491739-HS2025-0-Business Analytics using Excel





Root number 491739
Semester HS2025
Type of course Lecture
Allocation to subject Business Administration
Type of exam Oral exam
Title Business Analytics using Excel
Description This course covers the design, development, and implementation of Excel-based decision support systems using various techniques from business analytics. The first part of the course consists of lectures and exercises, including an introduction to programming in Visual Basic for Applications, and a project; the latter consists of the development and implementation of a decision support system for a given planning situation.

«Quantitative Methoden der Betriebswirtschaftslehre», «Methoden und Anwendungen des Operations Research», or «Combinatorial Optimization» is a prerequisite. Students who have successfully completed an equivalent course should apply via email to bae.pqm@unibe.ch; please include an up-to-date sheet of grades and a syllabus of the equivalent course.

Please note that students should be able to implement a given optimization model in Microsoft Excel, use the solver add-in to find an optimal solution, and interpret the results.
ILIAS-Link (Learning resource for course) Registrations are transmitted from CTS to ILIAS (no admission in ILIAS possible). ILIAS
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Lecturers Dr. Tamara BiglerChair of Quantitative Methods in Business Administration 
Prof. Dr. Norbert TrautmannChair of Quantitative Methods in Business Administration 
ECTS 4.5
Recognition as optional course possible No
Grading 1 to 6
 
Dates Monday 22/9/2025 14:15-18:00
Tuesday 30/9/2025 13:15-15:00
Monday 6/10/2025 14:15-18:00
Tuesday 14/10/2025 13:15-15:00
Tuesday 25/11/2025 13:15-15:00
Tuesday 9/12/2025 13:15-15:00
 
Rooms Seminarraum 117, Hauptgebäude H4
 
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