Big data and analytics applications in government: current practices and future opportunities
In: Data analytics applications series
In: An Auerbach book
In: ProQuest Ebook Central
"Government organizations are no different than private organizations when it comes to ensuring the delivery of value for money. Managers and politicians alike seek to do the best they can often do with limited budgets as they work in an environment characterized by rapidly changing external conditions. Where government organizations differ from those in the private sector is in the level of complexity and ambiguity that is part and parcel of managing in public-sector organizations. Within this context, big data analytics (BDA) can be an important tool given that many analytic techniques within the big data world have been created specifically to deal with complexity and rapidly changing conditions. The important task for public sector organizations is to liberate analytics from narrow scientific silos and expand it across internally to reap maximum benefit across their portfolios of programs.This book focuses on the application of analytics to derive insight and drive program efficiency. To show how to apply BDA effectively, it examines three important factors: Data should be available and accessible to users Analysts and managers need to understand how to process and draw insights from the data.A context for the use of BDA needs to exist in which an organization's management team relies on evidence for decision-making and overall management.This book highlights contextual factors important to better situating the use of BDA within government organizations and demonstrates the wide range of applications of different BDA techniques. It emphasizes the importance of leadership and organizational practices that can improve performance. It explains that BDA initiatives should not be bolted on but should be integrated into the organization's performance management processes. Equally important, the book includes chapters that demonstrate the diversity of factors that need to be managed to launch and sustain BDA initiatives in public sector organizations."--Provided by publisher.
In: Data analytics applications series
In: An Auerbach book
In: ProQuest Ebook Central
In: Data Analytics series
Why government analytics why now? / Gregory Richards -- Big data and analytics in government organizations : a knowledge-based perspective / Matt Chegus -- Setting the context for analytics : performance management in Canadian public organizations : findings of a multi-case study / Swee Goh, Catherine Elliott, Gregory Richards -- Preparing for analytics : the Dubai Government Excellence Program / Khaled Khattab, Rajesh-Kumar -- Leveraging innovation systems : supporting science and technology capability analysis through big "messy" data visualization / Andrew Vallerand, Anthony J Masys, Gary Geling -- Big data analytics and public bus transportation systems (PBTS) in China : a strategic intelligence approach based on knowledge and risk management / Eduardo Rodriquez -- Government of India prepares for big data analytics using Aadhaar Card Unique Identification System / Nikhil Varma, Rajesh K Tyagi -- Visual data mining with virtual reality spaces : exploring Canadian federal government data / Julio Valdes -- Institutionalizing analytics : a case study / Gregory Richards, Catherine Elliott, Swee Goh -- Modelling data sources / Okhaide Akhibe and Daniel Amyot -- Analyzing predictors of severe traffic accidents / Sean Geddes, Kevin Lai -- Epilogue : an analytic maturity model for government organizations / Gregory Richards.
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