Essential Spreadsheet Modeling Course for Business Students

• Main Authors: LEONG, Thin Yin, CHEONG, Michelle L. F.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2009
• Subjects: Asian Studies; Higher Education; Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/216; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/1215/viewcontent/ORMS_200908_1.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Ask any student at the Singapore Management University (SMU) to name one of the most practical and useful courses offered by the university. The answer would inevitably include CAT. CAT stands for the "Computer as an Analysis Tool" course. Originally based on a course of the same title offered by the Wharton Business School, the focus of CAT was shifted to provide business students the essential practical skills and necessary "real-world" exposure to better use personal computers for resolving business problems. The course is basically centered on using the Excel spreadsheet to work on ambiguous ill-defined problems.