LSE: Data Analysis for Management

About LSE: Data Analysis for Management

About this CourseAs the world becomes more data driven, future-focused professionals need to develop the quantitative skills to inform corporate decision-making and managerial strategy. Guided by experts from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), this online certificate course empowers you with the knowledge and practical tools to understand, interpret, and communicate data relevant to your role and organization. Develop an understanding of how data-driven models can improve your ability to make decisions in a fast-paced world. Over the course of eight weeks, you’ll participate in a capstone project and apply the techniques and concepts covered to extract business insights from a real data set. You’ll also gain experience using Tableau —– a leading business intelligence and data analytics software —– to visualize and report on insights extracted from data sets. This LSE course will equip managers and analysts in a variety of industries with the skills to make data-driven decisions. Marketing and sales analysts will gain the ability to extract and interpret key business insights for competitive advantage. Similarly, finance, HR, and business analysts will develop data analysis skills that can be directly applied in their role and organization. There are no formal prerequisites for this course, but some numerical literacy is advantageous, as well as a basic working knowledge of Microsoft Excel. You’ll be granted a student license to download and use Tableau free of charge, for the duration of the course.