After having completed this course or attained an equivalent competence level, the student can:
• read, compile and analyze relevant reports for basic business decision making
• read basic company reports
• perform basic calculations for analysis and planning purposes
• form a picture of a business and the situation it is in, based on financial (and other reports)

The student knows the importance of data and reporting in business decision making. S/he can perform basic calculations for business planning purposes. S/he can present business (project) events based on reports created through gathered data.

The student is capable of planning business operations with the help of relevant reports. S/he can apply calculations in planning and analyze given reports further, based on the current needs. S/he displays good skills in creating comprehensive reports out of large amount of data and various
reports.

The student has the ability to extract relevant data from a larger pool, turn the raw data into more comprehensible reports, decide which calculations need to be made for the sake of further analysis, perform the necessary and well motivated calculations and finally, use the results in
presenting what has happened, why it has happened, what is to expect and what could and should be done and based on the data, what other scenarios are likely or at least plausible (and how to prepare for those events).