Essential quantitative business skills

Overview

With the help of experts, you will use interactive exercises to learn the fundamentals of mathematics, statististical analysiscs, data science and finance, all applied to business.

The topics covered in this Essential quantitative business skills Professional Certificate in collaboration with Tecnológico de Monterrey - TecdeMonterreyX will allow you to obtain theoretical and practical training at the master's or postgraduate level to better understand the functions of business management; additionally, it will prepare you to continue your studies successfully by deciding to pursue a Master's Degree in Finance or an MBA at EGADE.

You will need prior experience using Microsoft Excel.

This program will provide you with the key concepts you need to make successful managerial decision makings in your company, both in the short term and in the long term. 

For example, to make financial decisions, monetary decisions or investment decisions, it is necessary to know the interest rate, opportunity costs, master financial models, know the capital budget and working capital, the value of money, risk management.analyze risk. In general, this program will give you the quantitative skills and problem solving skills you need professionally to be successful in real world making business decisions.

The program will also cover data science, which helps in making successful operational decisions and managerial decisions based on data analysis, for example, taking into account the information provided by the data you can determine the efficient use of resources.

Job Outlook

• One of the positions with the highest growth in demand in the coming years will be the one related to data analysis.
• About 85% of companies will adopt technologies such as "Big Data" analytics.
• Human resources will require a strategic repositioning of their roles and extended capabilities in data analysis and workforce analytics.