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Behind Every Good Decision: How Anyone Can Use Business Analytics to Turn Data into Profitable Insight Piyanka Jain

Behind Every Good Decision: How Anyone Can Use Business Analytics to Turn Data into Profitable Insight By Piyanka Jain

Behind Every Good Decision: How Anyone Can Use Business Analytics to Turn Data into Profitable Insight by Piyanka Jain


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There is a costly misconception in business today - that the only data that matters is BIG data, and that complex tools and data scientists are required to extract any practical information. The authors demonstrate how professionals at any level can take the information at their disposal and leverage it to make better decisions.

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Behind Every Good Decision: How Anyone Can Use Business Analytics to Turn Data into Profitable Insight Summary

Behind Every Good Decision: How Anyone Can Use Business Analytics to Turn Data into Profitable Insight by Piyanka Jain

There is a costly misconception in business today - that the only data that matters is BIG data, and that complex tools and data scientists are required to extract any practical information. Nothing could be further from the truth.

In Behind Every Good Decision, authors and analytics experts Piyanka Jain and Puneet Sharma demonstrate how professionals at any level can take the information at their disposal and leverage it to make better decisions. The authors' streamlined frame work demystifies the process of business analytics and helps anyone move from data to decisions in just five steps...using only Excel as a tool. Readers will learn how to:

  • Clarify the business question
  • Lay out a hypothesis-driven plan
  • Pull relevant data
  • Convert it to insights
  • Make decisions that make an impact

Packed with examples and exercises, this refreshingly accessible book explains the four fundamental analytic techniques that can help solve a surprising 80% of all business problems. Business analytics isn't rocket science - it's a simple problem-solving tool that can help companies increase revenue, decrease costs, improve products, and delight customers. And who doesn't want to do that?

Behind Every Good Decision: How Anyone Can Use Business Analytics to Turn Data into Profitable Insight Reviews

"Jain and Sharma do a fantastic job of explaining how any reasonably intelligent person can make sense of data by starting with the problems they want to solve..." -- MindTools
"Jain and Sharma demystify big data by revealing how to use it as a highly effective business tool..." -- Baseline
..".takes a dauntingly huge subject - analytics - and reduces it to clear, usable chunks." --Blue Heron Journal
..".should be on the desk and in the hands of planners and decision-makers in organizations where good decisions matter. That's everybody." --Vancouver Business Journal
"Experienced data scientists Piyanka Jain and Puneet Sharma offer an exceptionally clear, illustrated guide to data analysis, including meaningful, real case studies and actionable best practices... getAbstract recommends this commonsense, practical approach to managers, executives, entrepreneurs and professionals who don't analyze for a living." --getAbstract
"Jain and Sharma have found a way to make the analysis of data engaging and easy to understand, even for those of us who are not mathematically inclined." --Internal Auditing

About Piyanka Jain

Piyanka Jain is President and CEO of Aryng, a management consulting company focused on analytics for business impact.

Puneet Sharma is VP of Analytics, Growth Hacking, and User Research at Move Inc.

Table of Contents

Contents

Prefacexi

Acknowledgmentsxv

Introduction1

SECTION 1--HELLO ANALYTICS!7

1.Analytics or Die9

2.What Is Analytics?20

3.Top Seven Analytics Methodologies34

SECTION 2--DIVING DEEP49

4.B.A.D.I.R.: Business Analytics in Five Simple Steps51

5.Predictive Analytics, aka Rocket Science101

6.Data and Analytics Tools128

SECTION 3--LEADERSHIP TOOLKIT141

7.Analytics and Leadership143

8.Competing on Analytics156

9.Analytics Leader's Playbook171

10.Making It Happen175

11.Common Pitfalls184

SECTION 4--ANALYTICS AT WORK:

TEN CASE STUDIES207

Appendix221

Notes229

Index233

About the Authors239

Additional information

CIN0814449212G
9780814449219
0814449212
Behind Every Good Decision: How Anyone Can Use Business Analytics to Turn Data into Profitable Insight by Piyanka Jain
Used - Good
Hardback
HarperCollins Focus
2014-11-01
256
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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