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Data driven leadership skills Online distance learning

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Learn how leadership is explicitly dealing with the fourth industrial revolution: the age of data and digital technology.

  • Length: 4 weeks; 10 hours per week
  • Start date: anytime
  • Specialisation

Why this course

By the end of the course, you’ll be able to…

  • Critically evaluate, with particular reference to digital data, traditional leadership models

  • Distinguish between agile and efficient leadership structures and their relationship to data

  • Analyse the role of data, volume, quality, and timeliness, in decision making

  • Analyse and assess leadership narratives and whether they help or hinder modern leaders in a digital age

  • Describe and evaluate the role of collective decision making and agile teams

Applied Learning Project

This Specialization has a capstone assignment requiring you to apply the knowledge and skills you have learned to complete and pass one of three available assignments that focus on core concepts explored in this Specialization.

Assignments options include: (1) The Leadership Narrative, (2) Agile Leadership, or (3) Data-Driven Leaders.

How to register

The course is hosted on an external learning platform, Coursera

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Registration for this course is free, with free time-limited access to content: charges may apply for additional features and extended study.

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