Prerequisites: Restricted to School of Business graduate degree students.
Perhaps one of the biggest challenges facing organizations is bridging the gap between those who have technical expertise in information systems and those who are managerial decision makers. This course builds on the decision strategy course to help address that challenge.
Outcomes: Understand the sources and limitations of data; Understand how databases organize data sets and the use of SQL to extract data; Increase facility with spreadsheets; Expose students to the issues that arise between those who provide data and those who use data to make business decisions.
Perhaps one of the biggest challenges facing organizations is bridging the gap between those who have technical expertise in information systems and those who are managerial decision makers. This course builds on the decision strategy course to help address that challenge.
Outcomes: Understand the sources and limitations of data; Understand how databases organize data sets and the use of SQL to extract data; Increase facility with spreadsheets; Expose students to the issues that arise between those who provide data and those who use data to make business decisions.