Week 6 - Organisational Readiness and Contextual Factors

Question 1

Is collaborative BA necessary?

Answer 1

yes, but it is hard

Question 2

No decision is ever made in a….

Answer 2

vaccum

Question 3

There are ….. affecting decision-making

Answer 3

factors

Question 4

…. and environment matters

Answer 4

Context

Question 5

What does “no decision is ever made in a vacuum” mean?

Answer 5

decisions need context, even if it is not data

Question 6

in decision making we have a wider ecology which involves you as a person but also…

Answer 6

the ecosystem around you

Question 7

Who’s theory is the Ecological Systems Theory of Human Development (1979)

Answer 7

Urie Bronfenbrenner’s

Question 8

What does
Urie Bronfenbrenner’s
theory explain?

Answer 8

what influences decisions in organisations

Question 9

What does
Urie Bronfenbrenner’s
theory examine?

Answer 9

the complex interactions and relationships between an individual and their multiple social and physical surroundings during adolescent development

Question 10

What does the ecological framework mean?

Answer 10

captures an individuals development as influenced by their environment

Question 11

what system is manager influences?

Answer 11

individual

Question 12

what system is team-level influences?

Answer 12

microsystem

Question 13

What system is organisational -level influences?

Answer 13

mesosystem

Question 14

What system is industry-level influences?

Answer 14

exosystem

Question 15

what system is societal-level inlfeunces?

Answer 15

macrosystem

Question 16

what does analytics maturity mean?

Answer 16

an organisations analytics capabilities, but also the extent these capabilities are exploited for decision-making and anchored in org culture

Question 17

Explain an analytics maturity fundamental change

Answer 17

orgs have evolved from relying on intuition and experience to making decisions based on data

Question 18

What are the stages of the analytics maturity journey?

Answer 18

-awareness stage
-adoption stage
-maturity stage

Question 19

what are they key characteristics of the adoption phase?

Answer 19

• Integration of Data and Analytics
• Decision-Making Transformation
• Seeking Competitive Advantage
• Implementation of Analytical Processes
• Building Analytical Capabilities

Question 20

For the adoption stage in the analytics maturity journey, what are the intentions?

Answer 20

to become more data driven

Question 21

For the adoption stage in the analytics maturity journey, what are the typical mistakes?

Answer 21

-acquiring expansive and latest technologies
-lack of integrative data generation and use
-resistance

Question 22

For the adoption stage in the analytics maturity journey, how do you fix?

Answer 22

-increase tech capabilities
-employ change management techniques

Question 23

For the adoption stage in the analytics maturity journey, what is the result of:
-increase tech capabilities
-employ change management techniques

Answer 23

change in culture

Question 24

What are the ways of adopting data-driven decision making?

Answer 24

-developing org culture
-setting up data-driven workforce
-acquiring tech
-meeting industry standards
-environmental awareness

Question 25

To put into practice the ecological framework, how do we separate the framework?

Answer 25

into 3 parts: -inner circles -middle circles -outer circles

Question 26

What are inner circles?

Answer 26

-the decision maker -the decision type -the decision style

Question 27

What are middle circles?

Answer 27

colleagues and org culture

Question 28

What are outer circles?

Answer 28

industry and society

Question 29

What does KSA stand for?

Answer 29

knowledge, skills, and abilities