This free course will help you leverage the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) and build your understanding of the tools and applications available.

Before integrating AI into your business, you will review your organisational activities and assess your AI goals against your business goals and organisational policies.

You will also explore the importance of implementing AI incrementally to improve productivity and build digital capability within your business.

This course is proudly funded by the Queensland Government and delivered in collaboration with UniSC.

Who is this course for?

• Small and family businesses
• Businesses based in Queensland

How is the course delivered?

• One two-hour workshop each week for six weeks
• Delivered simultaneously online and in person
• All workshops are fully supported for online delivery. If you are not based near the onsite location, you are welcome to join online from anywhere in Queensland.

What will you gain?

• Practical strategies for integrating AI into your business
• Increased knowledge and skills in AI tools and applications
• Targeted assistance in key areas of your business operations
• Opportunities to network with like-minded business owners

Course overview

Module 1: Introduction to artificial intelligence and its benefits for business

Module 2: Reviewing your organisational tasks and activities

Module 3: Understanding AI tools and applications

Module 4: Integrating AI into product and service development

Module 5: Integrating AI into sales and marketing

Module 6: Integrating AI into finance and reporting

Meet the Course Coordinator

Dr Wayne Graham is a Senior Lecturer in Management. Wayne has developed a suite of business short courses in collaboration with all levels of government and stakeholders from a variety of industry sectors. The courses are co-designed, co-delivered and co-evaluated with industry representatives and government agencies. Funding for the courses has been provided by the Queensland Government. The courses are offered simultaneously online and onsite at various locations throughout the state.

Wayne has presented his research findings at national and international conferences and he has published his research in peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of Health Organization and Management, the International Journal of Educational Management, and the Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing. As well as working in higher education, Wayne has worked in the vocational education sector, the automotive industry and local government.