HB2504
University Of Houston-Victoria
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Course Online Syllabus
Fall 2011
| Department | MGMT | Course Number | 3306 | Section Number | 25151 |
| Name of Course | Quantitative Decision Making | ||||
| Name of Instructor | Yang,Jie | ||||
This information may not constitute all course policies; students are responsible for all course requirements established by their instructors during the semester and all institutional policies as established in the UHV student handbook. | |||||
Learning Objectives
As a result of this course, students will
- understand probability concepts and applications. 2. be able to do decision analysis under different situations, e.g, decision making under uncertainty, decision making with probabilities, and decision tree analysis. 3. be able to conduct regression analysis. 4. be able to use different methods for business forecasting. 5. be able to comprehend and apply inventory control models, e.g., EOQ and POQ. 6. be able to formulate and solve linear programming model. 7. understand and apply Critical Path Method (CPM) and PERT to projects. 8. be able to use statistical methods to construct control charts for quality control.
Major Assignments/Exams
| Class participation | 10% | ||
| Case Studies (2x10%) | 20% | ||
| Quizzes | 10% | ||
| Exams (3x20%) | 60% |
Required Reading
Render, Stair, and Hanna, Quantitative Analysis for Management,,10th ed., ISBN 9780136036258.
Recommended Reading
No additional readings have been recommended for this course.
List of Discussion/Lecture Topics
Course topics have not been submitted.