MGMT 721 - Management Sciences I

(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: Completion of all 500-level Breadth courses and ISEM 706, or permission of instructor
Description: This course is concerned with the use of quantitative approaches to formulate, analyze, and solve business, management, and social problems. Advanced management science combines operations research and management systems to model complex management problems to discover and apply optimal solutions. The student is expected to investigate complex managerial and societal problems using scientific methodologies. Topics include, but are not limited to, Management Science Research, Linear Programming, Modeling with Spreadsheets, Inventory Management, Network models and Forecasting techniques.