1st Edition

The Analytics Process Strategic and Tactical Steps

Edited By Eduardo Rodriguez Copyright 2017
272 Pages 10 Color & 15 B/W Illustrations
by Auerbach Publications

270 Pages 10 Color & 15 B/W Illustrations
by Auerbach Publications

270 Pages 10 Color & 15 B/W Illustrations
by Auerbach Publications

This book is about the process of using analytics and the capabilities of analytics in today’s organizations. Cutting through the buzz surrounding the term analytics and the overloaded expectations about using analytics, the book demystifies analytics with an in-depth examination of concepts grounded in operations research and management science. Analytics as a set of tools and processes is... Read more

SECTION I. ANALYTICS PROCESS CONCEPTS

About the Analytics Process

Eduardo Rodriguez

Illustrating the Analytics Process through Risk Assessment

and Modeling

Eduardo Rodriguez

Analytics, Strategy, and Management Control Systems

Eduardo Rodriguez

SECTION II. ANALYTICS PROCESS APPLICATIONS

Data, Information, and Intelligence

G. Scott Erickson and Helen N. Rothberg

The Rise of Big Data and Analytics in Higher Education

Ben K. Daniel and Russell J. Butson

Google Analytics as a Prosumption Tool for Web Analytics

Joanna Palonka, Marcin Lora, and Tomasz Ozieblo

Knowledge-Based Cause–Effect Analysis Enriched by Generating Multilayered DSS Models

Axel Benjamins

Online Community Projects in Lithuania: Cyber Security Perspective

Aelita Skaržauskiene, Gintare Paražinskaite, Agne Tvaronaviciene, and Monika Maciuliene

Exploring Analytics in Health Information Delivery to Acute Health Care in Australia

Chandana Unnithan and Katerina Andronis

Information Visualization and Knowledge Reconstruction of RFID Technology Translation in Australian Hospitals

Chandana Unnithan, Arthur Tatnall, and Stephen Burgess

Health Care Analytics and Big Data Management in Influenza Vaccination Programs: Use of Information–Entropy Approach

Sharon Hovav, Hanan Tell, Eugene Levner, Alexander Ptuskin, and Avi Herbon

Sharing Knowledge or Just Sharing Data?

John S. Edwards

Index

Biography

Dr. Eduardo Rodriguez is the Sentry Endowed Chair on Business Analytics University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Analytics Adjunct Professor at Telfer School of Management at Ottawa University, Corporate Faculty of the MSc in Analytics at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology Pennsylvania USA, Senior Associate-Faculty of the Center for Dynamic Leadership Models in Global Business at The Leadership Alliance Inc. Toronto Canada, and Principal at IQAnalytics Inc. Research Centre and Consulting Firm in Ottawa Canada. He has extensive experience in analytics, knowledge and risk management mainly in the insurance and banking industry. He has been Visiting Scholar Chongqing University China, Strategic Risk Instructor SAS Institute, and EAFIT University Master of Risk Management.



Dr. Rodriguez has been Knowledge Management Advisor and Quantitative Analyst at EDC Export Development Canada in Ottawa, Regional Director of PRMIA (Professional Risk Managers International Association) in Ottawa, Vice-President Marketing and Planning for Insurance Companies and Banks in Colombia, professor at Andes University and CESA in Colombia, author of six books in analytics, reviewer of several journals and with publications in peer-reviewed journals and conferences. Currently, he is the Chair of the permanent Think-Tank in Analytics in Ottawa, Chair of the International Conference in Analytics ICAS, member of academic committees for conferences in Knowledge Management and international lecturer in the analytics field.



He holds a PhD from Aston Business School, Aston University in the UK, a MSc. Mathematics Concordia University Montreal Canada, Certification of the Advanced Management Program McGill University Canada, and an MBA and Bachelor in Mathematics from Los Andes University Colombia. His main research interest is in the field of Analytics and Knowledge Management applied to Enterprise Risk Management.