Skip to 0 minutes and 9 seconds If you’re a business manager, you’ve probably asked yourself, “what if there was a way to make smarter business decisions”? Fortunately, this course, data analytics for managers will help you develop the skills to answer this question and more. You’ll be able to leverage data to improve your business and work more effectively with data analysts. This course is unique. It presents complex data analysis topics in a practical way that you can easily apply to your business environment, even if you have no prior knowledge of data analytics. So, if you’re interested in finding out more about using data to improve your business and solve common business problems, then enroll in this Data Analytics for Managers course from the University of Adelaide. Now.
Data Analytics for Managers
Maximise the data analytics capabilities of your team to solve business problems or achieve business efficiencies.
Duration
6 weeksWeekly study
3 hours
Data Analytics for Managers
This course has been certified by the CPD Certification Service as conforming to continuing professional development principles. Find out more.
Develop your decision making and management skills informed by data analytics
Data analytics expertise empowers managers to transform their business frameworks and enables them to work effectively with data science teams.
In this six-week course from the University of Adelaide, you’ll develop your knowledge of how data analysts operate in business environments. You’ll learn how to explain data analysis processes, identify trends, and develop data-informed business solutions.
Explore the fundamentals of data science analysis
Many managers lack the confidence to interpret data, depriving them of useful insights and preventing them from developing a competitive edge.
In this course, you’ll be introduced to the basics of data analysis, equipping you with the skills to work alongside your data science team to derive meaning from data and capitalise on the data analytical skills of your workforce.
Deliver business transformation by understanding relationships in data
Using engaging case studies, you’ll learn to apply cutting-edge data processing techniques to solve common business problems and discover new patterns in data.
You’ll explore key terminology, from the k-means clustering algorithm to linear regressions, allowing you to interpret data and predict upcoming business trends.
Discover the power of market basket analysis and network analysis
You’ll learn to analyse transaction data, using the concept of association rules analysis, before moving on to learning the basics of network metrics and analysis.
By the end of this course, you’ll have enhanced your understanding of data analysis and the insights it can deliver within your business environment. Equipped with an understanding of processes used within business data analytics, you’ll be able to work alongside your data analytics team to deliver better strategies and make data-driven decisions.
What topics will you cover?
Introduction to data analytics
- What is data analytics?
- Roles and responsibilities of a data analysis team
- Data analytics process
- Data analysis techniques
Discovering new patterns in data to transform your business
- Strategies in using new data patterns to transform your business
- Defining a cluster: similarity and distance measures
- The k-means clustering algorithm
- Optimising your clustering analysis with the elbow method
- Limitations of k-means clustering analyses
Making predictions using your data to solve business problems
- Simple linear and non-linear regressions
- Complex linear and non-linear regressions
- Non-linear regression with neural networks
- Overfitting
Predicting the category of data points to solve business problems
- k-Nearest neighbours
- Decision trees and random forests
The power of market basket analysis
- Association rules
- The Apriori Alogorithm
What are your influencers? Uncovering relationships in data through network analysis
- Basics of networks
- Network metrics
Who is this accredited by?
The CPD Certification Service was established in 1996 and is the leading independent CPD accreditation institution operating across industry sectors to complement the CPD policies of professional and academic bodies.
Learning on this course
On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Explain data analytics and how it is practised and applied within a business environment.
- Evaluate the results of data analysis within a business context.
- Describe different types of data processing and explain how they solve common business problems.
Who is the course for?
This course is designed for managers who want to improve their knowledge of data analytics. It will help both managers and those in leadership work effectively with data science teams and data analysts to improve business processes, identify trends and interpret data.
This course is suitable for managers who already work with data analysts, as well as those looking to expand their business team to include data analysts.
Whilst the primary audience is those in management roles, this course may also benefit those who collaborate with data analysts who wish to further their understanding of data analytic processes, key terminology and practices.
No prior knowledge or experience of data analytics is required, though you do need an understanding of basic maths terminology such as mean, logarithm, and Pythagoras.
Who will you learn with?
I am a particle astrophysicist and data scientist at the University of Adelaide. I co-lead a University of Adelaide Data Analytics Group that applies data science to industry problems.
I work as a research assistant in the School of Physical Sciences at the University of Adelaide. Much of my work involves simulating and analysing huge amounts of particle physics data.
I am currently a postgraduate student studying Physics at the University of Adelaide. Along with being a data scientist in the past, I have experience in teaching a first year machine learning course.
Who developed the course?
The University of Adelaide
The University of Adelaide is a world-class teaching and research institution. They are committed to developing quality students and lifelong learners who are recognised for their skills, creativity, global outlook and ability to succeed.
World ranking
Top 110Source: QS World University Rankings 2023
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