IBS Hyderabad (Academic Year – 2020-21)

Course Handout

Course Code : FHOT601

Course Title : Syndicated Learning Program -1 (SLP -1) Semester: I
Faculty Name : Room No:
Consultation Hours (Day/time) :
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Course Description:
The Syndicated Learning Program helps the student gain knowledge and skills in the fundamentals of business
communication, analytical abilities using relevant software tools and personality development necessary for
success in careers at the end of the two year business management course.

Course Objectives
At the end of the course, students are expected to:
• To understand the gaps in the English language/ business communication (ELPT 1)
• To focus on improving those gaps (both oral and written components)
• To apply business vocabulary in the communication through reading business newspapers/
magazines
• To measure the learning of the concepts through ELPT 2 and other assessments
• Analyze and solve business problems using tools such as Excel and SAS

Course Material: Electronic and Web resources/ News articles (current affairs)/ Grammar tests (online and books)

Course Outline
Session Topic / activity Additional
No. notes
1 Introduction – Importance of Business Communication SS faculty
2 Parts of Speech/ Subject verb agreement SS faculty
3 Active and Passive Voice SS faculty
4-5 JAM SS faculty
6 - 10 Panel discussion – Theme – Six Thinking Hats (Test – II) SS faculty
11 - 12 English tenses – Specific for business communication – SS faculty
Past tense, Present perfect tense and Future tense
13 Test I English Language Proficiency Test - I
14 – 15 Paragraph writing , current affairs and Report writing – SS faculty
(Test III)
16 - 18 Current Affairs Analysis (Team) – Oral presentation and Short SS faculty
report presentation
19 - 20 Basics of CV and Covering Letter SS faculty
21 Test II : English Language Proficiency Test - IV SS faculty
22 Feedback and debrief SS faculty
23 Overview of MS Excel Operations
Faculty
24 Conditional formatting, Name Manager, Cell Referencing Operations
Faculty
25-26 More about Functions Operations
• Mathematical Faculty
• Financial
• Statistical
• Text functions, Date-time functions
Lookup functions (VLookup, HLookup, Match and Index)
27 Operations
Presentation: Sort, Filters, Charts.
Faculty
 IBS Hyderabad (Academic Year – 2020-21)
28 What-if analysis Operations
a. Data Table Faculty
b. Scenario Manager
c. Goal seek
29 Introduction to SAS Operations
• Import data Faculty
• Create data in SAS
• Inbuilt library

30 Operations
Cross Tabulation, Summary statistics
Faculty
31 Operations
Graphs in SAS
Faculty
32-33 Analysis of Variance using SAS Operations
• One-way ANOVA Faculty
• Two-way ANOVA

Evaluation

The SLP in semester I is a noncredit course but is an important prerequisite to gain the required knowledge and
skills. Based on performance during the course students will be marked as ‘Satisfactory / Unsatisfactory” that will
be reflected in the Grade Sheet. Results of student performance will be shared with Parents/ guardians.

Component Component Expected slot / Marks Weightage

Number due date declaration by
Class Participation 1 5
Test I 2 10
Test II 3 10
Test III 4 15
Test IV 5 10
Total 50
Remaining Tests Operations Faculty 50

Instructions

It is mandatory for every student to maintain the prescribed attendance without which performance assessment
will not be recorded and graded.

Expectations from Students

a. Students must report to the respective sessions well before the announced time. Latecomers will not be
permitted to join the class after the scheduled time. If late, the attendance for that session will be
marked as absent.
b. Read the Case Study / material well prior to the class discussion. He/she is also expected to read the
chapter indicated in the course plan as the faculty directs.
c. In the class discussion student is expected to participate actively and contribute to individual and group
learning. Evaluation is based on active participation.

Brief profile of the Faculty Member