University of New South Wales
Business Optimisation with Data Analytics
- Delivery: Online
- Study Level: Intermediate
- Duration: 3 weeks
- Course Type: Short Course
- Total Price: $1,755
Transform decision-making and boost organisational output with data-driven insights.

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Course overview
Staying competitive in today’s dynamic environment requires organisations to use, understand and rely on data. Unlocking data is the key to success, from streamlining processes to providing customer insights. In this environment, organisations must be able to develop and deploy effective data-driven strategies.
Implementing data strategy requires a systematic and organised approach to ensure consistency, clarity, scalability and efficiency. This course equips you with fundamental frameworks and practical strategies to accelerate your ability to make data-based decisions. You will also investigate the balance required to navigate ethical issues such as fairness, transparency, privacy, and accountability. By broadening your understanding of data practices, you will ensure the successful and sustainable use of data that benefits all stakeholders.
After completing this course, you will emerge as a more informed leader, ready to leverage data analytics responsibly and bring greater value to your organisation and its customers. If you want to uncover the value of data, develop strategic skills, leverage data tools and explore ethical data practices, this course is for you.
- Delivered 100% online.
- Participate in live sessions facilitated by an industry expert.
- Receive a digital badge and 2.00 CEMD points.
Key facts
What you will learn
Throughout this course, you will be introduced to theory and practical frameworks that ensure successful data strategies for navigating changing business environments. Upon completing this course, you will:
- Understand how to foster a data-driven culture in your organisation.
- Recognise how data enhances various daily operations.
- Apply key frameworks that ensure a successful use of data analytics.
- Learn valuable tools that facilitate ethical data use.
How you will learn
This course is delivered as a Virtual Learning Sprint over three weeks. The Action Learning Sprint combines self-paced digital learning with virtual workshops, knowledge-to-action tasks and social learning to develop ideas, skills and practical solutions for various business problems.
Throughout the three-week learning sprint, you will participate in four live sessions facilitated by an industry expert. In these sessions, you’ll be able to work in groups and explore problems relevant to your context. Self-paced interactive materials complement these sessions to prepare you for robust discussion, plus questions to prompt reflection on what matters most to you. Throughout the course, you’ll work on an action learning project based on a problem from your work to immediately test out ideas on issues relevant to your role, team or organisation.
You can include a coach or mentor from your network to help you through this journey. Once you add your coach to the platform, they’ll get a coaching guide and insights into your progress to help you move through the course and contextualise materials to your own situation.