LEARNING OUTCOMES
The objective of the course is to give the students an understanding of the data informed decision-making. The focus is on business-oriented analytical skills, which enable the students to work with the data, to understand them and turn them into intelligence and actions.
Credits: 6
Schedule: 26.02.2024 - 10.04.2024
Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):
Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Yong Liu
Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):
Responsible teacher: Yong Liu <yong.liu@aalto.fi>
Teaching assistant: Pham Hà <ha.pham@aalto.fi>
CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):
Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):
Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English
CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD
Content
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This course aims at providing an understanding of issues related to data informed decision-making and problem solving. To do this, it offers a balanced insight into the building blocks of business intelligence (BI), such as data management, data warehousing, reporting, and analytics. Besides a set of guest speakers representing academia and business life, a central feature of the course is a BI challenge, which students work in small groups. The course requires both independent learning skills and organizational skills.
applies in this implementation
- On-site lectures
- Software Tutorials
- Power BI Tutorial
- Weka Tutorial
- Tableau Tutorial
Assessment Methods and Criteria
valid for whole curriculum period:
- Assignments
- Learning diary
applies in this implementation
Peer evalution of Power BI and Weka assignment.
Tableau assignment will be evaluated by the lecturer.
Workload
valid for whole curriculum period:
Contact teaching
Independent workapplies in this implementation
Little preparation is need for the on-site lectures. Students are expected to do BI software study after the class through the software tutorial.
DETAILS
Study Material
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Course book: Carl Anderson (2015). Creating a Data-Driven Organization: Practical Advice from the Trenches, Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
applies in this implementation
Course book: Carl Anderson (2015) Creating a Data-Driven Organization: Practical Advice from the Trenches, O’Reilly. Available at the University Library as an online book.
Substitutes for Courses
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Prerequisites
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FURTHER INFORMATION
Further Information
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Teaching Language : English
Teaching Period : 2022-2023 Spring IV - V
2023-2024 Spring IV - VLectures in IV period, assignment in V period.
applies in this implementation
A competition event will be organized in collaboration with Tableau and a similar BI course at Turku School of Economics on April 23.