Who is this for?
This introductory level program is ideal for middle and upper managers, analysts, project leaders, and others who would like to gain an overview of the concepts and capabilities of business analytics.
Benefits for you
- Understand what analytics is, how it is applied across diverse industries, and how it can be applied to your organization
- Learn how analytics can generate new business insights and opportunities
- See how analytics can mitigate risk, uncertainty and process variability
- Identify challenges in developing analytics strategies
- Experience how spreadsheet models can help solve challenging decisions
"This program was exactly what I needed, working in middle management. It provided me with an opportunity to reflect on our business and how to improve it."
Program content
- How analytics is transforming organizational decision making and innovation
- Pitfalls and payoffs for business
- Descriptive analytics: what data to collect and what it is telling you, data visualization techniques, quantifying your data, data variability, dealing with limited data
- Predictive analytics: foreseeing what is likely to occur based on what has happened in the past, data mining to predict customer demand, deploying predictive analytics initiatives
- Prescriptive analytics: understanding data to make better decisions, “what if” scenario analysis, minimizing process variability and the "flaw of averages," outcome optimization
- Best-in-practice analytics methods
- Implementation challenges and getting started
Special features
You will gain hands-on experience with the real-world capabilities of business analytics using easy-to-apply Excel examples.
Program leaders

Dr. Steven Shechter

Dr. Tim Huh
Upcoming sessions
Stay tuned for future offerings of this program! Please contact us to notify you when it will be offered again. You may also subscribe to our email list for Executive Education program updates and exclusive event invitations.
For financial assistance opportunities, please refer to Financial Assistance, Scholarships and Team Rates .

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604.822.8400 or 1.800.618.3932
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