Optimizing Course Content

Glenn T. Wilson, Donald C. Aucamp, Robert L. Barringer and Donald W. Fogarty
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Glenn T. Wilson: Management Science Department, School of Business, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois 62025
Donald C. Aucamp: Management Science Department, School of Business, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois 62025
Robert L. Barringer: Management Science Department, School of Business, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois 62025
Donald W. Fogarty: Management Science Department, School of Business, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois 62025

Interfaces, 1981, vol. 11, issue 4, 86-88

Abstract: We were recently forced to spend some time on a committee re-evaluating course content of our department's graduate Production Management course. As is usual in such meetings, we quickly reached a point of diminishing returns, with the discussion going round in circles. However, since we were Management Scientists, we put the situation to good use by constructing a mathematical model of our problem, which will be presented below.This is a neat theoretical application which is quite weak on data, since the value curves depend on the individual professor's subjective assessments. However, it proved to be a useful way of organizing our thinking about a controversial situation.

Keywords: decision; analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1981
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