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MSc - Master of Science
Heriot Watt University - Edinburgh Campus
Full Time
Sep 2027
1 Year
Our MSc in Business Analytics and Consultancy provides you with a solid understanding of the theories and practices that underpin business analytics. You’ll gain an in-depth knowledge of Big Data and analytics and examine how these tools support managerial decision-making. You’ll also explore the principles of management consultancy and financial reporting, giving you a well-rounded understanding of the organisational context in which analytics is applied. This programme is aimed at graduates or those already in the industry seeking to deepen their knowledge and skills in business analytics and consultancy, enabling you to make strategic, data-driven decisions that drive success in complex and fast-changing business environments. Our close collaboration with an industry advisory board made up of business leaders ensures that our teaching remains aligned with current professional needs. This means you’ll graduate with the highly sought-after skills required across modern management roles, including business strategy, leadership, project and change management, quality management, and inventory planning.
Heriot-Watt University's Big Data Analytics course will give you the quantitative skills to extract, analyse and interpret information from large data sources. Real-world case studies will provide you with insights into how multiple advanced data analytics tools and techniques can be used to solve complex logistics and supply chain problems.
This course in Business Analytics will teach you how to use a wide range of analytical tools and techniques to solve real business problems and improve business performance. Increasingly employers expect management graduates to have practical data analysis skills to support decision-making in business.
A new course specifically designed for this MSc Programme by the highly reputable Professor Julian Randall. Honorary Professor Randall is a leading expert and author of Management Consultancy: The Role of the Change Agent and he has designed this course to provide our students with the tools and skills to effectively assess and advise companies on problem solving, change management and providing resolutions at all levels. Prof Randall has extensive experience in management strategies and specialises in change management in the public sector. By incorporating these four courses into this MSc in Business Analytics and Consultancy we will equip you with the tools and techniques expected of postgraduates in the fast-evolving, increasingly data-driven business environment. Through the completion of four further management courses all designed to broaden business analysis skills, from across the Edinburgh Business School portfolio, you will gain extensive knowledge in the current concepts, theories and practices of business management.
Our Network Analysis course is new for 2020; created specifically for this degree. Students will engage in seminars examining in depth the theory and methods of Social Network Analysis. Our course is tailored to focus on relevance of networks to social and business environments and built using the latest research in network science. Intertwined with examples from organisational studies, the psychology of teams, leadership and entrepreneurship are employed to demonstrate and elaborate on key insights. During the course we examine the core theoretical concepts and foundations of relational algebra that underpin social network analysis. We will critically review the key methodological tools for the analysis of networks in social science research and compare alternative research designs that employ SNA methodologies. A core element of this course is teaching methods of data collection and the operationalisation of research employing Social Network Analysis. This course will feature assessments in optimising team performance, alternative innovation strategies, building, maintaining and deploying personal networks. The research of the Centre for Networks and Enterprise directly associates this course, we will have guest lectures from current researchers from the centre during the semester. We will also feature guest lectures from Business Leaders from around the globe demonstrating network science applications in their field. During this course we aim to enhance our students personal networks, teach the composition and relational dynamics of teams and enhance their team leadership skills.
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