BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE

Course Description

This course provides an introduction to Business Intelligence which includes the processes, methodologies, infrastructure, and recent practices used to transform business data into useful information and support business decision-making. It also provides information technology approach to data collection and data analysis to support a variety of management tasks. Business Intelligence requires foundation knowledge in data storage and retrieval, thus this course will review logical data models for both database management systems and data warehouses. In this course, students will be able to learn analytical components and technologies used to create dashboards and scorecards, data/text/Web mining methods used to develop intelligent systems for decision support.

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE

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Course outcomes

1. 01 1.Explain the principles of business intelligence
2. 02 2.Explain the benefits of Business Intelligence for Organizations
3. 03 3. Describe the BI methodology and concepts and relate them to Dss
4. 04 4. Articulate modern concepts, theories, and research in the field of Business Intelligence (BI)
5. 05 5. Evaluate the requirements for development and management of Business Intelligence
6. 06 6. Apply BI enabling technologies in organizational settings.

Course Syllabus

Reference Books & Course Materials

1. 01 1. Business Intelligence and Analytics Systems for Decision Support, 10E, 2015, Person
2. 02 2. Business Intelligence: A Managerial Perspective on Analytics,3/E, Ramesh Sharda, Dursun Delen, efraim Turban

Learning Outcomes

1. L01 1.Explain the principles of business intelligence
2. L02 2.Explain the benefits of Business Intelligence for Organizations
3. L03 3. Describe the BI methodology and concepts and relate them to Dss
4. L04 4. Articulate modern concepts, theories, and research in the field of Business Intelligence (BI)
5. L05 5. Evaluate the requirements for development and management of Business Intelligence
6. L06 6. Apply BI enabling technologies in organizational settings.

Program Outcomes

1. P01 1. Gained the necessary skills to learn and adopt a spirit of continuous learning in their professional life.
2. P02 2. Developed various skills by working independently via specific learned techniques that both triggered individual efforts and encouraged collaborative work.
3. P03 3. Acquired the essential knowledge and skills to apply key theories, models and applications within the global business context.
4. P04 4. Adopted and applied critical and strategic thinking together with research capabilities for efficient and effective business decisions.
5. P05 5. Utilized and managed ethically information technologies required for contemporary business world.
6. P06 6. Been equipped with conceptual and analytical skills necessary for team work within global organizations.
7. P07 7. Displayed their learnt communication skills that are required to effectively interact in a cross cultural and diverse international work environment.
8. P08 8. Applied their acquired knowledge within the changing work environment.
9. P09 9. Developed an understanding of ethical perspectives and social responsibilities to be used at work and in personal life.

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