Assignment: (Taken from the text Chapter 11)

Explain how increasingly standardized data, access to third-party datasets, and current trends in hardware and software are collectively enabling a new age of decision making?

Instructions:

Using the attached template and based on your text and supplemental reading, please address the question. Your response should have 3 to 5 properly constructed paragraphs with 3 to 5 properly constructed sentences per paragraph.

Remember spelling and grammar count as much as adequately addressing the question!

Upon completion, please name your assignment Yourname Unit 5 Assignment and submit to the Unit 5 Assignment dropbox.

Grading Rubric:

To receive full credit you must satisfy the following criteria:

1) Content:

1. Was a text study referenced?
2. What trends in Hardware and Software are facilitating decision making?
3. Todays decisions are driven by what and based on what?
4. What is the Phrase of the day?
5. What is considered a "defensible source of competitive advantage", and what makes is so defensible?
6. You may augment your text material with Internet sources, however make sure you use the proper APA reference.