The text comes with QuickQuant Decision Making and Production Management Software and uses it throughout to provide examples. Additional readings may be provided as needed. To benefit fully from this course you must prepare for each class through assigned readings. You are expected to actively participate in class activities, computer exercises, and discussions so as to make a meaningful contribute to the learning process. Participation means more than being present in class.
Attendance is required.
Absence at one occasion throughout the course is accepted without explanation. Classes are meant to provide a safe, collegial forum for open discussions and exchange of ideas. Your personal knowledge, experience, and insight as a consumer or a professional are an important resource for collective learning. Diversity of informed opinion and experience is highly valued. In doing exercises, assignments, presentations, and in class discussions, you are expected to critically analyze topics rather than merely describe them.