Class A · Certificate of Completion

Applied AI for Business

Productivity, Automation & Privacy

Practical AI applications in business operations, workplace productivity, workflow automation, AI-assisted document management, data security, and the implementation of private AI solutions within organizations.

Hours: 60
Weeks: 10
Live sessions: 20
Delivery: Online

Curriculum

Course outline

C01

AI Foundations, Business Use & Security Baseline

6 hrs

Learning outcomes

— Map workplace AI use cases and limits
— Classify sensitive data and apply a privacy gate

Live sessions

Session 1 · AI at work: value, limits, baseline
Map 5 office workflows; baseline document task; hallucination examples
Session 2 · Sensitive data and responsible AI
Classify 6 documents; cloud-v-local risk scenarios; privacy gate

C02

Prompt Engineering & Reliable AI Outputs

6 hrs

Learning outcomes

— Build reusable prompt patterns
— Verify outputs against sources and detect hallucinations

Live sessions

Session 3 · Professional prompting
Reusable prompt pattern; roles, boundaries, formats
Session 4 · Verifiable AI outputs
Source ledger; deliberate hallucinations; grounded responses

C03

AI-Assisted Documents, Email & Office Work

9 hrs

Learning outcomes

— Draft professional correspondence
— Extract requirements from Word/PDF packets
— Produce minutes and follow-up packages

Live sessions

Session 5 · Email / letter drafting
Draft and edit 4 client communications
Session 6 · Word / PDF information workflow
Extract requirements from mock contract/policy packet
Session 7 · Meetings and admin operations
Minutes, action tracking, safe follow-up drafting

C04

Spreadsheets, Data Analysis & Business Reporting

9 hrs

Learning outcomes

— Clean datasets and draft formulas with AI
— Build reproducible KPI dashboards
— Write evidence-based executive summaries

Live sessions

Session 8 · Spreadsheet preparation
Clean sample invoice dataset; detect structural defects
Session 9 · AI-assisted analysis
Formula reasoning, KPI charts, reconciliation
Session 10 · Management data reporting
Executive summary, limitations and review

C05

Cloud AI, Enterprise Controls & Privacy Decisions

6 hrs

Learning outcomes

— Compare enterprise vs public AI accounts
— Map permissions, data flows and approvals

Live sessions

Session 11 · Cloud AI platforms
Enterprise vs public accounts; privacy/terms review
Session 12 · Access and risk decisions
Permissions map; data flow; supervisor/IT approval

C06

Local AI & Private Organization Knowledge Assistants

12 hrs

Learning outcomes

— Install and license a local AI runtime
— Build a private, source-grounded knowledge assistant
— Validate privacy and hand over a runbook

Live sessions

Session 13 · Local AI install & license
Hardware checks; supervised runtime/model deployment
Session 14 · Offline document querying
Import sanitized Word/PDF; source-grounded Q&A
Session 15 · Private knowledge assistant
RAG concepts; document access; no-answer fallback
Session 16 · Validate privacy and support
Local network test; blocked permissions; handover guide

C07

Business Workflow Automation & No-Code Integration

6 hrs

Learning outcomes

— Map automation candidates
— Build approval-gated, logged automations

Live sessions

Session 17 · Map and create workflow
Trigger / action / human approval construction
Session 18 · Test and secure workflow
Failure tests; least privilege; audit trails

C08

Applied Workplace AI Capstone & Competency Demonstration

6 hrs

Learning outcomes

— Design and build a company-specific private AI assistant
— Defend it in a live demonstration and viva

Live sessions

Session 19 · Capstone studio
Requirements review; build prototype; verify safety
Session 20 · Final demonstration and viva
Present real-world scenario with synthetic data; scored defence

Assessment

Homework average — 50%
Final project — 30%
Final exam (multiple choice) — 20%

Pass: 70% overall and in each component, plus 80% live attendance.

Assignments

Security triage & data classification
Five-prompt portfolio & source check
Professional correspondence package
Verified spreadsheet & executive note
Cloud AI risk analysis
Private knowledge assistant evidence
Approval-gated workflow build
★ Final project: company-specific private AI assistant

Admission

— 19 years or older on the first day of instruction
— Documented English proficiency
— Pass a six-task basic computing readiness check
— Laptop with webcam and stable internet