BUS 520 Business Analytics and Decision Making
The hallmark of an MBA graduate is the ability to analyze data and to use that analysis to make better informed decisions. Executives, managers and business owners must make a myriad of decisions to determine the best option and course of action. This course provides the student with skills to analyze and present data using Excel modeling and graphing capabilities as well as how to understand and interpret this information for use in decision making. Decision modelling under assumed certainty, risk, and uncertainty will be utilized as well as learning and discussing heuristic methods and how to identify and avoid common decision biases.