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The Best Approach to Decision Making Combines Data and Managers’ Expertise

Harvard Business

Sponsored by Accenture. ” Rather than reducing reliance on intuition, the advanced methodologies of big data require managers to use even more intuition to make sense of the growing number of outputs and recommendations being generated by data models. .” Insight Center. Putting Data to Work.

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Why consulting?

Management Consulted

I took on internships as a market researcher for Google and a research analyst for Accenture Management Consulting, both of which I enjoyed doing. ” “In 2008 my company (headquartered in Pennsylvania) made a bid to acquire a bio-pharmaceutical company located in North Carolina.

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ZS Associates Firm Profile

Management Consulted

In 2008, the firm celebrated their silver anniversary of 25 years of extraordinary growth. Some of ZS Associates’ competitors are Deloitte LLP, Accenture, and IMS Consulting group. Below are some of the skills they are looking for in interns: Familiarity with formal software development life-cycle (SDLC) methodology.