COURSE OUTLINE- PGDM

Name of Course & Course Code

JSPP017- Proficiency in Business Tools-II

SECTION 1 – GENERAL INFORMATION

1.1 Course Faculty

Faculty Dr. Ganes Pandya

1.2 Level
Tick applicable Level

Foundation Core Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Practice

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1.3 Course Weight

Indicate the credit point weighting of this Course

Course credit points

1.4 Course workload

Using the table below, indicate the expected student workload for this Course.

Contact Hours Group Work Directed Learning Total Hours

Hours
10 5 15 30

1.5 Delivery mode

Tick all applicable delivery modes for the subject:
☒ Face to face on site
☒ E-learning (online)
☐ Blended (provide details)

1.6 Pre-requisites required for the Course, if any

Yes ☒ No ☐
If YES, provide details of the prerequisite(s) below:
Spreadsheet Modelling

1.7 Other resource requirements

Do students require access to specialist facilities and/or equipment for this subject (for
example, special computer access, and physical education equipment)?
Yes ☒ No ☐
If YES, provide details of specialist facilities and/or equipment below.

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 For all sessions, it is mandatory to bring a fully charged laptop with Excel and SPSS installed.

1.8. Linkage to Career Goals

Please fill the details
This course teaches the students advanced skills in the commonly used Microsoft EXCEL. The
course acts as feeder course to advanced courses (level-1 and 2 courses) running at JAGSOM
and which will help students to be industry ready. Through this course students will develop the
ability to create customized data Models by handling different data sets thus creating
spreadsheet Models. Being a practice-oriented course, hands-on exercises form a larger part of
the course.

Applicable for all career streams.

1.9. Alignment with Learning Goals and Learning Objectives

Aligned to:
Aligned to
GLG 5: Analytical Skills, LO 5.1: Extract Relevant Information,
GLG 6: LO 6.2: Proficiency in Business Tools

Where Assessed:

End Term, Project

1.10. Linkage to Multiple Intelligences

Tick all applicable options
☐ Verbal-Linguistic
☒ Logical-Mathematical
☐ Spatial Visual
☐ Bodily-Kinesthetic
☐ Musical
☐ Interpersonal
☐ Intrapersonal
☐ Naturalist

1.11. Linkage to IDEAS Framework

Tick all applicable options
☐ Innovation
☐ Design Thinking
☐ Entrepreneurial Attitude
☐ Automation
☒ Solutioning

SECTION 2 – ACADEMIC DETAILS

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2.1 Learning Outcomes for the Course

Learning outcomes for Course (Use Bloom’s Taxonomy as applicable)

Following are the major learning outcomes of this course:

1. Differentiate between datatypes and scales of measurement.

2. Use Excel and SPSS to clean data. Develop necessary skills to analyze, interpret and
convert the basic IT understanding in managerial scenarios into mathematical models in
excel and thus creating Spread Sheet Models
3. Apply database concepts, linking data across platforms in business scenarios and creating
Dynamic Dashboard for tracking Key performance indicators
4. Generate descriptive statistics to gain insights about the data
5. Summarize and visualize datasets.
6. Forecast using different data sets.
7. Apply business tools to solve problems of functional areas:
a) Marketing
b) Finance
c) Analytics
d) Human Resource

2.2 Assessment

Assessment task
When assessed -
Type * Weight
Session Week
Spreadsheet Model- Group Project
1. Model Improvement End of Course 40%
2. Real application by company
Spreadsheet Model- Video Submission
1. Content, visualization, and Usability in public domain End of Course 20%
(YouTube, LinkedIn) - 20 %
End Term Exam End of Course 40%
Total   100%

Grade Up:

Timeline for Grade Up: The Grade Up course has to be completed by the end of the next
Academic term in which student is studying the JAGSOM course. For example, if student is
studying PBT in Term-2, they have to complete the PBT-related certification by the end of
Term-3 in order to be eligible for the grade upgrade.

