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Data-driven business decision making

Extract business value from data analyses

This course on data-driven business decision-making equips you with practical skills to extract and communicate business value from data. Tailored for the digital energy industry, it emphasizes presenting convincing recommendations to decision-makers and developing essential soft skills like teamwork, delegation, and project management.

 

The course also focuses on crafting compelling presentations for business managers.

 

Offered in collaboration with InnoEnergy partner Aalto Advisors.

Overview

Course dates

TBD

Effort Level

81 hours.

  • Preparatory reading: 28 hours.
  • Interative learning sessions + coaching and teamwork: 24 hours (6 weeks, 2 x 2 hours per week)
  • Independent project work: 29 hours.

Delivery

Online course offered two times per week.

Pre-requisites

Preparatory activities helping to acquire pre-requisite knowledge for the live online sessions are provided as an online package prior to the live online period.

Registration

TBD

 

This course is currently only available to InnoEnergy Masters+ students.

Who is the course for?

Data skills for real-world impact

This course on data-driven business decision making is designed for InnoEnergy Masters+ students who are interested in developing the skills necessary to extract business value from data analyses and persuasively argue their recommendations to business decision-makers.

How will you learn?

Learn by Doing: Real Cases, Real Skills, Real Impact

The course uses modern interactive pedagogical methods, including case teaching, learning by doing, videos, flipped classrooms, coaching, and workshops. Throughout the participants will be working on real-life cases.

This course builds upon the following values in its teaching and pedagogical methods:

  • Multi-disciplinary (enables integrated learning paths from technology to business)
  • Industry-relevant (course staff has practical business experience from various industries)
  • Interactive (students are coached by senior experts with both industry and academic experience)
  • Applied (focus on applying tools and methods of business, rather than teaching the tools and methods themselves.

Students will be assessed based on preparatory reading assignment, live online participation, and final presentation.

What will you achieve?

Gain Insights, Influence Decisions

  • Understanding of how to extract and argue business value from data analyses and how to present and convince business decision makers to follow your recommendations.
  • Necessary business and soft skills to become a change enabler and leader in the energy industry.
  • Course completion certificate by InnoEnergy.