Books by Daniel J. Power

Digital disruption is accelerating. Implementing a successful digital transformation strategy requires that senior managers make trade-off decisions to reinvent a business. Equally important all decision makers must learn to ask the right questions, use data and computer support in decision making, and increase their knowledge and skills. Creating a data-centric culture and rewarding data-based decision making leads to successful digital transformation. Join the digital journey. This book is targeted at managers, especially middle-level managers who are trying to come to grips with using data-based decision making in a transforming organization. The authors explore a number of broad questions including: How can managers become data-based decision makers? How can digital transformation become part of an organi-zational strategy? What new skills do managers need to implement digital transformation? How will we know an organization has been successfully transformed?

Rapid technology change is impacting organizations large and small. Mobile and Cloud computing, the Internet of Things (IoT), and "e;Big Data"e; are driving forces in organizational digital transformation. Decision support and analytics are available to many people in a business or organization. Business professionals need to learn about and understand computerized decision support for organizations to succeed. This text is targeted to busy managers and students who need to grasp the basics of computerized decision support, including: What is analytics? What is a decision support system? What is "e;Big Data"e;? What are "e;Big Data"e; business use cases? Overall, it addresses 61 fundamental questions. In a short period of time, readers can "e;get up to speed"e; on decision support, analytics, and business intelligence. The book then provides a quick reference to important recurring questions.