Data Analysis for Management

As the world becomes more data driven, future-focused leaders need to develop the quantitative skills to inform corporate decision-making and managerial strategy. Guided by experts from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), this online certificate course empowers you with the knowledge and practical tools to understand, interpret, and communicate data relevant to your role and organisation.

Develop an understanding of how data-driven models can improve your ability to make decisions in a fast-paced world. Over the course of eight weeks, you’ll participate in a capstone project and apply the techniques and concepts covered to extract business insights from a real data set. You’ll also gain experience using Tableau – a leading business intelligence and data analytics software – to visualise and report on insights extracted from data sets.

Is this course for you?

This LSE course will equip managers and data analysts in any industry with the skills to make data-driven decisions for competitive advantage. There are no formal prerequisites for this course, but some numerical literacy is advantageous, as well as a basic working knowledge of Microsoft Excel. You’ll be granted a student licence to download and use Tableau free of charge, for the duration of the course.