Program Overview

Program Overview

The Business Analytics: Decision Making through Excel program is designed to equip participants with fundamental theory and skills to capture business insights from data for decision making using Excel Spreadsheets. This course prepares participants to make correct decisions timely on the basis of the data on hand, representing the future of best practices for tomorrow’s companies.

Program Details

• Duration: 8 evenings over 4 weeks
• Next Run: 14 Jan 2026
• Fees:
  • SGD 3,106.50 (incl. GST)
  • SGD 361.95 (after MAX Funding*)
• Venue: Live Online (every Wed & Fri, via Zoom)

Program Outline

The program consists of 8 online sessions:

1. Online Session 1: Data Intelligence: Use Excel formulae and cell referencing, conduct basic summary of data
2. Online Session 2: Pivot Table analysis: Use Pivot Tables in Excel to stratify data, use Pivot Charts to visualize data
3. Online Session 3: Foundation of Decision Making under Uncertainty I: Compute conditional probabilities, understand and use Bayes’ rule
4. Online Session 4: Foundation of Decision Making under Uncertainty II: Concepts of random variables, differentiate between discrete and continuous probability distributions
5. Online Session 5: Introduction to Simulation Modelling: Use Excel to simulate a variety of random variables, carry out Simulation to analyse business decision problems
6. Online Session 6: Decision Trees: Illustrate a decision tree and its power in decision making, use decision tree to make business decisions under uncertainty
7. Online Session 7: Introduction to Linear Optimization: Formulate a Linear Programming (LP) mathematical model, solve the optimal solution of an LP using Excel solver
8. Online Session 8: Introduction to Discrete Optimization: Construct binary constraints, logical constraint formulation, big-M notation, review & assessment

Faculty

• yi-liang tung, Lecturer, Analytics & Operations

Who Should Attend

The course is suitable for those who are interested in business analytics without any prior knowledge. Specifically, the course assumes that participants are new to the Analytics field without any programming and probability concepts, and will introduce Microsoft Excel to them as the main computing software.

The NUS Executive MSc in Management (EMIM)

This course is one of the gateway courses required for admission to The NUS Executive MSc in Management (EMIM). The EMIM program is designed to empower and equip mature learners from diverse educational backgrounds with the latest knowledge and essential management skills.

Program Details for EMIM

• Duration: 24 Months
• Format: Hybrid-Learning, Executive-friendly format
• Admission Criteria: A prior bachelor’s degree is not mandatory for admission
• Who is this programme for?
  • Small/medium business owners looking to acquire formal education
  • Former civil servants looking to transit into the private sector
  • People who have done well in business without any formal training and are looking to further develop their skills or credentials to grow
  • The middle-aged career candidates that would like to attain a degree
  • People who are in transition from career sabbatical and back to professional life
• Learning outcomes of the programme:
  • Gain a holistic perspective of business operations, corporate finance and accounting, and the key drivers of firm performance as well as the interrelationships among them
  • Learn about the key themes on qualitative and quantitative components of management, strategy making and execution, and facilitating them in organisations
  • Develop skills in data-informed analysis
  • Communicate and work collaboratively in teams to solve challenging problems
  • Develop sensitivity to stakeholders’ requirements and learn to work towards meeting them

Dates and Fees

• Date: 14 Jan - Feb 2026
• Venue: Live Online (every Wed & Fri, via Zoom)
• Fees:
  • SGD 3,106.50 (incl. GST)
  • SGD 361.95 (after MAX Funding*)

Pre-Requisites

This course assumes a very basic level of comfort with Microsoft Excel. Participants should be able to import data, sort it, and perform simple functions such as addition, multiplication, division, and creating tables in Excel.

Funding

This programme is eligible for subsidies under SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG). Singaporeans or PR can enjoy up to 70% or more subsidies.

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