SYLLABUS

1. Program description
1.1 University
1.2 Faculty
1.3 Department
1.4 Field of study
1.5 Study cycle
1.6 Program of study/ Qualification

Bucharest University of Economic Studies

Finance, Insurance, Banks and Stock Exchanges
Finance
Finance
Master
Financial Management and Investments

2. Course description
2.1 The name of discipline
Business Intelligence
Course Code
13.0215ZI1.1-0005
2.2 Professor for the course Prof. univ. dr. Victoria Stanciu
2.3 Professor for the seminar Prof. univ. dr. Victoria Stanciu
2.4 Year of Study I 2.5
I 2.6 Type of the
Exam 2.7 Type of the Mandatory
Semester
evaluation
course
3. Total estimated time (hours/semester of didactic activities)
3.1 Total number of teaching
3
of which:
2
hours per week
3.2 course

1
3.3 seminar/lab
activities

3.4 Total number of teaching

42
of which:
28
hours per semester (cf.
3.5 course
3.6 seminar/lab
curricula)
activities
Time allotment for individual study
Study of the lecture notes, course support, bibliography
Additional documentation (in libraries, on electronic platforms, field documentation)
Preparation for seminar/ lab classes, homework, referrals, projects and essays
Tutorship
Evaluation
Other activities: Work on the projects assigned at the seminar
3.7 Total number of hours for
108
individual study
3.8 Total number of hours per
150
semester (teaching hours and
individual study)
3. 9 Number of ECTS credits
6
allocated
4. Pre-requisites (if necessary)
4.1 curriculum
Data bases
Financial analysis
Microsoft Office applications
4.2 competences
Knowlegde and usage of compters:

14

hours
25
30
35
2
2
14

1. Computing skills
2. Spread sheets
3. Data bases create and use of data bases
5. Requirements ( if necessary )
5.1. regarding
Lectures take place in rooms with multimedia teaching equipment and
course delivery
Internet access
5.2. regarding
Classrooms equipped with multimedia teaching equipment and computers
seminar delivery
connected to the Internet and to the universitys intranet

Professional
competencies

6. Specific competencies acquired

C3 - Integration of theories, principles and methods specific to financial management of
multinational companies

7. Objectives of the discipline (outcome of the acquired competencies)

7.1 General objective of
Developing the skills on decision making:
the discipline
- Cognitive skills regarding the problems approaching
and searching the solutions;
- Methodological skills on relevant information
searching;
- Technical abilities related to the usage of the modern
IT tools and dedicated applications.
7.2 Specific objective of
Identifying the data needed in the process of business
the discipline
management, means of data synthesis and analysis; sources
of data.
Acquiring data organizing and storage methods and
specific technologies.
Acquiring exploitation techniques for data structures.
Developing the skills for information designing for
business management applications:
Technologies on information interpretation creating
knowledge.
Training on business intelligence applications provided by
recognized software vendors.
New technologies: knowledge management.
8. Content
Teaching
methods
- Presenting the objectives of the lectures and provided PowerPoint
8. 1 Course

Remarks
It is recommended

skills.
- Decision support systems for business:
Decision environment, decisions, models for
decision making process.
DSS: definition, characteristics, evolution,
classification.
Types of information systems systems integration.
Integrating DSS with the companys information
systems.
- Support technologies for decision making process:
Storage technologies:
Data bases ERP
Information data bases data warehouses, cubs,
hypercube.
Exploitation technologies:
OLAP
Data mining
Interpretation technologies:
Knowledge data bases artificial intelligence,
expert systems, CBR.
Knowledge management technologies.

presentation and
student
interaction
1,5 lectures

for the students to

previously read the
lecture support
material in order to
be able to interact
during class.

PowerPoint
presentation and
student
interaction
4 lectures

Idem

Domains using business intelligence (BI):

- BI for operational management (optimizing,
forecast, planning, budgeting);
- BI for middle management - dashboards, balance
scorecards;
- BI for top management: analyzing the business
environment, analyze of the companys position in
the market (SWOT, Porter).

