Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

Post Graduate Program in Management

Spreadsheet Modeling

Instructor : Vivek Gupta Term-VI, 2013-14
Session(s) : Ten oI 1.5 hrs. each Credit : 0.5 (halI)
1. Objectives and Scope:
With today`s technology, companies are able to collect tremendous amount oI data with relative
ease. In Iact many companies have more data than they can handle. Operationally this calls Ior a disciplined
thinking process that involves capturing, transIormation, abstraction, design oI alternatives, to approach a
decision making situation. However, the data are usually meaningless until they are analyzed Ior trends,
patterns, relationships and other useIul inIormation. All managers need to analyze data and make
quantitative and logic based decisions in their job. Use oI computer based models can help a decision maker
immensely in all oI these.

The prime objective oI this course is to enable the student to develop capability in generating
insights via modeling in a wide range oI realistic situations. This course oIIers hands on, example based
approach and introduces Iundamental concepts using the spreadsheet soItware MicrosoIt Excel.

This course will allow you to become a Excel power user and developer oI spreadsheet based
decision support tools Ior commonly Iaced managerial decision making problems. You will learn using
VBA macro programming how to conduct 'what iI? type analyses, use advanced spreadsheet Ieatures such
as pivot tables, statistical and Iinancial analysis Iunctions, internal database Ieatures, querying external data
sources, graphical data display, risk analysis and simulation.

2. Textbook and Readings:
1) VBA for Modelers by S. Christian Albright (CA), 3rd ed, South-Western Cengage Learning, 2010
(http://kelley.iu.edu/albrightbooks/VBAHome.htm)

3. Evaluation:
End-term exam : 70
Quizzes/Assignment : 30

4. Session Details:
Session Topics Reading(s)

1-3 VBA Development in Excel
Ch 1-4(CA): Introduction, Excel
Object Model, VB Editor
and Recording Macros
4-6 VBA Programming Fundamentals - I
Ch 5-7(CA): Variables, Objects,
Formulas, Ranges and
Control Logic and Loops
7-9 VBA Programming Fundamentals - II
Ch 9-13(CA): Arrays, Subroutines,
User Forms and Error
Handling, Working with
Files and Folders
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