Give an edge to your career with senior management programme in business analytics by IIM-Calcutta
As per a report by Monster, big, data analytics will be among India’s most in-demand skills in 2022. Businesses are looking for professionals with a practical understanding of analytics to drive existing or future strategic initiatives. In addition, they should tackle business problems using analytics, balance business objectives with analytical outcomes and leverage analytics for business growth. To master such skills, IIM Calcutta’s Senior Management Programme in Business Analytics is the right choice. This programme’s innovative pedagogical methods will equip participants with superior analytics strategies and frameworks. Participants will learn how to provide strategic leadership on analytics projects and how business analytical techniques can lead to innovation and competitive advantage. This will take their career to the next level. The nine-month programme starts on March 30, 2022, with 75 per cent classroom sessions and 25 per cent online classes. Programme highlights If one chooses this programme, it will come with a range of benefits, such as being a part of India’s best business schools, being ranked third by NIRF 2021 and having an immersive IIM-C campus experience. Further, the programme provides a hands-on learning session and a good alumni status. IIMC’s senior management programme allows candidates to build a strong network with leading industry experts and innovative minds. Its actionable programme curriculum provides the best practices for this domain. Learning journey Once enrolled, the learning journey of the participant will look like this: Technical Orientation and Pre-Programme Preparation (March 2022 – April 2022) First IIM Calcutta Campus Immersion Jun 13-17, 2022 (5 days) IIM Calcutta Online Direct-to-Desktop Second IIM Calcutta Campus Immersion September 19-23, 2022 (5 days) IIM Calcutta Online Direct-to-Desktop Final IIM Calcutta Campus Immersion and Graduation December 12-16, 2022 (5 days) Who should apply for this course Professionals in managerial positions looking for a thorough understanding of data science and analytics. This programme will help professionals address key business problems using analytics within their organisations. Data scientists and data analysts who would like to bring in business value in analytics to keep pace with the business objectives. Business leaders, CIOs, data, and analytics heads at the forefront of decision-making and require analytics for business growth. Image: IIM-C Modules Seven key modules of this programme are – Module 1 will teach Business Value of Data Analytics, where students will be taught to build a data-driven culture in an organisation, form an organisational team for making use of data science and analytics and appreciate the emerging nature of competition and the role of business analytics. Module 2 will teach Statistics for Data Science and cover topics such as applied probability and decision-making under uncertainty, data sampling and the art of inferring about the population from samples and regression techniques, and capturing relationships among variables of interest. Module 3 will focus on Descriptive Analytics, while module 4 will teach Experimentation and focus appreciation of analytical reasoning and empirical findings from data and challenges in data visualisation and data interpretation. Module 5 will introduce Data Sources, while module 6 will teach Predictive Analytics. It will provide knowledge on important areas like business forecasting principles and issues, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in decision-making – the role of supervised and unsupervised learning and Time series analysis based decision-making. The last module will teach Prescriptive Analytics and teach topics such as Decision analysis, the use of discrete optimisation concepts in decision-making, and game theory. Eruditus Career Services Eruditus will also help the professionals pursuing this course by building an impressive LinkedIn profile (group session), providing job placement assistance, building an impressive resume (group session) and interview preparation. It will also hold three 90-minute workshops from career management industry experts and provide job placement assistance from partner companies (offered in partnership with Superset). Eligibility To pursue this course, one must be Graduate (currently employed) with a minimum of ten years of work experience as of March 30, 2022, and have a minimum of 50% in Graduation/Post Graduation. There will be periodic evaluations built-in throughout the programme to gauge the students’ performance. They may be in written tests, online exams, quizzes, projects or other objective/subjective assessments. The course fee is INR 5,95,000 + GST.
This programme’s innovative pedagogical methods will equip participants with superior analytics strategies and frameworks.
This programme's innovative pedagogical methods will equip participants with superior analytics strategies and frameworks.
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