Advanced analytical tools and techniques, known as business analytics, are changing the decision-... more Advanced analytical tools and techniques, known as business analytics, are changing the decision-making environments in many business domains; particularly marketing and human resources. The use of business analytics is becoming highly effective in today’s data-driven decision-making environment. The advanced nature of these tools require a skill set beyond many of today’s marketing and human resource professionals. Therefore they must work as part of team with quantitative professionals—known as quants—to utilize these tools most effectively. This paper outlines the roles and responsibilities for each of these two professional groups. The roles and responsibilities at each stage of a standard analytic problem solving process known as CRISP-DM.
IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, Jun 1, 1995
Page 1. 378 IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON KNOWLEDGE AND DATA ENGINEERING, VOL. 7, NO. 3, JUNE 1995 Reliabi... more Page 1. 378 IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON KNOWLEDGE AND DATA ENGINEERING, VOL. 7, NO. 3, JUNE 1995 Reliability Estimation During Prototyping of Knowledge-Based Systems Donald E. Brown and James J. Pomykalski ...
Abstract: One of the guiding assumptions of the IS2002 Model Curriculum is that all Informa-tion ... more Abstract: One of the guiding assumptions of the IS2002 Model Curriculum is that all Informa-tion Systems professionals “must have good interpersonal communication and team skills; ” namely writing skills. In this paper, the author addresses one way of giving information systems students practice with writing skills. The Non-Technology Report is a writing/research paper that helps the student develop both their writing skills as well as critical thinking skills in finding and evaluating information.
Many IS courses address the issues of ethical decision making and privacy through full course or ... more Many IS courses address the issues of ethical decision making and privacy through full course or section of a larger course. In this paper, the author discusses the development of a series of activities in an IS2010.07 course. The primary purpose of these activities is to raise awareness by the students of issues dealing with the collection, analysis, use, and leveraging of consumer data, including their own.
Advanced analytical tools and techniques, known as business analytics, are changing the decision-... more Advanced analytical tools and techniques, known as business analytics, are changing the decision-making environments in many business domains; particularly marketing and human resources. The use of business analytics is becoming highly effective in today’s data-driven decision-making environment. The advanced nature of these tools require a skill set beyond many of today’s marketing and human resource professionals. Therefore they must work as part of team with quantitative professionals—known as quants—to utilize these tools most effectively. This paper outlines the roles and responsibilities for each of these two professional groups. The roles and responsibilities at each stage of a standard analytic problem solving process known as CRISP-DM.
Motivating business students in an Information Systems course is a unique challenge. In this pape... more Motivating business students in an Information Systems course is a unique challenge. In this paper, we discuss the use of a case study involving Enron in an IS Theory and Practice course. The case study points out what can go wrong when the business, organizational, and IS strategies within an enterprise are not balanced. Writing assignments as part of the case study are also highlighted.
Writing and critical thinking skills are paramount to the future success of Information Systems p... more Writing and critical thinking skills are paramount to the future success of Information Systems professionals. The Systems Analysis and Design course affords the opportunity to practice writing and thinking skills by interleaving assignments that include a significant writing component. Each Information Systems student must be able to communicate their technical work to business professionals who act as clients, end-users, and stakeholders in the development work. In this paper, the development of the Systems Analysis and Design course into writing assignments to meet the needs of students and be considered, by the University, as a writing-intensive course is described.
Reinforcing the value of using a consistent systems development process and developing key models... more Reinforcing the value of using a consistent systems development process and developing key models in the design and development of an Information System—in this case a database—are key to a students’ understanding of any systems development project. In this paper, the use of a case study is described involving a small consulting firm (Mallach, 2006) within an IS 2010.6 Systems Analysis & Design course. The case study points out what can go wrong when a “haphazard” development process, especially one without planning, is utilized to develop a database system. The evolution of the writing assignments associated with case study are also highlighted.
The NASA Goddard Space Flight Center has undertaken an R&D project whose near-term objective is t... more The NASA Goddard Space Flight Center has undertaken an R&D project whose near-term objective is to achieve a higher level of autonomy in ground-based system operations. The multi-agent system, named LOGOS, is designed to replace human operators in the satellite ground control centers. This paper focuses on the on-going development of the control agent for LOGOS and the use of learning technologies to ensure the longterm success of LOGOS.
Information Systems (IS) professionals must possess both strong technical skills and solid commun... more Information Systems (IS) professionals must possess both strong technical skills and solid communication skills to advance their careers. Nelson (1992) and Merhout and Etter (2005) argue that IS faculty must take responsibility to help students improve their communications skills because these skills are essential in a rapidly changing technological environment. Interleaving writing assignments into IS courses is highly recommended within the IS 2002 Model Curriculum (IS02MC). This paper presents a series of integrated writing assignments-assignments designed to cover two or more listed learning units-that could be interleaved into the IS02MC courses.
Advanced analytical tools and techniques, known as business analytics, are changing the decision-... more Advanced analytical tools and techniques, known as business analytics, are changing the decision-making environments in many business domains; particularly marketing and human resources. The use of business analytics is becoming highly effective in today’s data-driven decision-making environment. The advanced nature of these tools require a skill set beyond many of today’s marketing and human resource professionals. Therefore they must work as part of team with quantitative professionals—known as quants—to utilize these tools most effectively. This paper outlines the roles and responsibilities for each of these two professional groups. The roles and responsibilities at each stage of a standard analytic problem solving process known as CRISP-DM.
