Management Decision Analytics

The American Business School Paris

Course Description

  • Course Name

    Management Decision Analytics

  • Host University

    The American Business School Paris

  • Location

    Paris, France

  • Area of Study

    Management

  • Language Level

    Taught In English

  • Prerequisites

    MATH 210 - Busines Statistics

  • Course Level Recommendations

    Upper

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    Hours & Credits

  • US Credits

    3
  • Recommended U.S. Semester Credits
    3
  • Recommended U.S. Quarter Units
    4
  • Overview

    COURSE DESCRIPTION :
    The purpose of the course is to enable the students to use quantitative approaches in practical business decision-making. During the course, the students will learn how a modeling process may help them to structure decision situations, and to improve his/her decision-making skills. It is hoped that the students will be familiar with the basic concepts of Decision Analysis, Project Scheduling, and Linear Programming, and should be able to use a modeling approach to improve decision-making processes.

    COURSE OBJECTIVES:
    It is hoped that the students will be familiar with the basic concepts of Decision Analysis, Project Scheduling, and Linear Programming, and should be able to use a modeling approach to improve decision-making processes.
    The emphasis of the course will be placed on the ability to
    - Structure a decision-making process.
    - Formulate a model of the situation.
    - Solve the model, using a computer.
    - Interpret the results.

    EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES:
    Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
    - Define Management Science / Operations Research and its application fields.
    - Use decision analysis criteria in situations where uncertainty is dominant and use decision trees when modeling sequential decisions under risk.
    - Understand and use the notions of critical activities, earliest and latest times, as well as slack, in the context of the management of a project and understand the usefulness of a project management software system.
    - Identify and formulate a linear programming problem. Solve a linear program, using a spreadsheet program such as Microsoft Excel, and interpret the results.

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