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MC-X08
(PGDM-PT 2008-11 : Term-II)

Managerial Computing
(Resource Person from: Nu Star Solutions & Services, Bhubaneswar)

Course Outline


Objectives:

With the phenomenal growth of information technology, computers have helped all professions in being more effective. However IT plays different role for different professions. One of the key tasks of managers is decision making in functional spheres of managers. Hence, we use the computer in this course as tools, which help in modeling decision-making situations and provide insight into the complex situations at hand.

We use the popular managerial decision making tools such as spreadsheets, statistical packages to do the modeling.

Further, the students will have to learn about the state of the art in information technology and relevance of the same for organizations working for in decision making.

Pedagogy:

The course will rely on class room lectures for discussion on IT topics, exercises and cases for horning the skills at using computers in decision making situations.
Day Wise Schedule

Introduction to Information Technology
Day 1 What is a computer and components of a personal computer?
Concept of Hardware and Software, Computer architecture, Memory

Operating System
Day 2 Details about Operating System, Types of Operating System, Application Software,
Programmining software.

MS-Excel
Day 3 Introduction to Excel as office management software, Familiarizing with excel sheet.
Storing Data and formula on a sheet.

Day 4 Related Practical, Quiz - I

Day 5 Utilities of built-in functions in Excel application, Editing and Data Formatting on Excel Sheet.

Day 6 Related Practical

Day 7 Decision making on Excel sheet, Additional Cell formatting commands, Graph generation on Excel data

Day 8 Related Practical

Day 9 Concepts of E-Commerce
Additional Data management tools in Excel (Goal Seek, pivot table, data consolidation,
What-if Analysis)

Day 10 Related Practical, Quiz - II

Database Management System
Day 11 Database Concepts and Database Management System,

Day 12 Implementation of DBMS using MS-Access.

Related Practical

Networks, Internet & E-mail
Day 13 Concepts on Networking, Types of Network, Network Structure

Day 14 Internet & E-Mail

Day 15 Related Practical.
Created By: Bijoy Kar on 09/16/2008 at 08:50 PM
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