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Overview

In a world where organisations are confronted with a vast amount of information, there is an ever-increasing demand for graduates who can make effective use of data. This subject will help you to become a more competent user of information and will enable you to develop an understanding of decision-making … For more content click the Read more button below.

Portfolio

Office of the Provost

Subject coordinator

Mary Ma

Subject type

Undergraduate

Year level

Year Level 1 - UG

AQF level

Level 5 - Diploma

Available as elective

Yes

Available to study abroad / exchange students

Yes

Capstone subject

No

Academic progress review - Schedule A subject

No

Subject instances

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Learning resources

Prescribed - Book - Business Analytics

Prescribed - Other resource - Subject Learning Videos

Career ready

Work based learning (placement):No

Graduate capabilities

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Research and Evidence-Based Inquiry

Subject intended learning outcomes

On successful completion you will be able to:
1.
Critically analyse the role of information management and data analysis in effective decision-making in organisations
2.
Describe basic procedures that modern organisations have developed to manage risk
3.
Select and use appropriate software tools to calculate descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, and forecasting
4.
Demonstrate an ability to use statistical techniques to form a solution to a problem, and to use and communicate data to support conclusions
5.
Select and apply appropriate statistical methodology to a variety of problems relating to social, organisational and business settings

Learning activities

On-line and face to face learning activities, face to face workshop, formative and summative assessments, final exam.