COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

DISTANCE LEARNING MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION NON-THESIS

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR SABRI ERDEM

Offered to

DISTANCE LEARNING MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION NON-THESIS

Course Objective

This course aims at developing the students knowledge of decision making process, basic concepts of decision theory and the basics of decision making approaches.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Text Books:
Decision Theory, Principles and Applications, Giovanni Parmigiani, Lurdes Yoshiko Tani Inoue, John Wiley and Sons, 2009
Decision by Objectives, Forman and Selly, World Scientific, 2002
Statistics for Business and Economics by Paul NEWBOLD, William L. Carlson and Betty Thorne, 7th Edt., 2010, Prentice-Hall,
2. Recommended Materials
Introduction to Management Science, Hillier and Hillier, 2010, Pearson Education.
Introduction to Operations Research, by Hillier & Hillier, Lieberman, McGraw-Hill 2000 and later
Introduction to Management Science 7th Ed. By Bernard W. Taylor III, Pearson Education
Operations Research an Introduction, 9th Edition by Hamdy A. TAHA
3. Lecture Slides:
Complementary of the text book.
4. Software:
Spreadsheet Software with TreeView add-in.
Expert Choice
Super Decision
5. Calculator:
Students will need a scientific calculator for various calculation problems in and out of class, and during exams.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures
2. Class Discussions
3. Reading

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. Grade for Student Participation will depend on (i) your class attendance, (ii) the quality of the answers you provide to questions posed by the instructor during class, and (iii) the general contribution you make to the creation of a positive learning environment.
2. A good attendance record may bring the grade up one level, for grades on the boundary between two grade levels.
3. The case analysis and real world applications require a cooperative effort. It is the responsibility of the team to assure that each team member has contributed approximately equally to the group work. Cases will be graded by the instructor and by the team members. Each member of the group will be asked at the end of the semester to evaluate his or her own contribution, and those of other team members. A peer evaluation form will be supplied during the last week of class.
4. Case reports and real world application reports will be evaluated for such factors as apparent understanding of the topic, originality of treatment and discussion, accuracy of results, comprehensiveness of the report s content and depth of the analysis, clarity and mechanics of presentation such as organization, format, punctuation, grammar, and quality of exhibits and charts.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. It is obligatory to attend at least 70% of the classes.
2. Violations of Plagiarism of any kind will result in disciplinary steps being taken.
3. Absence will not be considered an excuse for submitting homework assignments late.
4. Delayed case reports will suffer grade decay equivalent to one letter grade per day late.
5. Students are required to have their own calculator for this course. It will not be allowed to share a calculator during exams. Cellular phones cannot be used as a calculator during an exam.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sabri.erdem@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes