Excel for Business: Data Management
Whether you are streamlining workflows, uncovering insights, or preparing reports, mastering Excel unlocks a valuable skill set that is applicable across industries.
This introductory Excel course equips you with the essential skills to manage, analyse, and manipulate data effectively for business and professional use.
Through a practical, hands-on approach, you will learn Excel fundamentals - from navigating the workspace and formatting data to using formulas, cleaning and validating datasets, and applying foundational techniques for data analysis and visualisation.
Is this course right for you?
This course is ideal for individuals with little to no experience in Excel and want to learn how to manage, analyse, and interpret datasets. It provides foundational knowledge in Excel, focusing on building formulas and using essential tools to effectively work with and visualise data.
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Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Navigate the Excel interface, customise settings and manage multiple worksheets efficiently
- Learn best practices for inputting, editing and formatting data for clarity and readability
- Adjust, insert, delete and freeze panes to keep data structured and accessible
- Use formulas, including SUM, AVERAGE, IF, COUNT and LOOKUP functions to calculate and analyse data
- Organise data alphabetically, numerically and by multiple criteria to extract insights easily
- Create and customise bar, pie and line charts to communicate trends and patterns clearly
- Apply validation rules and implement best practices for data integrity
- Discover formatting shortcuts, templates and essential Excel functions to work smarter
For the full 2-day agenda download the expanded Excel for Business: Data Management Course Guide
Upcoming Courses
Upcoming Virtual Courses
Team Training
The Excel for Business: Data Management Short Course can be delivered as a Closed Cohort to ensure consistency, alignment, and immediate application in your workplace.
Bring your team together for a shared learning experience that delivers stronger engagement and a cost-effective, scalable solution for upskilling your workforce.
Delivery Modes
On-Campus Workshops – 2 days of face-to-face workshops
The benefits of studying in a classroom setting include being able to share first-hand experiences, ideas and questions with peers and our expert facilitators. You’ll study alongside like-minded people and strengthen your network.
Unless otherwise noted, AIM's On-Campus Short Courses begin promptly at 9:00 am and finish no later than 5:00 pm (Local Time).
Virtual Classroom - 2 days of virtual sessions
Utilising highly accessible digital capabilities, virtual classrooms provide the benefits of live learning — working with peers, asking questions with immediate answers from facilitators, and stimulating deeper discussions — with the flexibility of online learning.
AIM's Virtual Short Courses begin at 9:00 am and finish no later than 5:00 pm (AEDT/AEST).
Contextualising training engagements for your industry or organisation maximises relevance and increases the transfer of learning into the workplace. Develop team cohesion and achieve your specific business objectives through a shared, in-house learning solution.
AIM’s experienced learning designers develop both accredited and unaccredited learning engagements to build the critical competencies you need for success. Join over 500 organisations creating compelling and engaging AIM tailored learning solutions for industries including Government, Health, Financial Services, Mining, Manufacturing, Construction and more.
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By completing AIM’s Excel for Business: Data Management course, you will receive a certificate to recognise the high standard of learning and skill development you have attained. Print your industry-recognised certificate of attainment or share electronically to demonstrate your ever-growing value to employers and peers.
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Payment Options
We require full payment to be made upfront prior to attending the training. Payment options we offer include:
- Credit Card (Visa/MasterCard/Amex)
- Direct Deposit (EFT)
- Purchase Order
- Payment Plan - zipMoney
All students receive:
- Comprehensive course notes
- Free access to 3 x online short courses
On-campus students receive:
- Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea
- Internet access
- Please advise AIM when booking if you have any dietary or accessibility requests.
Requirements:
- PC or Mac
- A working version of Excel (2016 or later). If your version of Excel doesn’t have a feature, you can use the free web version of Excel Online
- Access to a personal or workplace Microsoft account (an email address and password that you use with Outlook.com, Hotmail, Office, OneDrive, Skype, Xbox, and Windows)
Virtual students will require the following:
- Computer or mobile device
- An internet connection (broadband/4G+ recommended)
- Speakers and a microphone
- A webcam
Our Facilitators
AIM facilitators are experienced practitioners with a robust mix of academic and practical expertise. We believe the education of the future managers of Australia to be a highly important task.
Who is better placed to teach the art and science of management than those with current, daily real-world experience?
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