Discover the value of data for gaining a competitive advantage in business

Companies who focus on data are more likely to outperform their competitors and beat revenue goals.

On this three-week course from BoxPlay, you’ll gain the data-driven insights needed to spearhead positive change in your organisation and maintain a competitive edge once you get ahead.

Learn how to lead digital and data transformation within your organisation

With a visual step-by-step approach, you’ll discover the difference between optimisation and innovation and why it matters to your organisation’s strategic planning and operational efficiency.

You’ll also identify the benefits of a data-led approach with specific reference to your own organisation.

Improve your decision making skills using data driven technical solutions

With insights from world-renowned data experts, you’ll learn the techniques and skills to make meaningful changes to your business.

You’ll develop skills in interpreting data visualisation, learning how to read, analyse, and create reports.

Using these skills, you can justify organisational change, deliver strategic insights into optimising current processes, and sustain competitive advantage.

Examine data analytics infrastructure, from descriptive to prescriptive analytics

You’ll learn how to develop a data analytics strategy that aligns with your business goals, whilst exploring the role of business intelligence within data analytics.

With this knowledge, you’ll be able to create performance benchmarks, spot trends, and increase compliance.

By the end of this course, you’ll be able to demonstrate the benefits of data-driven decision making and leadership. You’ll be able to identify areas within your business for data-led optimisation, as well as developing a data analytics strategy to improve performance across the organisation.

Syllabus

Week 1
Week 1
- What is data analytics?
  Explore the components of the data analytics ecosystem and what it means for an organization to be data-led.
- Types and applications of data analytics
  Identify the types of data analytics and their role in amplified intelligence.
- Data analytics and digital transformation
  Explore the principles of using data analytics to transform organizations and gain advantage.
- Gain and sustain a competitive advantage using data analytics
  Apply the skills and steps required to gain a competitive advantage using data analytics.
- Evaluating data analytics projects
  Identify the decisions and factors involved in evaluating data analytics projects.
- Technical challenges, solutions, and staff
  Identify the key technical elements, skills, and challenges of data analytics infrastructure.

When would you like to start?

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Learning on this course

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What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

Describe the components of the data analytics ecosystem and what it means for an organization to be data-led
Identify the types of data analytics and their role in amplified intelligence
Explore the principles of using data analytics to transform organizations and gain advantage
Apply the skills and steps required to gain a competitive advantage using data analytics
Identify the decisions and factors involved in evaluating data analytics projects projects
Discuss the key technical elements, skills, and challenges of data analytics infrastructure
Explore the roles and possible starting points for individuals and organizations on the data analytics journey

Who is the course for?

This course is designed for leaders and managers in business contexts who wish to improve their knowledge of data analytics and data-led business strategy.

Who developed the course?

BoxPlay

BoxPlay is democratizing career success by making learning a new habit and trade through creating the most compelling, relevant, and engaging streaming educational content to help with employability and career success. Our products combine education and entertainment. We create immersive, bingeable experiences with characters, narratives, and moving visuals.

FutureLearn

FutureLearn is a leading social learning platform and has been providing high quality online courses for learners around the world over the last ten years.

What's included?

This is a premium course. These courses are designed for professionals from specific industries looking to learn with a smaller group of like-minded individuals.

Unlimited access to this course
Includes any articles, videos, peer reviews and quizzes
Tests to validate your learning
Certificate of Achievement to prove your success when you're eligible
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Complete 90% of course steps and all of the assessments to earn your certificate

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