Indian Institute of Management Sirmaur, H.P. 1IM SIRMAUR Master of Business Administration (MBA) Course Outline TITLE OF THE COURSE: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CONCEPTS MBA: VI Term: 1 Year: 2020-21 Instructor: Prof. Shashi Kant Srivastava _ E-mail: shashikant srivastava@timsirmaur.ac.in Office: First Floor, Faculty Area of Academic Building, 11M Sirmaur Office Tel: +91 Course Credit: 0.5 10 sessions of one and half hour each Online consultation time for students ~ 8.00AM ~ 10,00AM every Saturday during the term (meeting link will be forwarded to students’ previous night) Software to be used: Microsoft® Excel® 2010 or above. COURSE DESCRIPTION This key objective of the course is to learn about the importance of Information Technology (IT) in running, disrupting, transforming, and building the business. Further, this course provides a basic grounding and understanding of Information Technology (IT) concepts and data skills necessary for business managers. In 21% century’s technology driven world, with upcoming technology such as machine vision, Al, 1oT, and Blockchain; companies are bound to transform their existing business processes and contrive a new ‘model to run it. To run the present business, data has emerged as the most valuable asset of companies. Presently, companies can collect voluminous data with relative ease. In fact, many companies have more data than they can handle, Operationally, this requires a disciplined approach for capturing, transforming, and abstracting data to make efficient and effective decisions. Data become more meaningful when it is analyzed for trends, patterns, relationships, and other useful information. All managers need to analyze data and make quantitative and logic-based decisions in their job. Use of computer-based models can immensely help a prospective manager to accomplish his day to day task efficiently. One of the major objectives of this course is to enable the participants in understanding the IT, its innovative business application, and relevant business concepts. IT also develop capability in generating insights via modeling in a wide range of realistic situations. This course offers hands on, example-based approach and introduces fundamental concepts using the spreadsheet software ~ Microsoft Excel. COURSE OBJECTIVE Enabling managers to understand and apply. ‘© Understanding the importance of IT in business ‘+ Familiarizes students with the applications of MS Excel in the backdrop of disruptive IT change ‘Problem solving and decision-making using Excel ‘© Developing a spreadsheet project related to a business issue Page |10f3COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES By the end of the course the student should be able to: 1) Appreciate information Technology concepts and its business value 2). Visualize the evolving business forms with new disruptive technologies 3) Effective management of the business data 4) Appreciate the role of MS- Excel in solving business problems 5) Develop a decision support system using MS-Excel 6) Build an effective presentation of business data 7) Perform What if analysis: Goal seek, Scenario Manager, Data Table 8) Generating and presenting reports using Pivot Tables and Subtotals 9) Summarizing and presenting data in one worksheet from multiple worksheets 110) Securing worksheets while sharing ALIGNMENT OF INTENDED PROGRAM & COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES SN. | Programme Objectives Course Learning (CL) outcomes 1 _| To acquire knowledge and skills in key functional areas cLi2 2__| To internalize the knowledge and skills in key functional areas cL34 3 Tointegrate and apply business knowledge CL5.6.7.8.9 ‘4 To develop a global perspective cL2 5 To inculcate values of professionalism, ethical leadership, and cL12 | social responsiveness. . I = , 6 | To master relational and interpersonal communication skills cL89.10 REQUIRED COURSE MATERIALS AND READINGS TEXTBOOK. Gross et al, Succeeding in Business with Microsoft Excel 2013, Cengage Learning, All the supporting cases will be provided by the programme office. EVALUATION Exams: There will be one end term examination. There will be one quiz. Before each class there will be an exercise and group assignment to remain prepared for class discussion. After each class there will bejan assignment based on the session’ learning. GRADING SCHEME, End Term Exam (fixed) 50% ‘Quizzes, 15% ‘Assignments (Individual/Group) 20% Class Participation/Activities 15% Total 100% Page |2of3ACADEMIC DISHONESTY IM Sirmaur believes in Academic honesty. Academic dishonesty or misconduct is unacceptable conduct related to an academic activity. It is a violation of trust between the Institute and its stakeholders. Plagiarism, fabrication, deception, cheating, and sabotage are examples of unacceptable academic conduct. Please consult the MBA Manual for more on the section on academic dishonesty. COURSE SCHEDULE Session | Topics to be Required Readings ‘Assessment covered in the course Criteria T-2__| FT Concept, Basic Mathematical | Reading: Discussion! Operations in MS Excel 1. Srivastava, SK. (2020). Agricultural Class Understanding IT and its importance | automation: stretegic dilemma of a | Participation’ in business, SUM, PRODUCT, rich Indian farmer. IM Sirmaur Case | Practice SQRT, EXP, LN, and study number 2020-001 exercise SUMPRODUCT, forecasting 2, Maclean, K, (2016). Basic functions with the help of MS Excel ‘Mathematical Operations in MS Excel, Ivey Case, W16404 3-4 | Business Data Management Reading: Practice ‘and Decision Support Systems (DSS) |1. Li, D. (2011). A Few Excel and VBA | exercise using Excel, IF, COUNT and ‘Tips: Data Validation Tool, Offset COUNTIF, RAND, SUM, SUMI ‘and Vlookup, Dynamic Charts, Form MIN, MAX and AVERAGE, Lookup | Controls, Pivot Tables, VBA Help functions (VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP), | Ivey Case, W11300 Text, Date and time functions. 5-6 | IT Adoption Theory applying Reading Discussion! Demand forecast, Index, Match, NPV, |1. Gourville, John T. "Note on Class sensitivity analysis, reference p Innovation Diffusion: Rogers’ Five | Participation’ for NPV, IRR, PMT functions, Pivot | Factors." (2005), HBS Case, 9-505- Practice tables, conditional formatting 075, exercise 2. Gounville, J.T. (2019). Four products: Predicting diffusion, HBS Case, 9-520-012, 7-8 | New IT Concepts, Machine Vision, | Reading: Discussion? Al, loT, and Blockchain Table 1. Youngdahl W.E, & Hunsaker B.T. Class generation using formulas, what-if "Coda Coffee and bext360 Supply | Participation! analysis: one-way and two-way data | Chain: Machine Vision, Al, loT, anv | Practice table, goal seek, scenario manager. Blockchain." (2018), Thunderbird exercise Case, A9-10-0012(TB0539). 9-10 | Skilland Competency Mapping | No additional reading is required for | Presentations using Real Life Business issues Project Presentation by each group for approximately 15 minutes. these classes; however, the reading of previous sessions is helpful for these two classes Page |30f3