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Creating value from big data and analytics : a leader's perspective
Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2017.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/64819 Creating value from big data and analytics : a leader's perspective Beney, Rob ichelp@gibs.co.za Stevens, Melissa Anine UCTD Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2017. The world is increasingly using technologies that generate and consume unimaginably large quantities of data, called big data. The power of big data does not lie only in its quantum, but in what organisations do with it. Within a business context, big data and analytic methodologies offer the potential to generate unique insights. However, the reality is that many organisations have not yet mastered the art of using big data and analytics to create value. The objective of this research was to assist organisations that are on the journey to becoming data-led, by exploring a leadersÕ perspective on the required building blocks of the process through which big data and analytics create value. This topic was explored through nine qualitative, semi-structured interviews with leaders of financial service organisations operating in South Africa. The study found that organisations that created value from big data and analytics needed leadership support to be able to successfully create a data-led decision making environment. Furthermore, organisations needed diverse skills embodied in staff that were willing to learn continuously, had strong quantitative abilities and business acumen. Different physical infrastructure is also needed, and this created a need for financing. Importantly, organisations also needed to have an understanding of what value they were pursing through a big data initiative. lt2018 Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) MBA Unrestricted 2018-05-11T09:02:31Z 2018-05-11T09:02:31Z 30-03-18 2017 Mini Dissertation Stevens, MA 2017, Creating value from big data and analytics : a leaderÕs perspective, MBA Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/64819> http://hdl.handle.net/2263/64819 en © 2018 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
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| title | Creating value from big data and analytics : a leader's perspective |
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| title_short | Creating value from big data and analytics : a leader's perspective |
| title_sort | creating value from big data and analytics a leader s perspective |
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| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/64819 |