Course Outline of MBA 505 Spreadsheet Analysis Modelling -July -Dec 2021

UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA
Department of Management Information Systems (MIS)
Subject Guide and Course Outline
Semester Program Section Day Time Room

July-Dec –2021 MBA A TUESDAY 8:00-10:30 Google

B THURSDAY am Classroom
11:00-01:3
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Professor
Md. Abdul Hannan Mia, B.Com.(Hons), M. Com, PGD, MSc, MBA, FCMA, Ph.D.
Name Contact Address 3057 (MBA Building,
Eastern Wings)
Room No. Phone (O), 01772491591 (M)
E-mail hannan@du.ac.bd
9661920-79 Ext: 8115 & 8113

Course Details
Title Spreadsheet Analysis and Modelling
Course Code MIS 505
Credit 3
Applicability Compulsory
Pre-requisite (s) Computer Application in Business
WELCOME TO MANAGEMENT SCIENCE COURSE!!!
Objective of the Course
To provide in-depth understanding of various advanced topics of MS Excel so that at the end of the
course, the student will be able to understand and develop models using spreadsheet. Particularly,
students will be a able to develop structured and unstructured reports for routine and strategic decision
making.

Teaching Methods
To prepare the best grade business executives, it is important to have a holistic approach to learning &
solving real life problems. The instructor’s aim is to develop in students a level of confidence that will
help you to reframe the corporate financial management practices for becoming an effective partner in
value creation objective. Thus, an appropriate teaching method involves among others class room
discussion, presentation, & problem solving. Group assignment & individual assignment is also a viable
option for further our learning quest.

Subject Materials
Subject materials contains a text book and reference books. Student must buy the text book because they
must carry text into the class. Moreover, class lecture slides will be provided. However, detial will only be
available in the class lecture and in the referred text.

Text and Reference Books & other Materials Required

Textbook
Microsoft Excel 2019 Data Analysis and Business Modeling , 2019. By Wayne L. Winston Pearson
Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall
Computer
Desktop, laptop, tabs or smart phone having MS Excel 2016 or later version installed.

Other Materials
Must bring 4 ball point pens (1 Black, 1 Blue, 1 Red and 1 Green) and a calculator in each class.
Deviation to this standard may degrade your GPA.

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Detailed Subject Outline & Number of Expected Class: Tentative Schedule

Topic Heading Topic Details Book No. of

& Classes
Chapt
er

Introduction to Introduction to modelling. Modelling payroll TB Ch. 01

Basic expenses, payables, predicting number of 1
spreadsheet customers, writing correct PEMDAS Excel
modeling formulas. Change in price and effect on profit.

Range names, Name a range and to necessary calculation sum, TB Ch 02

Lookup average, pasting ranges in worksheet, projecting 2, 3,4,
functions, The revenues, expenses etc with growth rate. Calculate 5,6&7
INDEX tax, look up product price, effect of changed price
function, The and quantity sold. Write formula to find matched
MATCH information.
function. Text
and date
functions

Evaluating Calculate NPV, selection of project based on TB Ch 01

investments by cashflow even or uneven. Calculate IRR, MIRR. 8,9 10
using net present and other financial function. Circular references.
value criteria,
IRR, NPV

Mid Term Exam – 01

IF statements Use of if statement in various situation. The SUMIF, TB Ch 01

AVERAGEIF, SUMIFS, and AVERAGEIFS 12 and
functions 21

The Paste Moving calculated results to a different part of a TB: Ch 02

Special worksheet, easily manipulate worksheet data. Paste 14, 15.
command, specials, Transpose data in columns to rows and
Three vice versa, Transform a range of numbers by
dimensional performing functions. Set up a multiple-worksheet
formulas and workbook in which each worksheet has a similar
hyperlinks, The structure. navigate between worksheets.
auditing tool.
Sensitivity Calculating the effect on profit, revenue, and TB Ch 02
analysis with variable costs while changing price and other 17, 18,
data tables assumptions. Goal seeking command 19

The COUNT Count the number of cells in a range containing RB Ch 01

functions numbers, blank cells in a range. nonblank cells 20
in a range.

Mid Term Exam-02

The analytics What is analytics? predictive analytics, TB Ch 02

revolution prescriptive analytics? importance analytics. 28,29,30
Optimization, Profit maximization, cost
minimization

Data Validation, summarizing data by using charts, TB Ch 02

Validation, summarizing data by using descriptive 40-43
summarizatio statistics, Using PivotTables and slicers to
n, describe data
description and
presentation

Data Model What is the Data Model, why do I need to learn TB Ch 03

about it? Adding, removing, data to the Data 44-48
Model. Creating relationships within the Data
Model, create

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PivotTables, edit or delete relationships.