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 S.No Course Course Type Mapped Certification Course
Excel Skills for Business: Essentials
1 PBT-1 Practice Course https://www.coursera.org/learn/excel-
essentials
Data Visualization in Excel
https://www.coursera.org/learn/excel-data-
2 PBT-2 Practice Course visualization

Excel Skills for Business: Advanced

3 PBT-3 Practice Course
https://www.coursera.org/learn/excel-advanced

Group Project:
An application of Spreadsheet needs to be Generated for a Business Scenario
2.3 Session Wise Details
(Add Modules as Required)
Serial Session Topic Pedagogy Pre-
No session
Readings
Each Module has a structure that will be followed right through the course. For all sessions, it is mandatory to
come prepared to class after going through the relevant topic. Pre-reads and cases specified for the relevant
sessions should be read before each class.
For all sessions, it is mandatory to bring a fully charged laptop with Excel and SPSS installed.
Module 1: Data retrieval
Learning Objectives:
a) Lookup functions and Advanced formulas, Nesting
b) Conditional Formatting and its Uses
c) Index, Match and Offset functions

1 1 Lookup functions Hands-on using excel

Application of VLOOKUP Functions

2 2 Index and Match function Hands-on

Application of Index Match using excel

3 3 Conditional Formatting and its Hands-on

Application using excel

4 4 Functions Work on dates, time Lecture and

functions available in excel i.e., no of discussions +
days it takes to complete a task. Hands-on
using excel
5 5 Macro recording for relative
reference and absolute reference
Macro recording for updating data
set
Module 2: Processing of different datatypes: Date and Text data
Learning Objectives:
a) Date formatting
b) Text functions
c) Other basic Functions

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 Serial Session Topic Pedagogy Pre-
No session
Readings

6 7 Workday
Network day and its application
7 8 What if Analysis Lecture and Group Activities
Use the Goal Seek Feature discussions + Hands-
Custom Views on using excel
Scenario Manager
8 8 What if Analysis Lecture and Group Activities
Use the Goal Seek Feature discussions +
Custom Views Hands-on
Scenario Manager using excel

9 Applicatio Application
n Exercise exercise
1 and review
the
progress of
project.
10 Applicatio Application
n Exercise exercise and
2 review the
progress of
project.
11 Applicatio Application
n Exercise exercise
3 and review
the
progress of
project.
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2.4 Prescribed and recommended readings

Provide below, in formal reference format, a list of the prescribed and recommended readings
for the subject.
Reference Text:
1. Excel Bible 2010, John Walken bach.
2. Succeeding in Business with Microsoft Excel 2013: A Problem-Solving Approach
3. By Debra Gross, Frank Akaiwa, Karleen Nordquist.
4. Discovering Statistics Using IBM SPSS Statistics 5th Edition
5. A Handbook of Statistical Analyses using SPSS, Sabine Landau and Brian S. Everitt

Recommended Articles:
6. Advanced Excel Essentials Paperback – Import, 14 Nov 2014, by Jordan Goldmeier (Author)

Recommended Cases:
7. https://developer.ibm.com/data/spss/getting-started/

Recommended Internet Links:

8. YouTube Channel: ExcelisFun

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 List of Application Exercises:

Sl.No Module Objective of

Number the Exercise Application Exercise- Questions and Details

1 Module 1 Create a Creating a Model for Gate entry / exit.

Data Retrieval customized Every entry and exit in a business are noted in a logbook, be it a
Logbook student leaving or entering a Hostel, be it a product being entered
into the inventory and sold out, be it a vehicle that enters a service
station and exits after the service. Creating a Template to track
these job requirements would reduce a significant workload when
reports are required at the end of the day.
2 Module 2 Creating a Assignment Tracker
Processing of customized Assignments are given to different groups of Students in a course.
Different course activity Each group needs to submit multiple submissions for continuous
datatypes: tracker assessments. An assignment tracker would track the multiple
Date and text project work and generate the list of groups who have submitted
data and who need to submit.

3 Module 2 Creating Customized display of Timetable (Using developer Tools)

Processing of Customized Customized and user-friendly Visualization is a must for
Different Display presentation. Every school has a different timetable that caters to
datatypes: many diverse student bodies. An excel model that displays dynamic
Date and text view for different sections of students would be an added
data advantage.

4 Module 3 Creating a Data A Gas Agency data Model

Power Pivot Model for a Gas A gas agency caters to different regions of a city. Customers are of
and Data Agency different types namely subsidized, Private business Caterers,
Model Industrial users etc. to name a few. Agency has many delivery
employees who have designated regions. A data model is to be
generated based on a Database of customers, delivery boys,
regions.

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