Course Description: This course teaches prospective management consultancy
practitioners conceptual, analytical and technical skills necessary to work efficiently and productively in a computerized business information environment. It focuses on the integrated use of software to add value to an organization’s decision-making processes. At the end of the course, the students are expected to demonstrate knowledge and skills in computerized business financial information use, analysis and presentation.
Topic Outline: Estimated No of Hours
1. Introduction of the relevance and importance of 1.00
financial information analysis and its presentation
2. Overview of the software 2.00
• Interface • Components • Properties
3. Uses of the program 2.00
• Academic presentation • For business analyses • Forecasting • Feasibility studies • Financial reports presentation
5. The use of dashboards in relation to FS Analysis and Advance Reporting 2.00
Presenting data visually Using visual data Setting-up visualization with: Embedded data Connected data
6. Dashboard designing and visualization 3.00
• Designing Xcelsius visualizer • Designing Excel workbench • Visualizing data with charts • Choosing a chart type • Chart component with: o a data range o data in series • Using play options • Using alerts • Distributing visualization