| SUBJECT CODE |
: DES2104 |
| SUBJECT NAME |
: MANAGEMENT INFORMATION I |
| SEMESTER |
: 4 |
| CREDIT HOURS |
: 4 |
| SCHOOL |
: School of Secretarial Studies |
| COURSE |
: Diploma / Diploma in Executive Secretaryship |
OBJECTIVES
The objectives are to:
- Appreciate the importance of accurate, comprehensive and timely information in the management process.
- Design questionnaire to collect information.
LEARNING OUTCOME
Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
- Evaluate the need for information within an organisation
and to develop the ability to organise, analyse and communicate
information (including quantitative information) for management.
SYNOPSIS
Unit 1 - Managing Management Information
- Data and information.
- Sources of information, internal and external.
- Functions and levels of management and managers' information requirements.
- Requirements of an information system.
- The use of Information Technology in the provision of management information.
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Unit 2 - Quantitative Methods
- The collection of data:
- The need for statistical data, and its collection.
- Data collection, including questionnaire design.
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- Presentation and Analysis of data
- Tables
- Pictorial representation: line graphs, pictograms, pie and bar charts.
- Central tendency
- Frequency distributions
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