Economy for ICT engineers

Course title

Code

F18L2S100

Study programme

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Organizer of the study programme (unit, institute, department)

Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering

Degree level (first, second, third cycle)

First cycle

Academic year / semester

3 / Winter

Number of ECTS credits

Teacher

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Prerequisites for enrolling in the course

Бизнис и менаџмент

10.

Course objectives (competences)

ICT engineers, designing and offering ICT services, face questions about SLAs, vendors, suppliers, the financial aspects of ICT services - how much the service should be priced, why exactly that much , how much are the costs, how much they are allowed to cost, etc.. The areas that need to be introduced are budgeting, bookkeeping, pricing, financial planning, financial analysis and reporting. This course has the task of helping them to master these areas through a description of the underlying economic models; demonstrating how these models work; description of the main economic phenomena using economic models.

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Course content

What is economics? The economic problem; Offer and demand; Elasticity; Efficiency and fairness; Organization of production; Output and costs; Main activities that are performed in the financial management of ICT services; Evaluation of ICT services; Modeling demand for ICT services; Management of a portfolio of ICT services; Optimization of providing ICT services; Analysis of investments in ICT services; Budgeting, accounting and pricing; Financial Compliance.

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Learning methods

Lectures using presentations, interactive lectures, exercises (using equipment and software packages), teamwork, case studies, guest lecturers, independent preparation and defense of a project assignment and a seminar paper.

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Total available time

6 ECTS x 30 hours = 180 hours

14.

Distribution of the available time

30 + 45 + 35 + 30 + 40 = 180 hours

15.

Forms of teaching activities

15.1.	Lectures – theoretical teaching	30 hours
15.2.	Exercises (laboratory, auditory), seminars, team work	45 hours

16.

Other forms of activities

16.1.	Project assignments	30 hours
16.2.	Individual assignments	35 hours
16.3.	Home study	40 hours

17.

Grading

17.1.	Tests	10 points
17.2.	Seminar paper / project (presentation: written and oral)	30 points
17.3.	Activity and participation	10 points
17.4.	Final exam	70 points

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Grading criteria (points / grade)

up to 50 points	5 (five) (F)
from 51 to 60 points	6 (six) (E)
from 61 to 70 points	7 (seven) (D)
from 71 to 80 points	8 (eight) (C)
from 81 to 90 points	9 (nine) (B)
from 91 to 100 points	10 (ten) (A)

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Requirements for signature and taking the final exam

Activities 15.2 and 16.1 have been completed.

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Language of instruction

Macedonian and English

21.

Method of monitoring teaching quality

internal evaluation and survey mechanism

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Literature

22.1.	Required literature No. Author Title Publisher Year
22.2.	Additional literature No. Author Title Publisher Year