Isenberg School of Management 553 - BusinessIntelligence&Analytics
Spring
2013
01
3.00
Traci Hess
M W 1:25PM 2:40PM
UMass Amherst
14982
This course provides an introduction to Business Intelligence, including the
processes, methodologies, infrastructure, and current practices used to
transform business data into useful information and support business
decision-making. 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. Students will
learn to extract and manipulate data from these systems and assess
security-related issues. Data mining, visualization, and statistical
analysis along with reporting options such as management dashboards and
balanced scorecards will be covered. Technologies utilized in the course
include SAP Business Warehouse and Crystal Reports.
This course is open to Undergraduate Senior and Junior Isenberg BBA-OIM students and BBA-FINOPMGT students in an OIM subplan. This class is open to Seniors and Juniors with an Isenberg OIM major and BBA-FINOPMGT majors with a subplan in Operations Management. Information Technology minor students may enroll as space permits.