This course is a stand-alone CPA Australia micro-credentialed course focused on applying the benefits of data literacy and implementing a data strategy in business. Successfully complete this course and assessment to receive a digital badge that you can share on LinkedIn and other social media platforms.
Description
About CPA Australia Micro-Credentials
CPA Australia’s Micro-Credentials are based on technical and non-technical competencies and align to our Accounting and Finance Capability Framework. Our partner, Credly, will provide you with a digital badge on successful completion of the assessment. Your digital badge allows you to demonstrate your capability and achievement, and can be placed on your LinkedIn profile, digital CV or email signature.
About Creating a Data-Driven Culture
Having data literate employees who can use data analytics to drive decision-making can create significant advantages for an organisation.
In this course, you will learn about the skills needed to be data literate and how different types of analytics can be applied to answer different questions. You will also learn the importance of building a data literacy culture in an organisation, which includes categorising employees into four different data personas to better understand their attitudes towards data.
Moving toward a more data-driven culture also involves creating a data strategy. You will learn about strategies for designing and implementing a data strategy and how to identify the data needs of your organisation.
Featuring examples and real-world application provided by industry experts and financial leaders to embed the learning and bring the content to life, through this course you will gain the requisite tools and techniques that are increasingly important in modern finance roles.
This course is highly interactive with activities, videos and simulations to keep you actively engaged and will focus on a broad range of industries.
Key topics
Data Literacy
- Learn about the skills needed to be data literate and the benefits of data literacy for an organisation.
Data Culture
- Explore four different data personas and actions you can take to improve the data culture in your organisation
Data Strategy
- Discover strategies for designing and implementing a data strategy.
This course consists of one online course with a PDF learning manual and one online assessment.
The assessment will be subject to security measures such as identification verification and webcam monitoring. Please ensure you read the Assessment and security policy and system requirements prior to making your purchase.
Learning objectives
- Apply data literacy concepts in an organisational context
- Evaluate an organisation's data strategy in the context of its strategic goals