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Level 4 Diploma in Accounting and Business

Data Communication and Stakeholder Reporting

AB404 · Quantitative Methods in a Business Context — Week 11 of 16

CourseAB404
Week11 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Data Communication and Stakeholder Reporting

  1. Selecting reporting formats
  2. Executive summaries and financial dashboards
  3. Matching presentation methods to stakeholder needs
  4. Avoiding misleading data representations
  5. Preparing Executive Summaries | Episode 14

What you will be able to do

  • 3.3 Identify appropriate methods for communicating business and management data to stakeholders.

Activity

Start with this week’s video, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: identify appropriate methods for communicating business and management data to stakeholders.

Study materials

Videos

  • Preparing Executive Summaries | Episode 14 · YouTube · Alanis Business Academy · 17 min · for registered students
  • Excel Data Visualization Course – Guide to Charts & Dashboards · YouTube · freeCodeCamp.org · 70 min · for registered students
  • Charts Are Like Pasta - Data Visualization Part 1: Crash Course Statistics #5 · YouTube · CrashCourse · 10 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Principles of Data Science, ch. 10: Reporting Results · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 471–569 · for registered students
  • The Future of Business Reporting: A Review Article · PDF · Reading, article · for registered students
  • Business Ethics, ch. 3: Defining and Prioritizing Stakeholders · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 69–92 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Fundamentals of Business Data
  • Week 2: Essential Numerical Techniques for Business
  • Week 3: Cost and Pricing Calculations
  • Week 4: Financial Mathematics for Decision Making
  • Week 5: Tabular Data and Chart Construction
  • Week 6: Principles of Graphical Construction
  • Week 7: Plotting and Interpreting Management Graphs
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Descriptive Statistics for Data Interpretation
  • Week 10: Time Series and Trend Interpretation
  • Week 11: Data Communication and Stakeholder Reporting
  • Week 12: Applying Quantitative Methods in a Business Context in prac…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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