Four Acts Annotated Bibliography

Paul preaches sermon of remembrance that ends in Jesus at King in the line of David

Decision making and communication are at the center of business success and efficient business analytics would only be effective through the use of proper information systems and that are up to date with current trends as well as optimizing on the available channels.

The Drama of Scripture frames the biblical narrative as a work of drama, with six acts. These acts are Creation, Fall, Israel, Jesus, Church, and New Creation (Drama pp. 23-24, 2014). The first three acts come from the Old Testament, and the final three come from the New Testament. In many ways, I feel that this Six Act Drama plays itself out in my life as well. As a Catholic man of faith, this makes a great deal of sense to me. The Catechism of the Catholic Church, hence CCC, states that, “God is the author of Sacred Scripture. ‘The divinely revealed realities, which are contained and presented in the text of Sacred Scripture, have been written down under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit’” (CCC 105, 2000). Additionally, it states “The inspired books teach the truth…” (CCC 107, 2000). These two quotes point to the primacy of Scripture in how I find my life playing itself out. Since Scripture is how God narrates His will, and since we are made in the image and likeness of God, it follows that patterns present in Scripture would manifest themselves in my life. Each act of the drama represents a phase of my life which has either happened, is currently happening, or one for which I still await.

The book of Acts is known as 'the birth of the church'. Acts recounts the story of

“There have always been three types of analytics: descriptive, which reports on the past; predictive, which uses models based on past data to predict the future; and prescriptive, which uses models to specify optimal behaviors and actions” [4]. This white paper addresses predictive analytics, which is the analysis of past and present data in order to predict future risks and opportunities. Although reactive decision-making has been successful in the past, it

The team of business analysts come from various backgrounds. Business analytics will be used to gather data. This data will include, demographics,

As a senior at Babson College concentrating in Business Analytics and heavily interested in data-driven decision-making, I am thrilled to apply to West Monroe’s Advanced Analytics Consultant positon. Last year, I had the opportunity to research, collect primary and secondary data, and make business decisions when I participated in Babson’s Management Consulting Field Experience. My team, comprised of five highly motivated Babson undergraduates and a graduate student project leader, was able to create a blueprint for a crowdsourcing platform that would help our client, Clarkston Consulting, with its innovation methodology. In the span of three months, our team identified a target market, determined product features, and designed the platform. Through this project, I strengthened my communication skills as I worked with my team, project leader, and also a high-profile client. Further, my passion research and data analytics was reinforced as I utilized the tools taught in my classes in the real-world project. Along with this experience as a consultant, I am

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To ensure that your money isn’t wasted, you need to spend even more. The way to spend it is by following Avinash Kaushik’s “10/90” rule. This directive suggests that for every $10 you spend on your analytics tool and implementation, you should spend $90 on intelligent digital analysts who can convert your data into actionable insights. Companies are eager to collect data, but that data is worthless until someone translates it into insights that drive business results (Gibson A., 2013).

Data analysis, research analysis, statistical analysis, and any other kind of career involving the analysis of factors used to advise employers on decision making are all in a rapidly growing field. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Employment of operations research analysts is projected to grow 27 percent from 2016 to 2026, much faster than the average for all occupations.” (Operations Research Analysts, 2017) Referring to data analysis, Chris Matthews said, “…it is a very broad field… it may seem saturated but there’s a lot of people doing that because there’s a need for that, and it’s gonna continue to grow.” (Matthews, 2017) Because of this rapid growth, many techniques and ways of completing analyses are becoming outdated. According to Moreno, “Analytical methods and tools trail both the appetite and ambition of most business leaders: 23% of analytics professionals are still using spreadsheets as their primary tool for data analysis.” He also includes that “There is a dire need

Improper analyzed or interpreted data can lead the decision maker to the wrong conclusions or make decisions that are based on bias rather than facts; garbage in, garbage out.

How to Compete on Analytics    Thomas Davenport describes the prerequisites and the five stages of analytic  competitiveness    By Alison Bolen     Thomas Davenport's article "Competing on Analytics" was the best‐selling Harvard  Business Review reprint in 2006. To write it, Davenport,The President's Distinguished  Professor in Management and Information Technology at Babson College, studied the  characteristics of more than 50 leading organizations that have made a commitment to  quantitative, fact‐based analysis.    Why is the January 2006 Harvard Business Review article so popular? We recently asked  the author and educator that question and discussed further insights from his research  that will be detailed in his new book, Competing

​Paul is talking about sin in its truest form. Sin like weeds, takes advantage of good things or things that were intended for good, and perverts them. Within the context of this verse Paul is saying that sin takes the law which is good, righteous, and holy, and uses’ it for its own gain. The words repeated in these verses’ are sin (6), law (6), commandment (5), death/killed (4), alive (3), known (2), holy (2), covet (3). A few of these words are repeated to emphasize the analogies that Paul makes and other general points. Other words that are repeated are the simplest form of the concept that he is trying to convey in English. The repetition of these words doesn’t necessarily reveal anything new, but it shows that

Part 2. How Business Analytics can be used to gain advantage in a competitive marketplace

When people argue with decision analysis and its achievements they usually mention the story of DuPont, an American chemical company. It managed to successfully integrate risk and decision analysis functions to both operational and strategic levels. The company claimed that Desciison and Risk Analysis not only brought tangible benefits to the company, but also intangible, such as increased attention and commitment to actions (Krumm et Roll, 1992).