Specialist course

Data Governance

Big data, new management models, process solutions and analysis: use data as a strategic resource and establish successful data governance in your company.

What are the benefits of participation in the specialist course data governance ?

You will be able to create major added value for your company through data-driven optimisation and new management models derived from this.
As an executive, you will be made familiar with the basic principles of data governance and with its practical implementation as part of your managerial responsibilities.
You will be able to make use of the different options for data utilisation at the corporate level ("data strategy").
You will be able to identify and assess the technical, organisational and cultural requirements for the use of data.
You will learn the legal and ethical-moral frameworks relating to the use of data.
On this basis, you will be able to define tasks, skills and responsibilities with regard to data governance.
You will be aware of the options for the introduction of data governance in your company ("roadmap").

Factsheet

Degree/Certificate Specialist course
Duration 3 days
Schedule Thursday, Friday
Application deadline 6 weeks before start, later registration also possible if places are available
ECTS credits None / 3 ECTS-Credits

Costs CHF 1,800
Teaching language German, English
Location Bern, Schwarztorstrasse 48
Department Business
Next session May 2021

Contact

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Content + Structure

Portrait

Data governance as a discipline involves the establishment and development of value creation from data as a management task in all areas and at all levels of your company. As this is a cross-departmental activity, it also involves the development of the HR, organisational, technical and cultural prerequisites for the use of data, while at the same time ensuring that the legal and ethical framework is observed.

In this specialist course, executives will be able to comprehensively expand their skills in this field. This will be achieved by using practical examples and a consideration of the underlying concepts for the implementation of data governance in your own company.

Course objectives

You are a member of the management or board of directors or work in another managerial post - for example, that of Chief Data Officer or data steward - and are responsible for the use of data in your company or in one of its departments/subdivisions. You wish to make data governance part of the managerial responsibilities in your company. You will acquire the relevant conceptual and practical knowledge in data governance on three objective-orientated course days.

Training objective

On the specialist data governance course, we will be dealing with the following aspects:

The conceptual basis and objectives of data governance ("data value creation")
The legal and ethical-moral framework
How data governance works in the context of practical case studies
Systematic description of the tasks, skills, roles and responsibilities relating to data governance
Options for the introduction or further development of data governance in your company

Structure

This managerial continuing education course will enable you to develop the skills required to promote value creation using data available to your company. The focus will be on the development of a roadmap for the introduction of data governance in your area of activities.

Value creation from data as a company task: data economy, data value creation, data strategy
Basic tasks of data governance: generating the framework and conditions for successful value creation from data
HR, organisational, technical and cultural requirements for data value creation
The legal and ethical-moral framework
Options for the introduction or further development of data governance in your company or company division ("roadmap")

Methodology

The methods, concepts and theoretical principles will be taught by experienced and practice-orientated experts on the basis of case studies, group work and keynote presentations. In a positive learning-orientated atmosphere, the focus will be on each participant developing a roadmap for their own company. This means that there will be a direct link with your own professional activities.

A tried-and-tested blend of methods will be used on the data governance course:

Proofs of competence

Participants will be required to regularly attend classroom lessons and successfully complete all proofs of competence. The proof of competence will take the form of submission of an outline for the introduction or further development of data governance within the participant’s company and the subsequent presentation and discussion of the results.

Qualification + Title

Specialist course in "Data Governance”

All participants will receive a confirmation of participation. Participants who meet the admission requirements for studying at a university of applied sciences and who successfully acquire the proof of competence will be awarded 3 ECTS credits. These will be shown on the course confirmation certificate.

Lecturers

Our lecturers are proven experts with extensive practical and theoretical knowledge in their subject areas. They have at least a university degree plus many years of experience in higher education.

Prof. Dr. Sebastian Höhn
- Professor
- +41 31 848 44 26
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Address Berner Fachhochschule
Business
Brückenstrasse 73, 3005 Bern
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Prof. Dr. Sebastian Höhn
- Professor
- +41 31 848 44 26
- Show e-mail
Address Berner Fachhochschule
Business
Brückenstrasse 73, 3005 Bern
- See profile

Partner

Zetamind AG (www.zetamind.ch)
Swiss Data Alliance (www.swissdataalliance.ch)
Swiss Alliance for Data-intensive Services (https://data-service-alliance.ch/)

Requirements + Admission

You are a member of the management or board of directors or work in another managerial post - for example, that of Chief Data Officer or data steward - and are responsible for the use of data in your company or in one of its business units; you also wish to make data governance part of the managerial responsibilities in this environment.

Admission requirements

You do not need to meet any specific admission requirements to participate in this specialist course. If you wish to obtain ECTS credits, the general conditions for continuing education will apply: you will require a university degree or equivalent qualification and at least two years' professional experience. If you have any questions, please contact the study administration or the course coordinator.

General admission requirements (in German)

Language skills

German, English

Organisation + Registration

Participants will be required to attend on 3 days distributed over a period of around 4 weeks. The course will commence in May 2021. Each course day will consist of 4 topic-orientated sessions.