Course: Managerial Informatics I

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Course title Managerial Informatics I
Course code USII/EMI1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory, Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Jech Jakub, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Sein Yee Yee, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
MS Word as a word processing tool: - typographic rules; - styles, caption, cross-reference, table of contents, inserting objects. MS Excel as tool for data analysis: - editing and graphic layout tables, adressing, work with a large table; - basic work with functions; - creating and editing charts; - working with data tools; - pivot tables, conditional formats, summaries.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Methods of individual activities, Laboratory work
  • Contact teaching - 39 hours per semester
  • Preparation for a credit (assessment) - 10 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 56 hours per semester
  • Team project - 30 hours per semester
  • Data/material collection - 15 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to get acquainted with MS Word, the basics of typographic rules, and tools and functions in MS Excel at such a level that the student is able to use them effectively throughout the study and in practice.
A student who has successfully completed the course can: respect the rules of typographic rules; describe and explain the advantages of working with basic tools in MS Word; describe and explain the advantages of working with advanced tools in MS Excel; list and describe the possibility of processing a large table; explain the use of a PivotTable; describe a graph editing options; explain the use of each type of function in data processing; A student who has successfully completed the course can: apply typographical rules in word processing; be orient with MS Word tools; to effectively the use MS Word to process the final thesis and in practice; create and edit a table and a graph in MS Excel; use functions and data analysis tools; The student who has successfully completed the course is able to: to design the appearance and structure of the document; decide on the suitability of using MS Office tools to solve the tasks; independently design a data analysis process; to communicate comprehensively and convincingly with professionals and laymen information on the nature of professional issues and own opinion on their solution; independently expand your knowledge, skills and competencies in MS Office; summarize the views of other team members and implement them in the solution of the problem.
Prerequisites
Basic skills in PC, MS Excel and MS Word utilization. Principle of work in this product menu, configuration and help.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination, Home assignment evaluation, Systematic monitoring

Assignment: students have to submit all exercises (examples) in given deadline (and evaluation OK).
Recommended literature
  • ALEXANDER, M., KUSLIEKA, R. Excel 2016 Formulas. Wiley, 2016.
  • BUCKI, L. A. Microsoft Word 2013 Bible. Wiley, 2013.
  • WALKENBACH, J. Microsoft Excel 2016 Bible. Wiley, 2016.
  • WEIXEL, S. Learning Microsoft Office 2013. Pearson, 2013.


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