Computer, e-mail and web access is required. Prof. Doug Hensler joined CU Boulder in Fall 1997 as the W. Edwards Deming Professor of Management. A Registered Professional Quality Engineer, he has authored several articles and manuscripts. He holds a BSE in Aerospace and Mechanical Sciences, an MBA and a Ph.D. in Finance. Emphasis is placed on product development and support and market analysis in both traditional and entrepreneurial company settings.
Students apply lessons learned to a product introduction project.
Experience includes entrepreneurial businesses to Fortune 500 companies and government laboratories to academic institutions. An applications oriented survey of operations research topics including linear and integer programming, network analysis, dynamic programming, nonlinear programming, decision analysis, game theory, Markov chain and Markov decision models, queuing theory and simulation. Packet of application-oriented readings available from the instructor. Lawrence teaches courses in Operations and Technology Mangement, Entrepreneurship, and is the recipient of several teaching awards. His research interests include production scheduling, technology selection and acquisition, capacity and entrepreneurship.