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Overview

Business analytics is one of today’s fastest growing careers, but it's also an area where companies face a shortage of talent

Duration

2 hours

Total fee

1,599

Mode of learning

Online

Difficulty level

Intermediate

Credential

Certificate

Excel for Business Analysts
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Highlights

  • Earn a certificate of completion from LinkedIn Learning
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Excel for Business Analysts
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Course details

More about this course
  • In this course, Professor Michael McDonald walks you through everything you need to know to start implementing business analytics skills and concepts
  • Michael begins with the basics, explaining what you should know about business analytics, including definitions and uses
  • He demonstrates how to get started in business analytics, including accessing and integrating the correct data and constructing a data map
  • Michael shows how to use predictive tools in business analytics that can equip firms to make better decisions
  • Finally, Michael covers how business analytics can provide significant guidance for management in developing a strategy and understanding the market

Excel for Business Analysts
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Curriculum

Introduction

Benefit from business analytics

The Basics

What is business analytics?

Business analytics and company financials

Basics of business analysis

Finding data for business analytics

Using business analytics for sales prospecting

Testing marketing content with business analytics

Getting Started with Business Analytics

Data access and availability

Integrating data sets

Data and business analytics

Finding a data model

Mapping your data

Predictive Tools in Business Analytics

Business analytics and performance

Using data in hiring plans

Understanding HR issues with data

Troubleshooting at the organization

Forecasting with business analytics data

Reading Business Analytics Output

Examining financial data

Waterfall charts in Excel

Competitor analysis and benchmarking

Growing revenue with business analytics

Business strategy and business analytics

Product pricing with business analytics

Price, volume, and sensitivity analysis

Controlling costs in business

Conclusion

Putting tools into action

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Faculty details

Michael McDonald, Partner, Morning Investments

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