Module number: U51001

Module title: Key Business Competences

Contents

Module introduction 1

Semester plan synopsis 2

Module syllabus 3

Week 1 – Module Introduction 7

Week 2: Operations with numbers 8

Week 3: Understanding Data 16

Week 4 – Charts and Graphing in Excel 31

Week 5 – Summarising data 45

Week 6 Reading Week 57

Week 7 & 8 – Principles of elementary modelling 58

Week 9 & 10 – Financial Modelling (1) 69

Week 11 & 12 – Financial Modelling (2) 81

Week 13 – Modelling and Data handling in business 97

Week 14 – Revision Week 107

Week 15 – In-class Test 108

Assessment details 109

Regulations 110

A note on equal opportunities and diversity 114

Module introduction

Introduction

This module ensures that all students have the necessary numerical skills to proceed with the rest of their degree in Business and related fields. As a compulsory module it must be passed and a maximum of three attempts can be made to pass it, with a resit opportunity for each attempt.

Past student comments on the module

“Yes it is really enjoyable – I liked the course”

“The lecturers are very helpful and friendly”

“The handbook is really informative”

“Very clear and well explained”

“It is very interesting but at the same time very complex”

“Maybe make the lectures and seminars more interactive”

“Quickly go over the initial mathematics and spend more time on the more complex parts of the module”

“Good resources and good lecture notes”

“Useful module in real life”

Module leaders’ contact details

Name: Gaurav Tripathi

Telephone: 0124 4014165 (ext. 116)

eMail: gtripathi@iimtobu.ac.in

Semester plan synopsis

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