{"151671":{"#nid":"151671","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Learn How Decision Support Impacts You","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIt doesn\u2019t matter if your job requires you to design a new curriculum for your school or create a budget for your department \u2014 the strongest decisions are usually made after taking a look at relevant data.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat\u2019s where the Decision Support Group (DSG) at Georgia Tech comes in handy. Its mission is to help the Institute\u2019s executive leadership, academic and administrative departments make informed decisions. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs part of this mission, the Office of the Senior Vice President for Administration and Finance, which oversees the DSG, is sponsoring a conference on Sept. 12 to help educate the campus community and beyond about how decision support, or using data to support decision making, is being used at Tech and other universities. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAttending this conference is a great opportunity for faculty and staff to understand their roles at a data-driven institution like Tech and to learn what our peers are doing to improve institutional effectiveness,\u201d said Amir Rahnamay-Azar, senior vice president of Administration and Finance. \u201cThis conference is also an opportunity for faculty and staff to tell us what we are doing right regarding decision support and what needs improvement, which is information that will be useful as we improve our services.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe conference, which will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center, is geared toward administrative and academic faculty and staff who are responsible for providing data and information for decision making. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOne of the greatest challenges facing everyone, from administrative staff to senior leaders, is getting the right data and information, in the right format, into the right hands,\u201d said Sandi Bramblett, executive director of Institutional Research and Planning and Decision Support Services. \u201cA decision support system that provides the right information to the right people when needed reduces operating costs, increases staff productivity and improves the quality and timeliness of decisions.\u201d \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe keynote address will be delivered by Rich DeMillo, director of the Center for 21st Century Universities, and will focus on \u201cThe Evolving University: Disruptive Change and Institutional Innovation.\u201d Conference sessions will showcase new and emerging trends and ideas from the University of Michigan, the University of Illinois and Georgia Regents University. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur experts have not only studied decision support but have designed and implemented a culture of decision support at their institutions,\u201d Bramblett added. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESome of the scheduled sessions include \u201cDecision Support @ Georgia Tech (a Presentation of Progress to Date),\u201d \u201cBest Practice Perspectives: Development and Evolution of Decision Support\u201d and \u201cThe Art and Science of Communicating Data: Information Design + Data Visualization Trends and Practices.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAttendees will also have a chance to participate in a series of discussions where they can contribute their ideas to designing a new and improved decision support concept for their own unit and for Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about the upcoming Decision Support Conference or to register for the event, click \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/c9ddcux\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIt doesn\u2019t matter if your job requires you to design a new curriculum for your school or create a budget for your department \u2014 the strongest decisions are usually made after taking a look at relevant data.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"It doesn\u2019t matter if your job requires you to design a new curriculum for your school or create a budget for your department \u2014 the strongest decisions are usually made after taking a look at relevant data."}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2012-09-05 08:32:07","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:47","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-09-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-09-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/c9ddcux","title":"Decision Support Conference"}],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"42501","name":"Amir Rahnamay-Azar"},{"id":"42471","name":"decision support conference"},{"id":"42481","name":"decision support group"},{"id":"42491","name":"making informed decisions"},{"id":"13730","name":"Office of the Senior Vice President for Administration and Finance"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}