This course addresses the need to propel information gathering and data organisation, and exploit potential information and knowledge hidden in routinely collected data to improve decision making; the course is technology-focused, and stretches the datamining and decision-sciences theme to the broader agenda of business intelligence; students focus on developing solutions to real-world problems associated with the changing nature of IT infrastructure and increasing volumes of data, through the use of applications and case studies, while gaining a deep appreciation of the underlying models and techniques; they also gain a greater understanding of the impact technological advances have on the nature and practices adopted within the business intelligence and analytics environments, and learn how to adapt to these changes.