Operations Research (OPER 711)
Offered By:
Management Technology Faculty
Description
An effective manager is the one who makes good choices amongst alternative courses of actions. Next to the qualitative ability of managers, some knowledge of quantitative methods is especially crucial to them. This does not mean that an effectivemanager must be mathematically skilled or must personally develop models and solutions. The ability to know where, when, and how to use quantitative methods to makeoptimal decisions, gives managers a competitive advantage. As a minimum requirement, any exposure to quantitative methods will teach future managers to ask the right questions and to recognize when outside help may be useful. Therefore, the goal of this course is to: "Familiarize students, who are expected to be future effective managers, with the important quantitative techniques and to expose them to a variety of practical applications."