Ateneo - UPO

- Creation of well-structured reports- Graphical data representation- Data processing and interpretation

R. Candiotto - S. Gandini, Business Information Management con Excel, Maggioli, 2018Material uploaded to DIR

1. Knowledge and understanding. At the end of the course, students will be able to: identify the characteristics of individual productivity tools; appreciate the benefits that can be found from the use of individual productivity tools within the company, with particular reference to the HR area; evaluate the opportunities offered by technologies in management processes typical of the HR area and in the evaluation of HR performance. 2. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding. The assimilated knowledge will be essential to actually use the individual productivity systems for carrying out typical activities of the HR area. This will also facilitate the acquisition of the ability to: process data to obtain significant initial information and representations of the analized company events; interpret the data with formulas and functions to obtain relevant information to support the typical activities of the HR area; use models and graphical representations to perceive the consequences of the choices made; manage the data to obtain essential information for the Human ResouHR area. 3. Making judgments. The course will enable learners to guide HR management towards an effective and efficient use of corporate information assets to improve performance. The use of individual productivity tools to carry out typical activities in the HR area will facilitate the development of critical analysis skills regarding the best ways to achieve company objectives. 4. Communication skills Students will acquire the technical language and skills necessary to promote and disseminate the use of individual productivity tools within operational realities. They will develop communication skills by implementing projects and identifying solutions to business cases, captured by the daily work of the HR area. 5. Learning skills. Once the methodological bases have been acquired, students will be able to conveniently develop continuous self-learning. Furthermore, the teaching method will favor the critical analysis of the peculiarities that characterize the company's information assets and the use of the most suitable interpretative tools for understanding and managing different company realities. The CFUs are structured as follows: 1 CFU for lecture-based teaching (DE) and 1 CFU for interactive teaching (DI).

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1. Acquisition of knowledge: the introductions to the lessons will provide the methodological basis (for the achievement of the necessary skills) to immediately develop real cases with individual productivity tools. 2. Acquisition of the ability to apply knowledge: the development of projects and cases concretely present in the company realities will encourage teamwork and will be an opportunity for a comparison on the best resolution methods. 3. The acquisition of independent judgment will be favored by experimenting with solutions to concrete business problems, identified through the use of individual productivity tools. 4. Acquisition of communication skills: the technical language used in the course will make it possible to acquire the conditions for developing specific communication skills; the technical background will be tested in the treated cases to enhance the skills necessary to effectively and efficiently manage and exploit the information assets. 5. Acquisition of learning skills: the methodological rigor acquired will make it possible to conveniently develop continuous self-learning and critical analysis of the most suitable tools for managing data production and processing activity and information flows.

Course attendance is facultative. Students with physical disabilities, Learning Disabilities or Special Education Needs can request specific services and tools via the Coordinamento Carriere e Servizi Didattici Office, consulting the University webpage: https://www.uniupo.it/en/services/servicesstudents-physical-or-learning-disabilities Students with disabilities, learning disabilities or special education needs, once they have contacted the University Office, can refer to the tutor in charge of the course to define the examination modalities, concerning academic aspects.

Students will be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills acquired through two examination tests (TEST 1 + TEST 2), with a total duration of one hour.
TEST 1 consists of 12 multiple-choice questions on Chapters 0 and 1 [to achieve an adequate level of preparation, studying Chapters 0 and 1 of the reference textbook is essential and sufficient].
TEST 1 is considered passed if at least 6 out of 12 answers are correct (incorrect answers are not taken into account and do not affect the final result).
Once TEST 1 has been passed, students proceed to TEST 2.
TEST 2 consists of 12 multiple-choice questions on Chapters 2 and 7 [to achieve an adequate level of preparation, studying Chapters 2 and 7 of the reference textbook is essential and sufficient].
TEST 2 is considered passed if at least 6 out of 12 answers are correct (incorrect answers are not taken into account and do not affect the final result).
If students obtain at least 6 correct answers in TEST 1 and at least 6 correct answers in TEST 2, the examination is considered passed and a “Pass” grade is awarded.

- Creation of well-structured reports for the HR area- Graphical representation of typical data from the HR area- Processing and interpretation of data to support HR management

At the end of the course, students will be able to evaluate the opportunities deriving from the use of Information Technology in the company and to effectively manage individual productivity software applications, to collect and organize data, consistently with business needs, and analyze and process them in order to produce information suitable for favoring the best decision-making processes in HR sector.