ACCURATE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY

PGDM
Academic Session: 2018-20
Term – I
Course: Computer Applications in Business Credit: Qualifying

Instructor: Mohit Agrawal E-mail: mohitgrawal@gmail.com

Course Outline
COURSE BACKGROUND AND LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

The organisations on one side are trying to give the best to their employees on the other side demand
higher productivity. In this age if we know how to work with accessible technology around us to gain
productivity, the employees will be able to manage their stress and meet demands from organisation.

Data driven decision making in business has grown enormously in the last few years, and today this
sector is a multi-billion dollar industry. This course covers the principles of business data processing
for decision making in business functions with specific focus on use of spreadsheet applications, text
processing and cloud based tools at an introductory level. This course is designed to help the
students:
1. Conversant with available IT tools required for productive managerial functioning
2. Able to operate effectively in collaborative settings in IT enabled processes .
Course Objectives and learning outcomes
a. To emphasise the significance of MS Excel based analysis as compared to traditional
tools in a cross functional environment.
b. To acquaint the students with the usage of various tools available in MS Excel for
business data analysis and make intelligent decisions based on facts and numbers.
c. To ensure that students are comfortable with the extensive use of application software
like Excel, Word, PowerPoint, cloud applications in all business aspects.
d. Planning, capacity management, Inventory management and project management

TEXT BOOK/REFERENCE BOOKS:

Walkenbach, John. Microsoft Excel 2010 Bible, Wiley India , 2013, ISBN: 978-81-265-
2664-2
PEDAGOGY:
The course aims at nurturing the natural inherent abilities in every student along with inculcating new
skills to meet present employability needs. Most of the objectives can be measured by observation
and practical exercise. Therefore an experiential pedagogy will be applied to develop the required
skill set. (Interactive teaching, Classroom training through communication labs, A/V techniques,
Role plays) The course strategy revolves around the three pillars of effective learning: Context-
Concept-Competence

CONTEXT - Each topic is preceded with a discussion on the business context and complexities to be
untangled while facing such situations in the real business word. The aim of this open discussion is to
familiarize the students with the objectives of including the said topic in the curriculum. The students
are thus able to adapt a macro view of the environment and provide a justification for the concept to
be discussed

CONCEPT: the core concepts, models and logic behind the topic in question are briefed to the
students. Care is taken while going through this phase so that the primary objective is not diluted

COMPETENCE: Based on the concepts discussed, real life case-lets are than provided to the
students for application purposes. The students are encouraged to logically evaluate the situations
provided before running into conclusions. More practice questions/situations are provided to students
for self-reading and practice

For any management graduate, working on spreadsheet solutions is considered to be a pre-requisite.

Based on the feedback received from my students in the last eight years and their experiences in the
industry, all CAM sessions are conducted in a WORKSHOP format

The students are presented with real life situations that require data analysis. As in a workshop, the
students are required to understand the situation provided and work out feasible plans to achieve the
laid down objectives

Self-learning and simulation based approach helps students to apply their skills in the real world.

EVALUATION SYSTEM

No. of Lecture hours per week: 4 Total No. of Lectures in the term: 30 Exam Marks: 100

Evaluation Parameters Marks

Attendance / Class Participation 10
Class Test 20
Mid-Term 30
End-Term 40
Total 100
SESSION PLAN:
S.No. Content
1 Introduction
2 Data handling applications-
MS Excel Introduction
3-4 Data handling applications -
MS Excel Basic Operations
5-7 Data handling applications -
MS Excel - Formula Basics
8-12 Data handling applications -
MS Excel- Conditional
Formulas
13 Class Test
14-16 Data handling applications -
MS Excel-Visualization
17-19 Text Editing Applications-MS
Word- Introduction
20-21 Text Editing Applications -MS
Word- References and
Citations
22 Class Test
23 Presenting Applications -MS
PowerPoint-Introduction
24-25 Presenting Applications-MS
PowerPoint- Graphics
26-27 Presenting Applications -
Animations
28-30 Collaborating Applications-
Cloud Applications
Objective Instructor
Course Introduction, Evaluation Mohit Agrawal
Introduction to MS Excel, Data
Types in Excel
working with Rows and
columns, Understanding Cells
and Ranges, Autofill Handle,
Date and Time, Writing a basic
formula, sorting and filtering
Understanding formula Basics,
entering formulas, using cell
references. Mathematical
Formulas(SUM, AVERAGE,
COUNT, MIN, MAX),
Referencing styles
Countif, Sumif, IF statement,
nested if, countifs
Creating charts, understanding
chart types, Data Visualization
using Conditional Formatting,
Spark line Graphics
Introduction to MS Word,
Creating professional documents,
page setup, paragraph options,
spelling and grammar check,
tables
Using citations and references
Introduction to PowerPoint,
Managing layouts, importing
images, tips for effective
presentation
Creating graphics, diagrams,
flowcharts
Creating and controlling
animations and visual effects
G-Suite, Docs, spread sheets,
presentations, sharing and
collaboration, Google forms