Advanced analytical tools and techniques, known as business analytics, are changing the decision-... more Advanced analytical tools and techniques, known as business analytics, are changing the decision-making environments in many business domains; particularly marketing and human resources. The use of business analytics is becoming highly effective in today’s data-driven decision-making environment. The advanced nature of these tools require a skill set beyond many of today’s marketing and human resource professionals. Therefore they must work as part of team with quantitative professionals—known as quants—to utilize these tools most effectively. This paper outlines the roles and responsibilities for each of these two professional groups. The roles and responsibilities at each stage of a standard analytic problem solving process known as CRISP-DM.
IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, Jun 1, 1995
Page 1. 378 IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON KNOWLEDGE AND DATA ENGINEERING, VOL. 7, NO. 3, JUNE 1995 Reliabi... more Page 1. 378 IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON KNOWLEDGE AND DATA ENGINEERING, VOL. 7, NO. 3, JUNE 1995 Reliability Estimation During Prototyping of Knowledge-Based Systems Donald E. Brown and James J. Pomykalski ...
Abstract: One of the guiding assumptions of the IS2002 Model Curriculum is that all Informa-tion ... more Abstract: One of the guiding assumptions of the IS2002 Model Curriculum is that all Informa-tion Systems professionals “must have good interpersonal communication and team skills; ” namely writing skills. In this paper, the author addresses one way of giving information systems students practice with writing skills. The Non-Technology Report is a writing/research paper that helps the student develop both their writing skills as well as critical thinking skills in finding and evaluating information.
Many IS courses address the issues of ethical decision making and privacy through full course or ... more Many IS courses address the issues of ethical decision making and privacy through full course or section of a larger course. In this paper, the author discusses the development of a series of activities in an IS2010.07 course. The primary purpose of these activities is to raise awareness by the students of issues dealing with the collection, analysis, use, and leveraging of consumer data, including their own.
Advanced analytical tools and techniques, known as business analytics, are changing the decision-... more Advanced analytical tools and techniques, known as business analytics, are changing the decision-making environments in many business domains; particularly marketing and human resources. The use of business analytics is becoming highly effective in today’s data-driven decision-making environment. The advanced nature of these tools require a skill set beyond many of today’s marketing and human resource professionals. Therefore they must work as part of team with quantitative professionals—known as quants—to utilize these tools most effectively. This paper outlines the roles and responsibilities for each of these two professional groups. The roles and responsibilities at each stage of a standard analytic problem solving process known as CRISP-DM.
Motivating business students in an Information Systems course is a unique challenge. In this pape... more Motivating business students in an Information Systems course is a unique challenge. In this paper, we discuss the use of a case study involving Enron in an IS Theory and Practice course. The case study points out what can go wrong when the business, organizational, and IS strategies within an enterprise are not balanced. Writing assignments as part of the case study are also highlighted.
Writing and critical thinking skills are paramount to the future success of Information Systems p... more Writing and critical thinking skills are paramount to the future success of Information Systems professionals. The Systems Analysis and Design course affords the opportunity to practice writing and thinking skills by interleaving assignments that include a significant writing component. Each Information Systems student must be able to communicate their technical work to business professionals who act as clients, end-users, and stakeholders in the development work. In this paper, the development of the Systems Analysis and Design course into writing assignments to meet the needs of students and be considered, by the University, as a writing-intensive course is described.
Reinforcing the value of using a consistent systems development process and developing key models... more Reinforcing the value of using a consistent systems development process and developing key models in the design and development of an Information System—in this case a database—are key to a students’ understanding of any systems development project. In this paper, the use of a case study is described involving a small consulting firm (Mallach, 2006) within an IS 2010.6 Systems Analysis & Design course. The case study points out what can go wrong when a “haphazard” development process, especially one without planning, is utilized to develop a database system. The evolution of the writing assignments associated with case study are also highlighted.
The NASA Goddard Space Flight Center has undertaken an R&D project whose near-term objective is t... more The NASA Goddard Space Flight Center has undertaken an R&D project whose near-term objective is to achieve a higher level of autonomy in ground-based system operations. The multi-agent system, named LOGOS, is designed to replace human operators in the satellite ground control centers. This paper focuses on the on-going development of the control agent for LOGOS and the use of learning technologies to ensure the longterm success of LOGOS.
Information Systems (IS) professionals must possess both strong technical skills and solid commun... more Information Systems (IS) professionals must possess both strong technical skills and solid communication skills to advance their careers. Nelson (1992) and Merhout and Etter (2005) argue that IS faculty must take responsibility to help students improve their communications skills because these skills are essential in a rapidly changing technological environment. Interleaving writing assignments into IS courses is highly recommended within the IS 2002 Model Curriculum (IS02MC). This paper presents a series of integrated writing assignments-assignments designed to cover two or more listed learning units-that could be interleaved into the IS02MC courses.
Advanced analytical tools and techniques, known as business analytics, are changing the decision-... more Advanced analytical tools and techniques, known as business analytics, are changing the decision-making environments in many business domains; particularly marketing and human resources. The use of business analytics is becoming highly effective in today’s data-driven decision-making environment. The advanced nature of these tools require a skill set beyond many of today’s marketing and human resource professionals. Therefore they must work as part of team with quantitative professionals—known as quants—to utilize these tools most effectively. This paper outlines the roles and responsibilities for each of these two professional groups. The roles and responsibilities at each stage of a standard analytic problem solving process known as CRISP-DM.
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