Overview

People analytics (or human resource or workforce analytics) are practices relying on the analysis of complex data on people, processes, performance, or markets, that are used to support organisational decision-making.

This field has been enabled and expanded by the digitalisation of big data and the growth of AI. It allows people management professionals to move beyond historical HR metrics, benchmarking and labour market analysis. People analytics generates new insights from existing data though the use of descriptive, visual, predictive and narrative analytical techniques.

Through the Graduate Certificate in People Analytics, you will develop a deep, practical grasp of the challenges of managing people and organisations in a changing and complex world, marking yourself as highly valued strategic advisor.

Specifically, and drawing on rigorous, current theory, you will build your skills to plan, attract, develop, retain and reward a workforce. Based on evidence about work, workers, industry and context, you will build competence in various quantitative and qualitative analytical techniques. You will be enabled to generate insights and shape recommendations for action, within a strong ethical and professional framework.

Why choose the Graduate Certificate in People Analytics at RMIT?

Expert educators

Gain expertise from world-leading academics and industry professionals from a range of organisational settings.

Real-world applications

Discuss your learnings with industry professionals, who'll share how they use people analytics to inform management decisions.

Intensive, hybrid delivery

Benefit from block teaching, available for select subject offerings, and learn without disrupting your career.

If you have a background in HRM, this certificate will develop or strengthen your people analytics skills, enabling you to work with confidence with data analytics experts.

If you have a background in business, IT, data science or analytics, you will develop your HRM knowledge and expand your capacity to act as a trusted advisor on people management.

Details

This graduate certificate will enable you to explore the trends, opportunities and ethical challenges in the discipline of human resource management and people analytics.

You will navigate key themes including effective and evidence-based people management, business and organisational analytics, qualitative and quantitative research strategies, descriptive and inferential data analysis, data visualisation, AI, big data and the future of work, and professional ethics.