MgS 3100: BUSINESS ANALYSIS
Tentative Class
Syllabus (Deviations may be
necessary)
Essential
Prerequisite: CSP 2
strictly
enforced
Other Prerequisites: CSP
1&6, Math 1070 |
Spring
2010
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M-W 4:30-7 Mini-mester
Aderhold
M 7:15-9:45 Full semester |
Instructor: Thomas Whalen
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Fax:
1-626 605 2586
Office
Hours:
in cyberspace. (I
check email frequently, Monday through Saturday.)
face-to-face
office hours by appointment
Course Objective: To introduce basic concepts and modeling techniques in
support of managerial decision making in an enterprise. Special
emphasis is on modeling business problems using spreadsheets. Upon
completion of the course, students should be able to
- model business problems logically
using formulas, graphs, and spreadsheets
- perform analysis using spreadsheets
- interpret model results in the
context of the business situation
(See departmental syllabus for
detailed
descriptions.)
Absolutely Essential Prerequisite:
CSP II-Basic
microcomputing spreadsheet skills
Somewhat Important Prerequisites: Math 1070, CSP
VI-Basic word processing skills
GRADING: Grading
will
be primarily based on the following percentages:
| Test 1: |
What-If Modeling and Monte Carlo Simulation |
30%
|
| Test 2: |
Decision Analysis,
Statistical Quality Control & Forecasting |
30%
|
|
Daily Quizzes
|
10%
|
| Test 4: |
Final
|
30 |
|
The final grade will be
assigned as follows:
|
Score
|
Grade
|
100.01-105.00
|
A+
|
| 91.00-100.00 |
A |
90.00-90.99
|
A-
|
89.00-89.99
|
B+
|
| 81.00-88.99 |
B |
80.00-80.99
|
B-
|
| 79.00-79.99 |
C+ |
71.00-78.99
|
C
|
70.00-70/99
|
C-
|
| 60-69.99 |
D |
| <60 |
F |
|
Daily
Quizzes: More often than not, the first 5 minutes of class will
be devoted to a very short quiz covering that day's assigned readings
and
the
readings and/or lecture from the previous class period. The
purpose
of the quizzes is to reward those who come to class on time
and well prepared, and give a "wake up call" to those who do not.
Some quiz questions may seem "trivial," but if you
have not read the case well enough to know that what Mr. Simon needs to
decide
is how much to charge for his pies, you are at a disadvantage in
learning
much from a class period devoted to how he should do it.
The time period
of the quiz will not be extended for any reason, including tardiness.
- HELP: Help is
available from the instructor at all times. If you are experiencing any
difficulty with course materials, you are very strongly encouraged to
email me for any
help.
- Academic dishonesty, in all forms, is strictly prohibited.
Cheating and/or plagiarism will result in an F for the course.
This includes:
- copying someone else's paper.
- knowingly allowing someone else to
copy your paper, and
- collaborating on a joint rough
draft that
you both copy from.
It also includes
- copying any part of someone else's
spreadsheet file.
- knowingly allowing someone else to
copy any part of your spreadsheet file, and
- preparing a joint spreadsheet file.