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Leading Digital and Data Decision Making (edX)

Leading Digital and Data Decision Making (edX)

In this course, you will learn how leaders make managerial and relevant decisions based on data across multiple global industries. You will also explore how companies benefit from a digital ecosystem including sensors (IoT), Blockchain, artificial intelligence (AI), and augmented reality (AR) that move data-driven insights from the data scientist to the boardroom.

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In this course, you will examine implications for customer relationship management, privacy, security, and global government regulation that are shaping and are shaped by the democratization of data. This course examines big data, data analytics, business strategy using data analytics and data-based decision making. You will learn the importance of data visualization and dashboarding for decision making that transforms mere data into information and insight. You will identify how to be a more effective diagnostic leader in a data-rich world, identifying opportunities to improve business performance.
This course is part of the Global Business Leadership and Management MicroMasters Program.

What you'll learn

  • Types of data to utilize for making relevant business decisions
  • To develop an understanding of how companies benefit from a digital ecosystem
  • To evaluate the types of digital ecosystem sensors including (loT), Blockchain, artificial intelligence (AI), and augmented reality (AR) for data within your organization
  • To be an effective leader in a data-rich world
  • To use data visualization for better decision making
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