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Classroom Sessions:

Date	Venue	Fees
16 - 20 Jun 2025	Dubai - UAE	$5,950
11 - 15 Aug 2025	Istanbul - Turkey	$5,950
29 Sep - 03 Oct 2025	Dubai - UAE	$5,950
01 - 05 Dec 2025	London - UK	$5,950

Course Description

INTRODUCTION

This Effective Business Decisions using Data Analysis training course will highlight the added value that data analytics can offer a professional as a decision support tool in management decision making. It will show the use of data analytics to support strategic initiatives; to inform on policy information; and to direct operational decision making. The training course will emphasize applications of data analytics in management practice; focus on the valid interpretation of data analytics findings; and create a clearer understanding of how to integrate quantitative reasoning into management decision making. Exposure to the discipline of data analytics will ultimately promote greater confidence in the use of evidence-based information to support management decision making.

This GLOMACS Effective Business Decisions using Data Analysis training course will feature:

Discussions on applications of data analytics in management
The importance of data in data analytics
Applying data analytical methods through worked examples
Focusing on management interpretation of statistical evidence
How to integrate statistical thinking into the work domain

Objectives

By the end of this Effective Business Decisions using Data Analysis training course, participants will be able to:

Appreciate data analytics in a decision support role
Explain the scope and structure of data analytics
Apply a cross-section of useful data analytics
Interpret meaningfully and critically assess statistical evidence
Identify relevant applications of data analytics in practice

Training Methodology

This training course will utilize a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. The daily workshops will be highly interactive and participative. This involves regular discussion of applications as well as hands-on exposure to data analytics techniques using Microsoft Excel. Delegates are strongly encouraged to bring and analyze data from their own work domain. This adds greater relevancy to the content. Emphasis is also placed on the valid interpretation of statistical evidence in a management context.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This GLOMACS Effective Business Decisions using Data Analysis training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

Professionals in management support roles
Analysts who typically encounter data / analytical information regularly in their work environment
Those who seek to derive greater decision making value from data analytics

Course Outline

DAY 1

Setting the Statistical Scene in Management

Introduction: The quantitative landscape in management
Thinking statistically about applications in management (Identifying KPIs)
The integrative elements of data analytics
Data: The raw material of data analytics (Types, quality and data preparation)
Exploratory data analysis using excel (Pivot tables)
Using summary tables and visual displays to profile sample data

DAY 2

Evidence-based Observational Decision Making

Numeric descriptors to profile numeric sample data
Central and non-central location measures
Quantifying dispersion in sample data
Examine the distribution of numeric measures (skewness and bimodal)
Exploring relationships between numeric descriptors
Breakdown analysis of numeric measures

DAY 3

Statistical Decision Making – Drawing Inferences from Sample Data

The foundations of statistical inference
Quantifying uncertainty in data – The normal probability distribution
The importance of sampling in inferential analysis
Sampling methods (Random-based sampling techniques)
Understanding the sampling distribution concept
Confidence interval estimation

DAY 4

Statistical Decision Making – Drawing Inferences from Hypotheses Testing

The rationale of hypotheses testing
The hypothesis testing process and types of errors
Single population tests (Tests for a single mean)
Two independent population tests of means
Matched pairs test scenarios
Comparing means across multiple populations

DAY 5

Predictive Decision Making - Statistical Modeling and Data Mining

Exploiting statistical relationships to build prediction-based models
Model building using regression analysis
Model building process – The rationale and evaluation of regression models
Data mining overview – Its evolution
Descriptive data mining – Applications in management
Predictive (Goal-directed) data mining – Management applications

Certificates

On successful completion of this training course, GLOMACS Certificate will be awarded to the delegates
Continuing Professional Education credits (CPE) : In accordance with the standards of the National Registry of CPE Sponsor, one CPE credit is granted per 50 minutes of attendance

Providers and Associations

Endorsed Education Provider

GLOMACS is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.NASBARegistry.org

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