ONLINE: Data Analysis in the Real World

Upon successful completion of this course participants will be able to:

• Explain the management implications of the use of business intelligence and knowledge management systems
• Define Big Data and describe its current uses for analysis and future potential and its implications
• Explain common analytics for business and quality improvement
• Recommend manufacturing business decisions based on data analytics
• Explain common analytics used in health care
• Recommend health care decisions based on data analytics
• Explain common analytics used in education
• Recommend educational decisions based in data analytics
• Explain common analytics used in government
• Recommend governmental decisions based on data analytics

This offering is targeted to individuals who meet or exceed the following professional demographics:  

• Entry-level public procurement and central warehouse professionals who serve as assistants, coordinators, buyers, or equivalent functions within their respective entities.   

• Non-procurement managers and supervisors who are responsible for either the procurement function or staff who provide procurement functions under delegated authority.   

• Professionals who are employed by governing entities and special authorities (such as K-12 and higher education, publicly-owned utilities, transportation providers, and other publicly-funded or created organizations) that either serve within or manage the procurement function.  

• Suppliers or representatives of suppliers seeking to understand the public procurement function from a holistic level, including the policies, standards, and procedures by which public entities must function.