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Review Your Business Comprehensively: Monitoring and Revising Your Analytical Models as the Business--or Business Environment--Changes
Davenport, Thomas H.; Harris, Jeanne G.; Morison, RobertBook Chapter HBS-5755BC-EStrategyBeing analytical - or more specifically, being successful with analytics - is not a one-time activity. Analytical competitors must constantly review and revise their approaches in light of their business strategies and business models, changing market conditions, competitor initiatives, and the expectations and behaviors of customers. These days the world changes rapidly, and analytical models need to reflect those changes. In this chapter the au...Starting at €8.20
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Embed Analytics in Business Processes: A How-To Guide
Davenport, Thomas H.; Harris, Jeanne G.; Morison, RobertBook Chapter HBS-5751BC-EStrategyIf you really want to put analytics to work in your organization, you need to make them an integral part of everyday business decisions and business processes. A cross-functional process perspective enables you to appreciate how different parts of the business work together (or fail miserably in doing so) and to identify all the ways analytics might be used to create a better outcome for the enterprise. In this chapter, the authors of Competing o...Starting at €8.20
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Toward More Analytical Decisions and Better Results: An Overview of What Analytics Can and Cannot Do for You
Davenport, Thomas H.; Harris, Jeanne G.; Morison, RobertBook Chapter HBS-5759BC-EStrategyLife would be a lot simpler if putting analytics to work could be accomplished by executive decree alone. But like anything worthwhile, making your business thoroughly analytical takes effort and thought - and beginning with the end in mind. As the devoted users of analytics say, "All the analytics in the world won't help unless we use them to make and execute better decisions." This chapter, by the authors of the groundbreaking Competing on Anal...Starting at €8.20
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Leadership: The Deciding DELTA Factor--The Human Element Behind Analytical Mastery
Davenport, Thomas H.; Harris, Jeanne G.; Morison, RobertBook Chapter HBS-5745BC-EStrategyThere is no doubt that to be a full-fledged analytical competitor, you need the CEO in your corner. However, there is also no doubt that almost any employee can move an organization in a more analytical direction. In this chapter you will learn how you can make your organization more analytical, advocate for more fact-based decision making, and encourage your employees to become analytical leaders themselves, regardless of your position. By descr...Starting at €8.20
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Data: The Prerequisite for Everything Analytical--How to Manage Your Data for More Effective General Management
Davenport, Thomas H.; Harris, Jeanne G.; Morison, RobertBook Chapter HBS-5741BC-EStrategyFor too long, managers have relied on their intuition or their "golden gut" to make decisions. Important decisions have been based not on data, but on the experience and unaided judgment of the decision maker. Sometimes intuitive and experience-based decisions work out well, but all too often they go astray, end in disaster, or result in money being left on the table. If you think that your organization ought to make more decisions based on facts...Starting at €8.20
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What It Means to Put Analytics to Work: And How Your Organization Can Profit from Becoming More Analytical
Davenport, Thomas H.; Harris, Jeanne G.; Morison, RobertBook Chapter HBS-5734BC-EStrategyFor too long, managers have relied on their intuition or their "golden gut" to make decisions. Important decisions have been based not on data, but on the experience and unaided judgment of the decision maker. Sometimes intuitive and experience-based decisions work out well, but all too often they go astray, end in disaster, or result in money being left on the table. If you think that your organization ought to make more decisions based on facts...Starting at €8.20
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Teaming Up to Crack Innovation and Enterprise Integration
Cash, James I., Jr.; Earl, Michael J.; Morison, RobertArticle HBS-R0811F-EInformation TechnologiesThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. In the continuing quest for business growth, many CEOs are turning to their CIOs and IT organizations because technology is absolutely essential to two compelling sources of growth: innovation and enterprise integration. The speed of innovation often depends on the...Starting at €8.20