MBA-5121 v4

Orphanidou, C. (2020). Decision-making in a future of Big Data and AI [Video]. TEDx Talks.
Big data has become an essential part of the decision-making process, as explained by the presenter. There has been a shift away from passive and/or intuitive decision-making to more reliance on big data. The use of big data has allowed companies like Amazon and Netflix to reengineer business operations in order to maximize resources while capturing market share.

Rached, M., Bahroun, Z., & Campagne, J.-P. (2016). Decentralised decision-making with information sharing vs. centralised decision-making in supply chains. International Journal of Production Research, 54(24), 7274–7295.
While this article focuses on decentralized decision-making in a supply chain industry, the authors successfully explain why this approach was embraced but further articulate how real-time data is made available as a result of technology.

Tweedy, D. (2016). Using the right data to make decisions. Supplement to the Journal of Business, 31(2The author articulately describes the importance of having the right data, primarily because of the stress that is associated with making decisions. 4), 7.

Oberlin, R. (2018). Improving disaster outcomes with better decision making. Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning, 11(3), 279–286.
In this article, the author recognizes the important role proper decision-making plays in not exasperating a particular crisis. Associated with proper decision-making is training.

Markham, S. K., Kowolenko, M., & Michaelis, T. L. (2015). Unstructured text analytics to support new product development decisions. Research Technology Management, 30-38.
This paper focuses on using text analytics to help support critical product development decisions. It also focuses on the role of big data, the collection and analytics component, but also how the data can be leveraged in the development process.

Kriegova, E., Kudelka, M., Radvansky, M., & Gallo, J. (2021). A theoretical model of health management using data-driven decision-making: The future of precision medicine and health. Journal of Translational Medicine, 19(68), 1-12.
In this journal, the authors posit that the "minimization of health-related risk" may prolong and/or contribute to health care concerns. Data-driven management approach should be used to help reduce the negative impact of future individual risks associated with poor health.

Hume, E., & West, A. (2020). Becoming a data-driven decision-making organization: Seven challenges facing not-for-profits. The CPA Journal, 32-35.
This article touched on seven (7) challenges that not-for-profit organizations face, and because of this, stressed the need to transition to a data-driven decision-making organization that may help in navigating the challenges.

Northcentral University. (2019). NU Kaltura Capture user guide. Northcentral University.
This resource includes the instructions for recording and uploading audio pieces and videos into NCUOne using Kaltura Capture.