DISTINCT COUNT function.

Modelling data Estimating straight-line relationships, Modelling TB Ch 04

exponential growth, Correlation, regression, 53-64
ANOVA, MANOVA.

Making Bases of forecasts evaluation, daily forecast. TB Ch 02

probability GNP forecast, Forecast under different 65, 72
statements from scenario.
forecasts

Resampling to Call and put options, parameters determine the value TB Ch 02

analyze data, of an option, estimate the volatility of a stock based 78. 79
Pricing stock on historical data, changes in key parameters
options change the value of a call or put option.

Pricing Product pricing using tie-ins, Price elastic and TB Ch 02

products linear power demand curve. Demand estimation, 84, 85,
/determination profit maximization price of products and 86
of demand services.

Final Revision of the Course

FINAL EXMINATION
 Final Grade Submission

*Professor reserves the right of bringing changes in the course contents.

Students’ Evaluation and Marking Scheme

Students will be evaluated for a total of 100 marks in this course. The distribution will
follow the following pattern

Measures Weight

01 Continuous Assessment 15%

Attendance & Class Performance 05% MCQ and Quiz (2 * 2.5)
05% Class test/Assignments 05%

02 Term Paper & Presentation 15%

03 1st Mid Term Exam 15%

2nd Mid Term Exam 15%

04 Final Exam 40%

Total 100%

Numerical grades will be converted into letter grades according to following grading rules
accepted by the DU EMBA program.
Grading Policy
Marks Letter Grade Grad Point Marks Letter Grade Grad Point

80% + A+ 4.00 50% - <55% C+ 2.50

75% - <80% A 3.75 45% - <50% C 2.25

70% - <75% A- 3.50 40% - <45% D 2.00

65% - <70% B+ 3.25 Bello 40% F 0.00

60% - <65% B 3.00

55% - <60% B- 2.75

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Rubric for evaluation:

 Department of Management Information Systems
(MIS) University of Dhaka
MBA Program (12 th Batch)
Course Code: MIS 505 Assignment Code: XXXX Program : MBA Roll Number: XXXXXX Student Name: XXXXX

Levels Area Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4

You demonstrated the specified You demonstrated some You demonstrated considerable You demonstrated through
Knowledge knowledge and skills with specified knowledge, knowledge, skills knowledge, skills
limited effectiveness. You skills understanding of understanding of the contents. understanding of the
must work at the You have scope to improvise contents.
significantly improving learning contents. You must your comprehensive
in specific areas, as necessary, if work at You need to knowledge, skills
you are to be successful in the in work on understanding of the contents
the next step/ grade/course identified towards perfection.
comprehensive
knowledge, skills
understanding of the
contents to ensure future
success.

You used planning, processing,
Thinking and creative skills with limited
effectiveness. You must work at
significantly improving
planning, processing, and
creative skills.
You used planning, You used planning, You used planning,
processing, and creative processing, and creative processing, and creative
skills with some skills with skills with high degree of
effectiveness. You should considerable effectiveness. effectiveness.
work at improving these You still have room for
skills towards improving these skills
structuring of your towards structured and
thinking. well-thought-out thinking.

You expressed and organized your
Communication idea with limited effectiveness.
You must work at significantly
improving using vocabulary,
terminology of the
discipline to successfully
complete in the next
step/grade/course
You expressed and You expressed and organized You expressed and
organized your idea with your idea with considerable organized your idea with
some degree of effectiveness. You can high degree of
effectiveness. You should work for improving more effectiveness.
work for improving more vocabulary,
vocabulary, terminology terminology of the discipline
of the discipline to be in to be in the next higher step
the next higher step / grade/course
grade/course

You applied concept and You applied concept and You applied concept and You applied concept and
Application knowledge and skills with knowledge and skills knowledge and skills with knowledge and skills high
limited effectiveness. Made with some considerable effectiveness. degree of effectiveness.
connections with and between effectiveness. Made Made connections with and Made connections with
context with limited connections with and between context with and between context high
effectiveness. between context with considerable degree of
some effectiveness. effectiveness. You can still effectiveness.
Work on work on improving your
improving your application of knowledge.
application of knowledge.

