innovation provides a fruitful pathway for organizations to extend their current offerings, deepen customer relationships and increase revenues. He examines the nature of data-driven service innovation, accompanied challenges and identifies relevant actors and their roles on an individual level. This approach helps organizations to develop dynamic capabilities based on individual actors that in sum shape the whole organization.

In business, driving value is a key strategy and typically starts at the top of an organization. In today's digital age, driving software value is also an important, and often overlooked, key strategy. Executives, and the corporate board, need to expect the highest level of business value from the software the organization is developing, buying, and selling. In today's digital transformation marketplace, it is imperative that organizations start driving business value from software development initiatives. For many years, the cost of software development challenged organizations with questions such as: How do we allocate software development costs? Should these costs be considered an overhead expense? Are we getting the most value possible for our investment? A fundamental problem has been built into these questions – the focus on cost. In almost every other part of the organization, maximizing profit or, in the case of a not-for-profit, maximizing the funds available, provides a clear focus with metrics to determine success or failure. In theory, simply aligning software spending with the maximizing profit goals should be sufficient to avoid any questions about value for money. Unfortunately, this alignment hasn't turned out to be so simple, and the questions persist, particularly at the strategic or application portfolio level. In this book, Michael D.S. Harris describes how a software business value culture—one where all stakeholders, including technology and business—have a clear understanding of the goals and expected business value from software development. The book shows readers how they can transform software development from a cost or profit center to a business value center. Only a culture of software as a value center enables an organization to constantly maximize business value flow through software development. If your organization is starting to ask how it can change software from a cost-center to a value-center, this book is for you.

For undergraduate Introductory Management Information Systems courses. Help Your Students Succeed in the Most Important Course They'll TakeAs technology continues to change the way organizations do business, knowledge of MIS is critical. Experiencing MIS illustrates for students how organizations use information systems to solve business problems every day. This modular text uses illustrative cases, exercises, projects, and other aids to ensure your students connect concepts to everyday life with an “in your face” attitude about MIS. Unique guides in each chapter highlight themes in ethics, security, and other timely topics. Every year brings important new technology to organizations and the Seventh Edition reflects these trends, keeping your students up to date and knowledgeable on how to apply emerging technologies to better achieve their organizations'strategies. MyMISLabTM not included. Students, if MyMISLab is a recommended/mandatory component of the course, please ask your instructor for the correct ISBN and course ID. MyMISLab should only be purchased when required by an instructor. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information.MyMISLab is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment product designed to personalize learning and improve results. With a wide range of interactive, engaging, and assignable activities, students are encouraged to actively learn and retain tough course concepts.

Create memorable presentations on technical and complex topics in slideware such as Microsoft PowerPoint and Apple's Keynote for Mac. Learn good pacing and rhythm as well as judicious use of special effects.Whether the goal is to help a sale or to educate, and whether the final delivery is a live presentation, a webinar, or a short video presentation, this book focuses on the particular difficulties linked to technical presentations. You will learn to create a story when there is none, gain the interest of an audience who may not feel as strongly for the topic as the speaker does, turn abstract concepts into visual models, overcome the limitations of the medium (limited space, two dimensions), maintain interest through rhythm, and use effects, not to look cool or get that'WOW'moment, but to serve the message.Getting The Message Across presents a number of field-tested ideas for raising interest. The use of various techniques and carefulscripting will help you, even if you aren't a natural-born show-person, to communicate effectively, and to make your audience remember your message, and not necessarily your slides. This book will teach you:Rhythm and animations, and the use of transitionsTo hold audience interest even with'dry'topicsTo create memorable presentationsTechniques useful for PowerPoint, Keynote for Mac, and any similar presentation medium or environmentWhat You Will LearnTurn austere topics into interesting stories.Give rhythm and pacing to your presentations.Build a narrative during transitions and animations.Hold audience interest and make listeners feel clever.Make people remember your presentation rather than your cool use of slideware.Who This Book Is ForPeople who have to communicate effectively on strongly technical topics. This book targets educators and trainers as well as technical consultants who need to present complex solutions to customers or leads, as well as would-be speakers at scientific or technical conferences. Getting The Message Across is a book for people who want to make their presentations not only more attractive, but really memorable. It is for people who aren't looking for a standing ovation, but who are willing to do what they can to be understood and to make their messages remembered. Getting The Message Across focuses on using slideware such as PowerPoint and Keynote. Such slideware, for all its flaws, is still one of the best ways to communicate, not only live, but also in dematerialized communications (webinars, video tutorials) for reaching an ever-growing audience.

