Description
Prerequisites: MBA 501W: Strategic Leadership and Management;
MBA 502W: Applied Quantitative Methods for Business. This
course examines the role of information technology in business
with an emphasis on the systems that support strategic, tactical,
and operational needs of organizations. The impact of technologies
on managerial decision-making and the various approaches to
implementing technology solutions to effectively align IT with the rest
of the business are explored. As part of this exploration, students are
assigned a custom case to employ a hands-on approach to business
analytics using Tableau, a contemporary data visualization tool. In
doing so, students devise data-driven recommendations that are
used to inform decisions that create value and enhance organizational
effectiveness. Additional topics include an introduction to artificial
intelligence (AI), data science, and machine learning.