Importance of Microsoft Excel.....

What is importance of Microsoft Excel in the industry after an MBA?

What is importance of Microsoft Excel in the industry after an MBA?

It is really important to have advanced skills in excel, again knowledge requirement varies depending upon which department you are attached to.

Finance - cant live without it - macro level VBA,
Marketing/ HR / Systems / Productions - very much - v-lookups, pivot tables, advanced charts, data base management , and for those who are into business analytics field additional to excel need some knowledge in data mining tools also will be a definite advantage.