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Harvard Partners with 2U Inc. to Introduce Business Analytics Program
0With digital technologies becoming pervasive in all types of organisations, executives need to be fluent in how to effectively leverage data and analytics to drive business impact in both the business and operating model.
“By bringing together world-class faculty from Harvard Business School, the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Harvard Business Analytics Certificate Program will push the boundaries of innovation in terms of both scholarship and program delivery,”
It is in this backdrop, the Harward Business Analytics Program has been introduced for business leaders, including MBA graduates, seeking to update their analytics skills and learn new ways to analyse, interpret and take advantage of increasingly complex data across all industries.
The new executive certificate program follows a partnership between education technology company 2U Inc., the Harvard Business School (HBS), the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the Department of Statistics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
The participants will get exposure to cutting edge research on how data-driven business analytics impacts strategy, operations, marketing, people management and leadership. At the same time, they would also be able to develop core skills in the fundamentals of analytics, software design and architecture and data science. They will thus be able to take advantage of the opportunities that exist in a data-centric business environment, HBS said in a press release.
“By bringing together world-class faculty from Harvard Business School, the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Harvard Business Analytics Certificate Program will push the boundaries of innovation in terms of both scholarship and program delivery,” said Srikant Datar, Senior Associate Dean for University Affairs at HBS.
“Business analytics is an exciting emerging field and Harvard is uniquely positioned to collaborate across disciplines and geographies in pursuit of new ideas in this space,” he added.
Christopher “Chip” Paucek, 2U CEO and co-founder, said, “Our partnership with Harvard, one of the world’s most revered educational institutions, to jointly deliver a truly innovative business certificate is a powerful example of 2U’s leadership in working with universities to deliver programs that provide working professionals with the skills they need to succeed in today’s technology and data driven economy.”
The program will provide a flexible, top-flight online learning experience, eliminating the need for students to relocate in order to pursue business studies. The first cohort of students is expected to start classes in March 2018.
The Harvard Business Analytics Certificate Program will match the high quality and rigorous standards of other Harvard Business School programs. It will feature live, face-to-face online classes in an intimate seminar-style setting as well as engaging, interactive course content created by HBS, SEAS and Statistics faculty and delivered through the 2U platform. Students will participate in two on-campus learning experiences at the Harvard Business School campus in Boston, the release added.(Image Source: wikipedia.org)
