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Skepticism on the Cusp of a Management Revolution

January 14, 2013 /

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Big data. The term itself, verging on overuse, is leaving some with a bit of skepticism about its benefits.

But that doubt isn’t such a bad thing, according to Andrew McAfee, principal research scientist at the Center for Digital Business at the MIT Sloan School of Management. It serves a purpose by furthering the discussion around the validity of fundamental changes being shaped by data and analytics — one that calls into question the age old management art of gut, intuition and experience.

"Skepticism is good," said McAfee during his opening address at the Center’s recent daylong conference, Big Data: The Management Revolution. "Our goal today: to address that we are in the middle of a management revolution."

By Renee Boucher Ferguson

Full Story: http://sloanreview.mit.edu/improvisations/2013/01/11/skepticism-on-the-cusp-of-a-management-revolution/#.UPQ2RXfNlm9

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