Are you struggling to understand the data you need to support your business activities? Are you frustrated over data that don't answer your questions or provide the wrong answers to your questions? Are you worried that your organization is not adequately supporting its citizens or customers? Are you concerned over civil or criminal liability for the quality and use of your data? If the answer to any of these questions is Yes, they you need to read Data Resource Understanding to help you and everyone in your organization thoroughly understand the data they need to support the business activities. Most public and private sector organizations have no formal method for thoroughly understanding the data needed to support their business activities. They seldom have a method that begins with the organization's perception of the business world and continues through a formal Data Resource Development Cycle to produce a high quality, thoroughly understood data resource that fully supports the organization's current and future business information demand. Data Resource Data provided the complete detailed data resource model for understanding and managing data as a critical resource of the organization. Data Resource Understanding is the companion book to Data Resource Data. It provides a detailed explanation of how to thoroughly understand an organization's data resource and to document that understanding with Data Resource Data. Together they provide an organization with the foundation for properly managing their data as a critical resource. Like Data Resource Simplexity, Data Resource Integration, Data Resource Design, and Data Resource Data, Michael Brackett draws on over half a century of data management experience, in a wide variety of different public and private sector organizations, to understand and document an organization's data resource. He leverages theories, concepts, principles, and techniques from many different and varied disciplines, such as human dynamics, mathematics, physics, chemistry, philosophy, and biology, and applies them to the process of formally documenting an organization's data resource.

Appropriate for all courses in Decision Support Systems (DSS), computerised decision making tools, and management support systems. Decision Support and Business Intelligence Systems provides the only comprehensive, up-to-date guide to today's revolutionary management support system technologies, and showcases how they can be used for better decision-making. The 10th edition focuses on Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics for enterprise decision support in a more streamlined book. In addition to traditional decision support applications, this edition expands the reader's understanding of the various types of analytics by providing examples, products, services, and exercises by discussing Web-related issues throughout the text. The full text downloaded to your computer With eBooks you can: search for key concepts, words and phrases make highlights and notes as you study share your notes with friends eBooks are downloaded to your computer and accessible either offline through the Bookshelf (available as a free download), available online and also via the iPad and Android apps. Upon purchase, you'll gain instant access to this eBook. Time limit The eBooks products do not have an expiry date. You will continue to access your digital ebook products whilst you have your Bookshelf installed.

There has never been a Business Process Management manual like this. Business Process Management 21 Success Secrets is not about the ins and outs of Business Process Management. Instead, it answers the top 21 questions that we are asked and those we come across in forums, our consultancy and education programs. It tells you exactly how to deal with those questions, with tips that have never before been offered in print. This guidebook is also not about Business Process Management best practice and standards details. Instead it introduces everything you want to know to be successful with Business Process Management. A quick look inside of the subjects covered: The Many Uses of Business Process Management Software, The Three Strategies Involved in Developing a Business Process Management Solution, The Business Process Management Strategy That Matters, Business Process Management Consultant can Provide Critical Support to Companies, Business Process Management Solutions and Much More, The Two Aspects of Business Process Management Training, What Business Process Management Consulting Is all About, What are Business Process Management Tools, Business Process Management Conference: Elevating BPM Practices to a Higher Level, Business Process Management and ITIL, The Three Functional Types of Business Process Management Software, Business Process Management BPM and More, What is business process management anyway? Well, it is simply a method of scheming and sustaining a, Business Process Management and Business Process Automation Is There a Big Difference?, Smart Solutions from Fuego Business Process Management, The Nature of Business Process Management, What Can Business Process Management Do For You?, The Five Categories of Business Process Management, The Benefits of Employing a Business Process Management System, Necessary Steps to Business Process Management Definition, The Concept behind Business Process Management Tools, and much more...

