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This course will equip you with the practical skills to design and structure decision-making models. Students will be presented with a design methodology and the associated modelling techniques necessary to build models that are clear to use, powerful in application and address specific needs.

The models may be financial models, decision-making models, costing models or operational models. Regardless of their purpose, the course will also equip you to visualise results in well-structured dashboards that adhere to the needs of C-suite professionals and organisational decision-makers.

The techniques covered will focus on Microsoft Excel and would benefit anyone who wishes to better understand, build, analyse or maintain Excel-based models. Please note that this subject is taught with reference to Microsoft Excel in a Windows-based environment. This is a deliberate choice to reflect the reality that the modelling profession works almost exclusively in Microsoft Excel for Windows. Students who choose to take this subject with Apple-based Excel environments should be aware that many instructions involve detailed key strokes and Ribbon references that may not easily translate to an Apple environment.