Understanding Business Analytics

Abstract

One could say, if absolutes were appropriate, that making better decisions is an objective of every organization. But what exactly does this mean? Theoretically, better decisions will translate into improved organizational performance; however, it is often difficult to discern the underlying reasons for organizational performance. To gain insight into past execution and to inform future decision-making, organizations explore and investigate past performance by harnessing data and analytic techniques.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 05, 2015
Accession Number
AD1000582

Entities

People

  • Brad Boehmke

Organizations

  • Air Force Materiel Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Air Force
  • Algorithms
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Business Administration
  • Business Intelligence
  • Commerce
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Mining
  • Data Science
  • Information Science
  • Information Systems
  • Operations Research
  • Regression Analysis
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Supply Chain
  • Weapon Systems

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