Business Intelligence (5op)

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The main objectives of this course:
- To provide students theoretical and practical knowledge and skills in the field of Business Intelligence (BI); to define the role of BI in the contemporary strategic management and typical BI activities in a company.

- To discuss and understand the roles of managerial involvement and technical tools in the overall success of BI programs.

- To enhance students’ awareness of the important trends in the field, namely, Business Analytics and Big Data.

- To provide students practical experience by analyzing their case company’s BI activities and planning on how to develop them further.

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T (1 – 2)
H (3 – 4)
K (5)
A student understands mostly correctly the main concepts of Business Intelligence. The student understands the relation of BI and strategic management of a company. Furthermore, the student understands and is able to define the practical value, the scope, software tools and the main activities of BI for the case company. By this, there is no a strong indication of the use of literature on the subject topic.
A student understands well the main concepts of Business Intelligence, the practical value and the scope of BI activities. The student is able to indicate and discuss the roles of different organizational factors affecting the success of BI programs in a company. The student knows about some basic BI software tools used in the business environment. The student is able to perform the analysis of BI needs and activities of his/her case company applying theoretical frameworks learnt from classes and literature. Finally, the student has read some relevant literature on the subject which shows in the text of assignments.
The student understands excellently the main concepts of Business Intelligence. The student is able to perform the analysis of BI needs and activities of his/her case company applying theoretical frameworks learnt from classes and literature. The student knows all the main factors affecting the success of BI programs and the connection between BI and the strategic management of the case organization. Additionally, the student knows about BI software tools and is able to argue on their utilization. Finally, from the text of the assignments it is evident that the student has read the relevant literature on the subject topic and is able to apply that knowledge practically.