This course helps students develop skills in using common ICT applications in workplaces to meet business requirements. Students are also equipped with knowledge to enable them to use MS Excel effectively in other economics courses. This course is divided into 4 parts. a) Part 1: An overview of informatics: Provides students with basic concepts in information technology, information systems, databases, Internet, web, e-commerce; software types; privacy, and security. b) Part 2: Business reports and presentations. Provides students with the skills needed to produce a vivid and effective standard business report and presentation (using Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint). c) Part 3: Data representation and extraction using MS Excel: Provides students with the ability to analyse data management requirements in Small and medium enterprises, select and design appropriate date structure, and efficiently (e.g. accurately, quickly and inexpensively) extract data through MS Excel functions. d) Part 4: Analyse business data using MS Excel. Provides students with the ability to manipulate Excel functions and tools in summarising and analysing data to solve basic business and management problems, such as organising data, selecting 2 computational models and using computational results to make management decisions.