Unit Code: LEO5301

Description:

Digital transformation and disruption have made it increasingly important for managers to understand the applications of using data to make informed decisions. Managers must make complex decisions to enable organisational success. The abundance of data generated by organisations can be confronting for managers particularly on how to use data to make optimal decisions. This unit introduces a data analytics cycle to empower managers in using data to generate insights and execute decisions. Students will learn how fallacies in data can lead to the formulation of incorrect conclusions and potentially suboptimal decisions. This unit describes the importance of analysis and visualisation of data to make effective managerial decisions with reference to reports and dashboards.

Unit Code: LEO5303

Description:

Business intelligence and analytics applications and techniques enable organisations in making sense of vast amounts of data. Managers and analysts can benefit from applying analytical techniques for data to facilitate knowledge development for organisations and stakeholders. This unit will introduce students to the process of undertaking data transformation and analysis for the purpose of producing insights from the data to address real world problems. Students will understand from the analyst’s perspective and their toolkit on how to use modern tools (e.g. SQL, Excel, Power BI, Tableau) to run exploratory data analysis and statistical analyses. Results and outputs are then framed from a managerial perspective on how to communicate insights. The aim for students is to be able to apply analytical techniques to derive actionable insights using complex datasets.

Unit Code: LEO5302

Contact Hours: 20-24 hours of study per week

Duration: 6 weeks

Description:

Businesses have large amounts of data about customers and operations that require skilled analysts to interpret. In ‘Data visualisation and analytics’ you will learn how to use data visualisation to analyse datasets. This unit will include examples from marketing, finance, economics and related disciplines to give you a wide range of experience.

Unit Code: LEO5304

Description:

Different stakeholder groups in organisations rely on a range of reports and dashboards for operational and strategic decision-making needs. Engaging and relevant reports that communicate appropriate key performance indicator (KPI) information should be aligned to organisational strategy and objectives.

This unit will explore the stakeholder engagement and leadership skills necessary to drive adoption and usage of self-service reporting platforms. The unit will also introduce modern reporting and data management platforms used for implementing reporting solutions.

Students will develop an understanding of the optimal characteristics (e.g., accessibility, completeness) of a report and/or dashboard to support different levels of management in an organisational setting. Lastly, the unit will illuminate how reports and dashboards can enable visibility on performance measures to monitor progress towards an organisation’s strategy.