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Data driven decision-making

Placing data in a business context gives the necessary clarity to any analysis.
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Key concepts and resources

Exclusive DATA ANALYTICS COMMUNITY Introduction to data driven decision-making
  • 18 Sep 2019
  • Data Analytics Community
A Data Analytics Community webinar on data driven decision-making presented by Matthew Robinson.
BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT FACULTY An introduction to data science
  • 08 Jul 2019
  • Business and Management Faculty
Hear first-hand the benefits of data science for accountants and learn how to get started using data to identify patterns, make predictions and automate decision making.
DATA ANALYTICS COMMUNITY OR Society business case studies
  • 25 Sep 2019
Case studies of the use of analytics, searchable by industry, application, benefit or function.
Analytics and visualisation for finance ICAEW have brought together resources on the latest analytics techniques for finance professionals. Here you will find resources that are helping finance business partners provide insight to support data driven decision making.

eBooks

The Library & Information Service provides a hand-picked collection of eBooks as a benefit of membership. If you are unable to access an eBook, please see our Help and support or contact library@icaew.com.
Exclusive LIBRARY Big data in practice: how 45 successful companies used big data analytics to deliver extraordinary results
  • 02 May 2016
  • Bernard Marr
Offers an in-depth insight into how specific companies use big data.
Exclusive LIBRARY Data science for business: what you need to know about data mining and data-analytic thinking
  • 01 Aug 2013
  • Foster Provost, Tom Fawcett
This guide introduces the fundamental principles of data science and walks through the "data-analytic thinking" necessary for extracting useful knowledge and business value from data.
Exclusive LIBRARY Data strategy: how to profit from a world of big data, analytics and the internet of things
  • 03 Apr 2017
  • Bernard Marr
A must-have guide to creating a robust data strategy. Explaining how to identify your strategic data needs, what methods to use to collect the data and, most importantly, how to translate your data into organizational insights for improved business decision-making and performance, this is essential reading for anyone aiming to leverage the value of their business data and gain competitive advantage.
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Principles and applications

Exclusive How to maximise your cloud-based software stack
  • 17 May 2022
  • Spotlight Reporting
Cloud technology has been around for decades, and yet uptake of cloud-based software has been slow.
DATA ANALYTICS COMMUNITY Building an insight-driven organisation
  • 26 Aug 2015
  • Tom Davenport
How can organisations make decisions on the basis of rigorous, data-based insights rather than experience or intuition? If companies are serious about becoming insight-driven organisations, they should focus on how insights are framed, created, marketed, consumed and stored for reuse.
DATA ANALYTICS COMMUNITY OR Society business case studies
  • 25 Sep 2019
Case studies of the use of analytics, searchable by industry, application, benefit or function.
DATA ANALYTICS COMMUNITY Data-Driven Decision-Making: 10 Simple Steps For Any Business
  • 16 Jun 2016
  • Bernard Marr
  • Forbes
In this article the author looks at the process for applying data to your decision-making, broken down into 10 simple steps.
DATA ANALYTICS COMMUNITY Keep up with your Quants
  • 01 Jul 2013
  • Thomas H Davenport
  • Harvard Business Review
The author shows you how to become an intelligent consumer of analytics so that you can make effective data-driven decisions for your organisation. Learning basic statistical principles and methods is essential, but you don't need a PhD in it. The "quants" have the detailed know-how.
DATA ANALYTICS COMMUNITY Making data analytics work for you - instead of the other way around
  • 01 Oct 2016
  • Helen Mayhew, Tamim Saleh, Simon Williams
  • McKinsey Quarterly
The article discusses how data analytics can be used to transform the ways that companies organise, operate, manage talent and create value. Organisational performance and purpose-driven data are examined, along with advanced analytics initiatives, collaboration in business and the development of a multi-skilled team.
DATA ANALYTICS COMMUNITY Why CEOs believe problem solving through data is the future of business
  • 14 Apr 2017
  • Mike Pearl
The collective CEO future vision is one where technology and data-enabled capabilities will be the future of business decision-making, but many IT decision-makers still experience challenges regarding 'problem solving through data'.
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eLearning courses

DATA ANALYTICS COMMUNITY Data science in real life
  • 08 Oct 2019
  • Coursera
How does one manage a team facing real data analysis? In this one-week course, we contrast the ideal with what happens in real life. In this way, you will learn key concepts that will help you manage real-life analysis.
DATA ANALYTICS COMMUNITY Data science for business leaders
  • 17 Oct 2019
Learn about data science and how you can use it to strengthen your organisation. This course will teach you about the skills you need on your data team, and how you can structure that team to meet your organisation's needs. It will also provide you with an understanding of data sources your company can use and how to store that data.
DATA ANALYTICS COMMUNITY Crash course in data science
  • 08 Oct 2019
  • Coursera
This class is for anyone who wants to learn what all the data science action is about, including those who will eventually need to manage data scientists. The goal is to get you up to speed as quickly as possible on data science. We've designed this course to be as convenient as possible without sacrificing any of the essentials.
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Courses from the ICAEW Academy of Professional Development

LEARNING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Successful data strategies and case applications in business | Various dates
  • 15 Oct 2019
  • Academy of Professional Development
This course will introduce you to the topic of big data and analytics. In a practical and insightful workshop, you will get an up-to-date overview of big data and how to apply it to your organisation.
LEARNING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Business and analytical problem framing | Sep 2020
  • 04 Nov 2019
  • Academy of Professional Development
Advise the business how business problems can be solved through big data analytics and related approaches
LEARNING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT How to leverage big data, AI and analytics in business | 25 Nov 2019
  • 11 Jun 2019
  • Academy of Professional Development
This day-long course introduces the topic of analytics and demonstrates how to apply it effectively in your business. The course is delivered by Bernard Marr, one of the world’s most respected experts on the topic, and author of best-selling books: Key Business Analytics and Big Data in Practice.
LEARNING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Finance business partnering | Various dates
  • 17 Oct 2019
  • Academy of Professional Development
This interactive CPD course will give you a practical understanding of the skills required to be a great business partner and how to apply them in the workplace. You’ll learn how to build strong relationships, translate data into insight, and influence decisions.
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