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Business Intelligence Leadership and Communication

Business intelligence Leadership and Communication

  This course successfully injected a deeper understanding of my professional image in so many ways. Inspired by the material, I decided to purchase the hard copy version of the book to read at my convenience in addition to the eBook provided. I found that there is also an application that one can use to put the concepts into practice. 

In the book by James Kouzes  “The Leadership Challenge’ It stated, Progress is not made in giant leaps; it’s made incrementally. Exemplary leaders move forward in small steps with little victories. They turn adversity into advantage, setbacks into successes. They persevere with grit and determination. (Kouzes 156) GRIT is simply the strength of character and the courage to resolve. During the Mastery: Leadership and Development course in the beginning of our program we conducted an initial GRIT assessment and I scored very high, however now I have the tools to structure a plan to get better at my weaknesses.

This month we had an overview of five exemplary practices of leadership. Model the way, inspire a shared vision, challenge the process, enable others to act, and encourage the heart; these practices involves to a life long journey to mastery in that I am prepared to model.

Final Statements

Great news! I have been selected to work for a wonder company here in the local Orlando area. This course came into my life at the right moment; I now walk into my office with “super powers” knowing that I have the tools to exceed the expectations of my employer. I carry myself with a refreshed knowledge of self and how to inspire a shared vision. Fortunately for me, my colleagues also carry the spirit of the leadership challenge and conduct themselves almost as if they too were reading the book.

Looking ahead, I am very pleased with the BIMS program here at Full Sail University and will continue to finish the program strong knowing that I have made the best out of my investment in pursuing a graduate degree in Business Intelligence.

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Process Modeling and Analysis

We began this course by opening the Model & Simulation (MS) Theory/Toolbox. MS is a dynamic system the designs and develop a business process infrastructure in various domains. Our instructor selected a great book that was able to support beginner to intermediate knowledge on the subject matter. We developed knowledge on the four phases of the M&S development Model, Code, Execute, and Analyze to the application of Monte Carlo Simulation, Discrete-Event Simulations and Dynamic Systems.

The course offered foundational knowledge on technical terms utilized in the business that enabled students to structure our models given the appropriate fidelity, validity, resolution and process specific scalability requirements to optimize our models.

Course discussions along with independent research yielded interesting information on human behavior modeling. During the course I was able to acquire knowledge outside my industry of choice (retail) and find out how one can model human behaviors found in the medical industry. Medical case studies researched offered in-depth analysis of seasoned pediatric nurses versus newly hired nurses and their unique ability to respond to newborn babies symptoms.  After completion of this discussion, I quickly developed an additional source of inspiration for BI that will lead me towards the successful completion of the BIMS program here at Full Sail University.

We’ve also learned about Recognition-Primed Decision Model and how to incorporate risk averse criteria by way of utility functions. Next, I learned how to develop additional considerations to take into account such as subjective expected utility (SEU), which uses both subjective probabilities about the uncertainty of an outcome and a decision maker’s propensity for risk for that outcome. SEU will help me in my future analysis because it will always remind me to ask myself if there any additional variables to consider before final recommendations are made.