With the advent of electronic databases, information technologies, and the Internet, organizations now more than ever have easy access to all the knowledge they need to conduct their affairs. Identifying the useful information in all that data, however, can pose a challenge. Knowledge Discovery, Transfer, and Management in the Information Age brings together the latest empirical research in knowledge management practices and information retrieval strategies to assist organizations in effectively and efficiently utilizing the data at their disposal. Academics, managers, researchers, and professionals within the field of knowledge management will make use of this book to increase their understanding of best practices in the manipulation of information resources.

This book is a tutorial guide that covers each topic in depth with examples. The step-by-step approach will help you better understand each task as you will have to perform them frequently when utilizing the services. If you are a Dynamics AX developer, new or experienced who wants to implement services with Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012, then this book is for you. A basic understanding of MorphX and X++ is assumed, but the step-by-step instructions are easy to follow even for beginners. Some examples use C# and.NET, so experience with Visual Studio is a plus but not a must.

This book is a practical, hands-on guide that covers both the basic and advanced concepts of financial management using Microsoft Dynamics AX.Microsoft Dynamics AX Financial Management is for Microsoft Dynamics AX solution architects, application consultants, support engineers, pre-technical sales consultants, and project managers on the partner side, as well as chief financial officers, financial controllers, accounting managers, key users, business analysts, and chief information officers on the customer side. A basic knowledge of financial terms, concepts, and Microsoft Dynamics AX terminologies will help you better understand the concepts covered in this book.

Prozess-Optimierung. Alle Facetten der Prozessorganisation Dieser Klassiker der modernen Prozessorganisation spannt den Bogen von den ablauforganisatorischen Wurzeln des Prozessmanagements bis zu den unternehmensübergreifenden Geschäftsprozessnetzwerken. Dabei werden die vielschichtigen Facetten des Managements von Geschäftsprozessen aufgegriffen, um die komplexen Wirkungen organisatorischer Eingriffe und Gestaltungsmaßnahmen aufzuzeigen. »Das Buch kann als Klassiker der Prozessorganisationstheorie gelten und sollte (…) nicht im Bücherregal fehlen.« In: Ex Libris, zur Vorauflage

Help your organization determine the value of its customer relationships with Segmentation and Lifetime Value Models Using SAS. This book contains a wealth of information that will help you perform analyses to identify your customers and make informed marketing investments. It answers core questions on customer relationship management (CRM), provides an overall framework for thinking about CRM, and offers real-world examples across a variety of industries. Edward C. Malthouse introduces you to a number of useful models, ranging from simple to more complicated examples, and discusses their applications. You'll learn about segmentation models for identifying groups of customers and about lifetime value models for estimating the future value of the segments. You'll learn how to prepare data and estimate models using Base SAS, SAS/STAT, SAS/IML, and SQL. Marketing analysts, CRM analysts, database managers, and anyone looking to address the challenges of allocating marketing resources to different customer groups will benefit from the concepts and exercises in this book. Analysts will learn how to approach unique business problems. Managers will gain a sense of what's possible and what to ask of their analytics departments. This book is part of the SAS Press program.

In this part we have discussed the impact of information technol­ ogy on the quantity and quality of work, on organizational struc­ ture, and on products. We have examined if, and to what extent, this impact differs from that of technological innovation in the past. Our findings strongly suggest that there is a difference. With regard to the quantity of work, the introduction of informa­ tion technology seems to accelerate the historical trend of capital intensification which is accompanied by reductions in the average numbers of hours worked per year. The other changes associated of with information technology signal a trendshift. Degradation work is transformed - though hesitantly - into upgrading; dif­ ferentiation and increasing scale into reintegration and decreasing scale; and mass production into custom tailored production. The rise of the information sector has reinforced this trendshift. On the micro level, firms that implement information technology accordingly are likely to gain an edge over their competitors.

These days we live the information age, knowledge and reality which is the first-established and that this era is characterized by change and instability, but the rapid development of accelerated days and hours.

