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Question #1
What does leadership in analytics mean to you? What would you think are the main areas of focus necessary to achieve success in leading the delivery of an analytical solution to a complicated business problem? I would be interested in knowing your early thoughts at this stage of the class.
Question #2
Implementation success in analytics requires that we focus on and lead many diverse and varied areas of the enterprise. The management of the multidimensional factors that contribute to implementation success often require correlation among the constructs below. In your view, to what degree do these multidimensional constructs of business analytics success relate to one another and what do you see as the construct that carries the greatest level of importance to successful business analytics implementations?
Organizational success
Functional success
- Technical success
Question #3
Direct leadership is face-to-face leadership, where the leader directs the people they are leading, as opposed to strategic leadership, where a leader influences others to act on their own volition. And organizational leadership involves a leader setting goals for the organization. When considering these levels of leadership, along with the decision environment necessary to facilitate the delivery of successful analytics-based solutions to business problems, which level of leadership - direct, organizational, or strategic - has the greatest influence on the decision environment in the business-analytics problem space and why?Secondary Prompt:
Provide a thoughtful and concise secondary response to at least two other students' posts.
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Question #1
Leadership in analytics is an individual's capacity to apply their knowledge, influence,
and analysis combined to interpret data and accomplish a specific commercial objective
efficiently. Leaders interested in successfully solving complex business issues using analytics
should focus on factors such as the business culture of the organization, the personnel, the
correct data, the architecture, and a suitable process. For instance, a leader should ensure that
they mold an organizational culture that is not problematic but beneficial towards achieving the
company's goals. The leader should also use the right staff members with appropriate skills in the
sector that needs change or improvement. Thus, data developers would be instrumental since
they create and maintain data structures. The correct data is also essential, and businesses should
focus on investing in it to ensure it is relevant, valid, reliable, timely, and complete (What Are
The Keys To Analytical Success? n.d.). The architecture should be proper to facilitate the
creation of suitable data assembly lines and provide correct tools to the appropriate individuals
who consume or create data-driven...