PowerPoint
presentation and
student
interaction
3 lectures

Elements of information design for BI applications:

- Data design
- Rations/indicators
- Analysis criteria hierarchies navigation: rollup/drill down.
Dashboards
BI SUPPORT-applications:
SQL SERVER; SPSS; SAS; EXCEL;
SAP, ORACLE, SAS, MICROSOFT

PowerPoint
presentation and
student
interaction
2,5 lectures

PowerPoint
presentation and
student
interaction
2 lectures
Integrating BI applications with the companys PowerPoint
presentation and
information systems: BI competence centers.
student
interaction
1 lecture

Idem

Idem

Idem

Idem

Bibliography
Albescu F., Pugna I., Paraschiv D., Business information engineering - an approach in
integrating business & information technologies, Journal of accounting and information
systems, 2007
Albescu F., Pugna I., Paraschiv D., Business & Competitive Intelligence Tehnological
support for strategic management in a knowledge based economy, Revista Informatica
economic 4/2008
Albescu F., Pugna I., Paraschiv D., Cross-cultural knowledge management, Revista
Informatica Economica,Vol 13 nr 4/2009 ISSN 1453-1305, EISSN 1842-8088
Albescu, F., I.Pugna (2003), Management Information Systems & Decision Support Systems,
DualTech, Bucuresti
Turban, E., J. Aronson (2007), Decision support systems and business intelligence systems, Ed.
Pearson Education
Zaharie, D., F.Albescu, I.Pugna, V. Ivancenco (2001), Decision support system Datawarehouse, Olap, Data mining, DualTech , Bucuresti
IBM Global Business Intelligence Solutions (2006) Knowledge management overview,
www. ibm.com/bi
8. 2 Seminar/lab activities
Teaching
Remarks
methods
The students are
Requirements for lab activities and students final Debate,
using computers,
demonstration,
projects.
libraries of models,
Debate in regard with different work environments assisted
public data bases etc
individual work
facilitating decision support.
Models management systems Excel. Operational
research, dedicated software.
idem
Business activities modeling business processes Demonstration,
assisted
sub-processes, cost accounting model, inventories.
Business models financial accounting model.
individual work
idem
Budgeting, planning, simulations, scenarios,
Demonstration,
optimizing
assisted
individual work
idem
Demonstration,
- Designing a data warehouse multidimentional
assisted
conceptual model.
individual work
- Designing the hypercube associated to the data
2 activities
warehouse
idem
Homework,
demonstration,
assisted
individual work
idem
- Preparing strategies. Establishing objectives. Action Demonstration,
plans.
assisted
individual work
Bibliography
Albescu F., Pugna I., Paraschiv D., Business information engineering - an approach in
integrating business & information technologies, Journal of accounting and information
systems, 2007
Albescu F., Pugna I., Paraschiv D., Business & Competitive Intelligence Tehnological
support for strategic management in a knowledge based economy, Revista Informatica
- Data aggregation techniques.
- Preparing market benchmark.

economic 4/2008
Albescu F., Pugna I., Paraschiv D., Cross-cultural knowledge management, Revista
Informatica Economica,Vol 13 nr 4/2009 ISSN 1453-1305, EISSN 1842-8088
Albescu, F., I.Pugna (2003), Management Information Systems & Decision Support Systems,
DualTech, Bucuresti
Turban, E., J. Aronson (2007), Decision support systems and business intelligence systems, Ed.
Pearson Education
Zaharie, D., F.Albescu, I.Pugna, V. Ivancenco (2001), Decision support system Datawarehouse, Olap, Data mining, DualTech , Bucuresti
IBM Global Business Intelligence Solutions (2006) Knowledge management overview,
www. ibm.com/bi

9. Corroborating the content of the discipline with the expectations of the epistemic
community, professional associations and representative employers within the field of the
program
The contents are consistent with present curricula of prominent universities in social and economic
fields. In order to better adapt the program to the specific requirements of the labor market we
resorted to meetings with business professionals and analysts, graduated students implementing BI
applications, being familiar with problems concerning information modeling and customization of
standard BI solutions provided by major software vendors.
10. Evaluation
Type of activity

10.4 Course

10.5. Seminar/lab
activities

10.1 Evaluation criteria

10.2 Evaluation methods

Active debates based on

questions, comments and
examples
Assessing the students
knowledge

Evaluation of the students active

participation

Student involvement in
the lab activities and the
quality of the solutions

Evaluation of the students results

in lab activities

Practical skills acquired

Individual project

Written exam

10.3 Share
in the final
grade (%)

10%
40%

20%

30%
10.6 Minimum performance standard
- Accomplishment of a minimum set of requirements explicitly specified for individual
project.
- Minimum 5 in written examination

Date of syllabus
proposal

Signature of the professor for the

course

Signature of the professor for the

seminar

10.09.2013

Prof. univ. dr. Victoria Stanciu

Prof. univ. dr. Victoria Stanciu

Date of the approval in the

department

Signature of the Head of the department

12.09.2013