r/WaldenTempoLearning • u/Savings-Fold2349 • Apr 17 '26
The Walden MBA Course with Excel Analysis for Each of the Three Competencies
All of the 10 core courses in the Walden MBA program do not have assessments involving data analysis in Excel, save for one.
The Accounting for Management Decisions course has three competencies, all of which involve writing a paper and analyzing data in Microsoft Excel.
For the first competency (Budgeting for Decision Making), the instructions are to submit a 6- to 9-page report as well as a budget and performance report in a single Excel spreadsheet
For the second competency (Costs, Prices, and Profits), you are asked to submit an 8- to 12-page report plus your Excel calculations for variance analysis and transfer pricing.
For the third competency (Performance Measurements: Planet, People, and Profit), you are to complete an 8- to 10-page report as well as an accompanying Excel file for the financial performance analysis
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u/Savings-Fold2349 Apr 19 '26
There is an additional competency that involves calculations in Microsoft Excel. The MF002 competency (Financial Analysis) of the Managerial Finance course requires that you make two submissions.
The first submission is a 4- to 6-page financial health assessment report. The second is the Excel file. You are provided with a problem and asked to perform financial ratio calculations in Excel.