MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

Course Description

Management science course combines elements of management and decision-making with mathematical and quantitative analysis. It involves the use of mathematical models and methods to solve problems and make decisions in a variety of settings, including business, government, and non-profit organizations. The course covers topics such as optimization, forecasting, decision analysis, and simulation, and may also include elements of computer programming and data analysis. The goal of the course is to provide students with the skills and knowledge they need to analyze complex problems and make effective decisions using quantitative methods.

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

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Course outcomes

1. 01 understand the quantitative analysis
2. 02 describe the steps of the decision-making process and make desicions with probabilities
3. 03 understand and use various families of forecasting models
4. 04 understand the importance of inventory control model
5. 05 understand special issues in LP and quality control

Course Syllabus

Reference Books & Course Materials

1. 01 Effective Management Decision Making: An Introduction, Ian Pownall, Ian Pownall & Ventus Publishing ApS, 2012, ISBN 978-87-403-0120-5
2. 02 Quantitative Analysis for Management, Barry Render,Ralph Stair, Michael Hanna, Ninth Edition, Pearson/Prentice Hall International Edition 2006, ISBN:0-13-153688-5

Learning Outcomes

1. L01 understand the quantitative analysis
2. L02 describe the steps of the decision-making process and make desicions with probabilities
3. L03 understand and use various families of forecasting models
4. L04 understand the importance of inventory control model
5. L05 understand special issues in LP and quality control

Program Outcomes

1. P01 1. Having the ability to understand and discuss international relations discipline by using an interdisciplinary methodology to merge the knowledge coming from sociology, economics, psychology, political sciences well as diplomatic history.
2. P02 2. Having an adequate knowledge of the history and the epochs of international system and being able to identify historical evolution of the contemporary world politics.
3. P03 3. Recognizing local, regional and international actors functioning within the international system.
4. P04 4. Understanding the legal framework of the current international system
5. P05 5. Ability to identify the relations between the key actors of the international system – the states – from a theoretical as well as multi-dimensional scientific and academic methods.
6. P06 6. Ability to analyse the roles and positions of the non-state actors – international organizations in particular – within the current world system.
7. P07 7. Ability to recognize political, socio-economic and cultural structures embedded in international relations.
8. P08 8. Exploring the roots of conflicts among the actors and produce solutions at local, regional and international levels with an analytical focus.
9. P09 9. Being able to understand the politics and the functioning of political institutions in theory and practice.
10. P10 10. Understanding the historical emergence of various political cultures and gaining ability to assess them comparatively.
11. P11 11. Prepare international relations graduates; having a vast knowledge, academic formation and skills to work in public offices, civil society organizations, international institutions and companies at local and global levels.
12. P12 12. To have moral and ethical understanding in the field of work.

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