Percentage 40-59% 60-69% 70-79% 80-100%

Achievement

Academic Honesty
Students are responsible for conducting themselves with honor and integrity in fulfilling course
requirements. Penalties and/or disciplinary proceedings may be initiated by the university against
a student accused of scholastic dishonesty. “Scholastic dishonesty” includes, but is not limited to,
cheating on a test, plagiarism, and collusion.
“Cheating” on test includes:
• Copying from another student’s test paper.
• Logging in online class but and do
• Working collaboratively in tests, which are supposed to be submitted individually. •
Using materials from unauthorized sources during a test by the person writing the test.
• Collaborating with another student during a test without authority.
• Knowingly using, buying, selling, stealing, transporting, or soliciting in whole or in part the
contents of an un-administered test.
• Bribing another person to obtain a test that is to be administered.
• Purchasing a test and submitting it.
“Plagiarism” means the appropriation of another’s work and the unacknowledged incorporation
of that work in one’s own written work offered for credit.

“Collusion” means the unauthorized collaboration with another person in preparing written work
offered for credit.

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Things to Remember (Grade Maximization tips !!!)

In a business educational institution, we all are stakeholders. I (as the service provider) & you (as the
service receiver or customer) have a great deal of responsibility in the delivery (co-production) of
education services to add value to the society. Any course offered by Prof. Dr. Md. Abdul Hannan Mia,
Department of MIS, and DU has its own merits & adds value to the stakeholders. Being students, your
motto should be acclimatizing yourself into the organizational environment in such way so that you can
add value in your corporation. Certain things therefore are very important to remember. Note that
non-performance of all the following issues will not affect your grade points but it surely will affect your
long capabilities negatively & will make you less compatible for challenging & turbulent corporate world.
• Attend all the classes. Do not ask ‘did I miss anything’ after not attending the class. Do not ask ‘will I
miss anything important?’ before attending the class. Be attentive in the class & be responsible for any
announcements made in the class. Consecutive absence of three classes will automatically displace the
student’s right to continue the course with me.
• Each student must take part in all the scheduled exams, tests, and surprise exams. No makeup tests will
be conducted. Failure to attend the classes will minimize the chance of securing good grades. Final
Exam dates will be declared at least 7 days beforehand.
• For unavoidable circumstances, which might make students participation in the exam uncertain only for
the scheduled exams, students must inform the course teacher at least 1 day before exam & 4 days
before mid-term exams.
• Any materials provided in the class should get copied by the students. The hard copy must be returned to
your professor. Read the text properly. Questions may appear in any exam form texts & assigned topics. •
Carrying of books & scientific / financial calculator or other educational aid as required by the course is a
must for every student.
• There will be a comprehensive project paper for students on individual or group basis. In case of group,
each group shall consist maximum of 3 members. If the students themselves can’t come up with their
own groups, the professor’s opinion will be deemed final in this case.
• Do not attempt to turn in assignment or term paper submission and presentation date. They are not
acceptable. Failure of following the submission date will earn 20% reduced marks. The topic & rules
for such project paper will be discussed in detail in any classes.

Avoid pet peeves:

• Do not hesitate to ask me questions. It probably means several others have the same question. Do not ask
the question to your neighbor.
• Wearing hat (for boys & girls), brass let (for boys) in the classes will be considered as uncivilized. (There
are relatively very insignificant numbers of business situation where wearing hat during business
meeting in the office / board room is considered as acceptable behavior). Remember you are or going
to be an executive. Your today will define your tomorrow.
• Please do not go for side talks, exchanging letters or other ugly non-senses. We have no right to disturb
others in his/her effort to learn. Don’t talk while the professor is professing or while others were asked
to talk, as you don’t appreciate others talking while you are making a point to your professor.
• Do not ask ‘are we going to get early today’. I want your money to be paid off fully. • Do not come late
or leave early. Neither your fellow students nor I appreciate such disruption. You expect me on time & I
expect the same behavior from you unless or until previously intimated. • Be decent in your dress codes if
not formal.
• Switch off your mobile completely when you are entering the class.

Remember my aim to make you understand that you must get the value for what either you or the
government have paid. You must add value in yourself to be competitive in your search for an
accomplished future. Any student can come to me for solving any of his/her problems within the office
time mentioned earlier or by making an earlier appointment.

Note: Don’t be so concerned about grades! It’s neither my property nor my parent’s property. I will
help you to earn it. Even if I will trouble you with lot of work I am sure that it will yield dividend!!!

WISHING YOU ALL THE VERY BEST!!!

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