Data Analysis (BUSA90060)

Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)

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Overview

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Contemporary business is awash in data. Modern business processes and activities usually involve multiple streams of data from areas as diverse as marketing activities, operational processes and financial activities. Therefore, managers are frequently confronted with how to harness these to understand their business better, so that they can make more informed decisions. This subject provides the fundamental quantitative skills necessary for an MBA student to extract information from data, through quantitative analysis, to make better managerial decisions. Students will be familiarized with the tools of quantitative analysis, develop the necessary skills for analytical thinking and a quantitative mind set in measuring performance. The fundamental quantitative skills from this subject provide a foundation to the advanced subjects within the MBA and provide students an analytical framework towards solving managerial problems later in their career.

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this subject, students should be able to:



  • Apply quantitative methods in management decision making processes
  • Apply the principles of statistical variation when considering statistics from data
  • Apply regression modeling techniques to gain a better understanding of the complex relationships between business variables
  • Possess an analytical mindset in solving business problems
  • Possess solid computational skills in Excel

Last updated: 3 November 2022

Eligibility and requirements

Prerequisites

Code Name Teaching period Credit Points
BUSA90480 Leadership
September (On Campus - Parkville)
March (On Campus - Parkville)
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
June (On Campus - Parkville)
September (On Campus - Parkville)
March (On Campus - Parkville)
 6.25

Corequisites

None

Non-allowed subjects

None

Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)

The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.

Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home

Last updated: 3 November 2022

Assessment

Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS

April

DescriptionTimingPercentage

15 x Class preparation exercises

Throughout the teaching period15%

Mid-term test

  • 90 minutes
Week 520%

Syndicate assignment

Week 1025%

End-of-semester examination

  • 2 hours
Hurdle requirement		During the examination period40%

January

DescriptionTimingPercentage

8 x Class preparation exercises equivalent of individual 300 word assessment in total

  • 300 words (total)
Throughout the teaching period15%

Mid-term test

  • 90 minutes
Week 520%

Syndicate assignment equivalent of individual 500 word assessment

  • 500 words (each)
Week 1025%

End-of-semester examination

  • 3 hours
Hurdle requirement		During the examination period40%

June

DescriptionTimingPercentage

8 x Class preparation exercises equivalent of individual 300 word assessment in total

  • 300 words (total)
Throughout the teaching period10%

Mid-term test

  • 90 minutes
Week 520%

Syndicate assignment equivalent of individual 500 word assessment

  • 500 words (each)
Week 1025%

End-of-semester examination

  • 3 hours
Hurdle requirement		During the examination period45%

September

DescriptionTimingPercentage

Contribution to class learning

Throughout the teaching period10%

Weekly syndicate assignment equivalent to 200 word individual assessment x 10

  • 2000 words (each)
Throughout the teaching period30%

Final syndicate project equivalent of individual 1000 word assessment

  • 1000 words (each)
Week 1030%

End-of-semester examination

  • 2 hours
Hurdle requirement		During the examination period30%

Additional details

Ole Maneesoonthorn (January)

Chris Lloyd (April)

Danny Oron (June)

Tomohiro Ando (September)

EMBA:

  • Individual assignment (10%)
    • 500 words
    • Week 3
  • Quiz (20%)
    • 30 minutes
    • Week 4
  • Syndicate project
    • Report (1500 words, week 7) (20%)
    • Presentation (15 minutes, week 8) (10%)
  • Final Exam (40%)
    • Hurdle requirement
    • 90 minutes
    • End of subject

Last updated: 3 November 2022

Quotas apply to this subject

Dates & times

  • January
    Mode of deliveryOn Campus (Parkville)
    Contact hours30 hours
    Total time commitment170 hours
    Pre teaching start date 6 January 2020
    Pre teaching requirementsstudents are required to complete approximately 15 hours of readings to prepare for the subject during pre-teaching period
    Teaching period13 January 2020 to 19 March 2020
    Last self-enrol date 7 January 2020
    Census date24 January 2020
    Last date to withdraw without fail28 February 2020
    Assessment period ends26 March 2020
  • April
    Mode of deliveryOn Campus (Parkville)
    Contact hours30 hours
    Total time commitment170 hours
    Pre teaching start date30 March 2020
    Pre teaching requirementsstudents are required to complete approximately 15 hours of readings to prepare for the subject during pre-teaching period
    Teaching period 6 April 2020 to 11 June 2020
    Last self-enrol date31 March 2020
    Census date24 April 2020
    Last date to withdraw without fail22 May 2020
    Assessment period ends18 June 2020

    April contact information

    Melbourne Business School

    Degree Program Services

    Email: programservices@mbs.edu

  • June
    Mode of deliveryOn Campus (Parkville)
    Contact hours30 hours
    Total time commitment170 hours
    Pre teaching start date22 June 2020
    Pre teaching requirementsstudents are required to complete approximately 15 hours of readings to prepare for the subject during pre-teaching period
    Teaching period29 June 2020 to 3 September 2020
    Last self-enrol date23 June 2020
    Census date17 July 2020
    Last date to withdraw without fail14 August 2020
    Assessment period ends10 September 2020

    June contact information

    Melbourne Business School

    Degree Program Services

    Email: programservices@mbs.edu

  • September
    Mode of deliveryOn Campus (Parkville)
    Contact hours30 hours
    Total time commitment170 hours
    Pre teaching start date14 September 2020
    Pre teaching requirementsstudents are required to complete approximately 15 hours of readings to prepare for the subject during pre-teaching period
    Teaching period21 September 2020 to 26 November 2020
    Last self-enrol date15 September 2020
    Census date 9 October 2020
    Last date to withdraw without fail13 November 2020
    Assessment period ends 3 December 2020

    September contact information

    Melbourne Business School

    Degree Program Services

    Email: programservices@mbs.edu

  • September
    Mode of deliveryOn Campus (Parkville)
    Contact hours
    Total time commitment170 hours
    Pre teaching start date23 September 2020
    Pre teaching requirementsstudents are required to complete approximately 15 hours of readings to prepare for the subject during pre-teaching period
    Teaching period28 September 2020 to 30 November 2020
    Last self-enrol date24 September 2020
    Census date 9 October 2020
    Last date to withdraw without fail13 November 2020
    Assessment period ends 7 December 2020

Additional delivery details

This subject is only available to students admitted to GD-BA, MC-BAPT, MC-BAPTME, 294PN, or permission of the MBA course coordinator

This subject has a quota of 80 students. Students will be selected on a first come, first serve basis. However if any student is approaching their completion date, they will get priority in enrolment.

This subject is equivalent to BUSA90061 in MC-BAPTME

Last updated: 3 November 2022

Further information

Last updated: 3 November 2022