Management Decision-Making, Big Data and Analytics

Simone GresselSimone Gressel (PhD) is a lecturer at The Hague University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands. She has studied in Germany, the Netherlands, the United States, and completed her doctoral studies in Management and Information Systems in New Zealand. As part of the Management Analytics Decision Making group, her research aims at exploring the role of analytics and big data as well as human factors such as intuition and experience in the managerial decision-making process, and how a balance between both can be established. She has also held Director positions in the IT industry.David PauleenDavid J. Pauleen (PhD) is professor of Technology Management at Massey University, New Zealand. His current research revolves around wisdom in management, personal knowledge management, knowledge management, cross-cultural management, emerging work practices, and virtual team leadership dynamics, communication and technology.  His work has appeared in numerous top journals including: Information Systems Journal (2018), Decision Sciences Journal (2018), Journal of Business Ethics (2019, 2013), Journal of Management Information Systems (2003-04), and Journal of Information Technology (2001).  He is editor of the book, Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Knowledge Management (2007), and co-editor of Personal Knowledge Management: Individual, Organizational and Social Perspectives (2010) and the Handbook of Practical Wisdom: Leadership, Organization and Integral Business Practice (2013). He has co-authored the book, Wisdom, Analytics and Wicked Problems: integral decision-making in the information age (2019). and is the co-editor of the Routledge Practical Wisdom in Leadership and Organization Series.Nazim TaskinNazim Taskin is a Senior Lecturer at School of Management, Massey University, New Zealand. He holds a PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies from University of British Columbia, Okanagan, Canada. His research interests include Enterprise Systems, Strategic IS/IT Alignment, Big Data and Analytics, Decision Making and Knowledge Management. Nazim has published in various journals, conferences including Australasian Journal of Information Systems, Journal of Knowledge Management, Journal of Electronic Commerce, Journal of Enterprise Information Management, Business Strategy and the Environment, Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS), Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), and European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS). He has co-authored a book chapter as well.

• Chapter 1 Professional MindsetsChapter 2 Introduction to Big DataChapter 3 Introduction to (Advanced) AnalyticsChapter 4 Management Decision MakingChapter 5 Analytics in Management Decision MakingChapter 6 Types of Managerial Decision-MakersChapter 7 Organizational Readiness for Data-Driven Decision MakingChapter 8 Integrating Contextual Factors in Management Decision makingChapter 9 Managing the Ethics, Security, Privacy, Legal Aspects of Data-Driven Decision-MakingChapter 10 Managing Emerging Technologies and Decision Making

This book is essential reading for those wanting to understand the role of big data and business analytics in management decision making.