QBA 591 Management Problem Solving

First Summer Session, 1997

Syllabus and Assignments

Summary description of the course

Course Syllabus

Decision Making Project Assignment

Excel Visual Basic Code to use in spreadsheets for the homework exercises and the decision making project

Reading Assignments: All reading assignments are from Strategic Decision Making

Class 1 (June 2, 1997): Ch. 1, Ch. 2, Ch. 3 (except Sec. 3.4), Ch. 4 (except Sec. 4.8)
Class 2 (June 4, 1997): Ch. 4 (except Sec. 4.8), Appendix A, Optional: Secs. 9.1-9.2
Class 3 (June 9, 1997): Appendix B
Class 4 (June 11, 1997): Secs. 3.4, 8.1-8.3, Ch. 5
Class 5 (June 16, 1997): Ch. 6, Appendix C
Class 6 (June 18, 1997): Secs. 7.1-7.5, Optional: Sec. 9.3
Class 7 (June 23, 1997): Secs. D.1-D.3, 7.6
Class 8 (June 25, 1997): Optional: Secs 4.8, 7.7, 8.4
Class 9 (June 30, 1997): None

Decision Making Project Assignments:

Wednesday June 11, 1997: Informal preproposal presentation
Monday June 16, 1997: Written proposal
Wednesday June 25, 1997: Interim Presentation
Wednesday July 2, 1997: Final Report/Presentation

Homework Assignments: All homework exercises are from Strategic Decision Making . (Unless otherwise noted, all assigned question are from the Exercises at the end of each chapter or appendix, and not from the Review Questions .)

Assignment 1 (Due Monday June 9, 1997): Exercises 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 2.2, 2.3, 1.3, 3.1 (Exercise 1.3 is not a typo. Its placement in the list of exercises is where it logically fits while you are doing the exercises.)
Assignment 2 (Due Monday June 16, 1997): A.3, A.5, A.6, 4.3, 4.5, 4.7
Assignment 3 (Due Monday June 23, 1997): 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 6.2, 6.4, 6.6
Assignment 4 (Due Monday June 30, 1997): 5.1, 5.2, 6.8, 6.9, 6.13, 7.3