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Describe ways in which the use of MS Excel as a tool for interpreting data can be used by a manager of an organization.
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The uses of MS Excel as a management tool to track organizational information. Covers organizing data within MS Excel.

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1) Describe ways in which the use of MS Excel as a tool for interpreting data can be used by a manager of an organization.
To give you a great example for this, in a previous position as Director of MIS for a retail company, I utilized MS Excel to download sales information from polled files from the 25 stores the company had. The sales manager was able to see every morning - how much each store did in sales. From this information, he was able to download to another excel spreadsheet - information for the buyers, and then compile a report in another excel spreadsheet for the owner.
MS Excel can be used for statistical and mathematical calculations that a manager needs to do. It is perfect for organizing or sorting data, creating charts, performing calculation, and you can import ...

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