HADM 1740

Business Computing

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025.

This course covers how to use the Microsoft Office productivity suite to analyze and solve business problems, answer business questions and promote effective personal and professional brand management. The overall objective of the course is to illustrate how to use software to promote competitive advantage in three ways: (1) Students will use Word to learn how to efficiently create professional documents that are both appealing and standardized in order to build brand recognition. (2) Students will learn how to use Power Point to visually convey complex information to stakeholders in a manner that promotes shared understanding. (3) Students will use Excel to organize data, transform data into information, and model a complex business problem.

When Offered Fall, Spring.

Fees Course fee: $30.
Permission Note Enrollment limited to: NSHA students.
Forbidden Overlaps Forbidden Overlap: due to an overlap in content, students will receive credit for only one course in the following group: HADM 1740, HADM 2740, ILRID 4699.

Satisfies Requirement Satisfies core requirement for NSHA students.

• PLO 1.1: Students will identify key issues and appropriately apply discipline principles to analyze a hospitality management solution.
• PLO 2.1: Students will create professional-quality written business documents.
• PLO 2.4: Students will demonstrate effective use of information technology.
• PLO 4.2: Students will identify the personal goals and learning opportunities required for continued personal and professional development.

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