Course Name: XADCOMA
Course Title: Advanced Computer Management Instructors: Aquino, Bautista, Mariano and Sunga Required Text: Manuals provided by FASTTRACK INC
Course Description: This course teaches prospective management consultancy practitioners conceptual, analytical and technical skills necessary to work efficiently and productively in a computerized business information environment. It focuses on the integrated use of software to add value to an organization’s decision-making
processes. At the end of the course, the students are expected to demonstrate knowledge and skills in computerized business financial information use, analysis and presentation.
Topic Outline: Estimated No of Hours
1. Introduction of the relevance and importance of 1.00 financial information analysis and its presentation
2. Overview of the software 2.00
• Interface
• Components
• Properties
3. Uses of the program 2.00
• Academic presentation
• For business analyses
• Forecasting
• Feasibility studies
• Financial reports presentation
4. Details of the user interface 2.00
• Toolbars
• Components browser
• Canvas
• Property sheets
• Object browser
• Embedded MS Excel workbook
5. The use of dashboards in relation to FS Analysis and Advance Reporting 2.00
Presenting data visually
Using visual data
Setting-up visualization with:
Embedded data
Connected data
6. Dashboard designing and visualization 3.00
• Designing Xcelsius visualizer
• Designing Excel workbench
• Visualizing data with charts
• Choosing a chart type
• Chart component with:
o a data range o data in series
• Using play options
• Using alerts
• Distributing visualization
7. Dynamics of Dashboards 3.00
• Dynamic visibility
Creating multi-layer reports
8. Financial data analysis and presentation 2.00
9. The use of Xcelsius Present 2008 in analyzing further
financial data and their presentation 2.00
10. Financial statement analysis 2.00
Horizontal
Vertical
Trend
11. Forecasting – projected financial statements 2.00
12. Capital structure 2.00
13. Optimal capital structure 2.00
14. Leverage 1.00
15. Dividend policies 2.00
16. Feasibility Study 2.00
17. Aspects of the feasibility study 2.00
• Economic aspect
• Technical aspect
• Financial aspect
18. Presentation of the feasibility study 14.00
Total Sessions Express As Contact Hours 54
Recap
Identification of CPC Topics Covered in this Course Estimated Contact Hours
Accounting 24
Marketing 3
Finance 3
Management 9
Organizational Behavior 1
Human Resource Management 2
Operations Management 3
Legal Environment of Business 1
Economics 1
Ethics 1
Information System 27
Quantitative Methods/ Statistics 2
International/ Global Dimensions of Business 1
Integrative Experience 1
Total Estimated Contact Hours 79