نحن نعنى في المجموعة العربية للتدريب والنشر على نحو خاص بتناول كافة القضايا والمتغيرات المتلاحقة ومتطلبات الإصلاح الإداري والاقتصادي وكل ما يهم المنظمات والتعرف أيضا على التجارب العالمية الناجحة للوصول إلى الهدف المشترك مع عملائنا في رفع وتطوير الكفاءات البشرية

Hoofdlijnen Bestuurlijke Informatieverzorging is volledig geactualiseerd, met extra aandacht voor systeemontwikkeling en e-business. Daarmee sluit het boek aan bij de nieuwste SPD exameneisen. Door het niveau van het boek is het daarnaast zeer geschikt voor studenten HEO en voor wo-examens op dit vakgebied. Bestuurlijke informatieverzorging heeft de afgelopen jaren steeds meer aan belangstelling gewonnen. Waar bestuurlijke informatievoorziening vroeger vooral een taak voor accountants was, wordt het in toenemende mate ook een verantwoordelijkheid van controllers en management. Goede bestuurlijke informatieverzorging draagt bij aan het realiseren van de organisatiedoelstellingen. Daarnaast is, door striktere wet- en regelgeving, een goede administratieve organisatie en interne controle belangrijker geworden om de toegang tot de kapitaalmarkten open te houden. Hoofdlijnen Bestuurlijke Informatieverzorging behandelt alle relevante kennis van dit vakgebied in 3 delen: Deel 1: De grondslagen van het vak, zoals de organisatie, management control en informatiesystemen. Deel 2: De administratieve organisatie en interne controle van verschillende processen binnen het bedrijf, zoals het inkoop-, voorraad-, productie- en verkoopproces. Deel 3: De administratieve organisatie en interne controle van verschillende typen bedrijven.

يتحدث الكتاب عن استخدام الحاسب الآلي في حلول هذه التطبيقات. وهذه الجزئية قد تكون هي من أهم العناصر التي يقدمها هذا الكتاب للمكتبة العربية في هذا المجال حيث يلاحظ نقصاً واضحاً في استخدام الحاسب الآلي في حل التطبيقات في الكتب العربية المتوفرة بالأسواق. وقد قسم هذا الكتاب إلى ثلاثة فصول رئيسة هي: البرمجة الخطية، ومشكلة النقل، وأسلوب تقييم البرامج ومراجعتها وطريقة المسار الحرج. الفصل الأول: البرمجة الخطية (Linear Programming) وسيتم التطرق إلى أقسام هذه الطريقة وكيفية تحويل المشاكل الإدارية وصياغتها في شكل رياضي. ثم يتم التعرف على كيفية حل هذه المشكلة بيانياً وطريقة استخدام جدول السمبلكس المشهور في حل مثل هذه المشاكل. الفصل الثاني: مشكلة النقل(Transportaion Problem) ويتم التعرف على طريقة الركن الشمالي الغربي وطريقة أقل تكلفة وطريقة فوجل التقريبة. ويتم التفصيل بعض الشيء في تقييم هذه الطرق والوصول إلى أفضل حل في الحالات العادية وفي الحالات الخاصة. الفصل الثالث: أسلوب تقييم البرامج ومراجعتها (PERT) وطريقة المسار الحرج (CPM). وسيتم التطرق إلى كيفية رسم شبكة بيرت (PERT) وكيفية تحديد الأوقات المبكرة والمتأخرة للانتهاء وكيفية تحديد المسار الحرج. وفي نهاية كل فصل يوجد تفصيل يوضح كيفية حل هذه التطبيقات والمشاكل الإدارية باستخدام البرامج المشهورة في هذا المجال ومن أهمها برنامج إكسل (Excel) و(Lindo) و(Qsb).

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Learn from experts who share a step-by-step method how to justify and manage the ROI for the BR Approach.

'This book deals with the computational intelligence field, particularly business applications adopting computational intelligence techniques'--Provided by publisher.

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'This book is intended for both quantitative analysts and business technologists who want to learn about the basic capabilities of Enterprise Miner software for data mining'--P. [4] of cover.

Includes indexes.