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OPIM 501 Operations and Supply Chain Management 3 Credits
This course deals with the design, production and distribution of goods and services. Managerial issues and decision problems include the design, planning, and control of processes at strategic and operational levels. Concepts and tools used in generating solutions to problems and their implementation aspects are discussed. Operating systems from different areas such as manufacturing, service, and transportation are exemplified to expose students to the similarities and differences in their characteristics. Topic include operations strategy, process design and improvement, quality management, capacity and supply chain management.
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Fall 2023-2024 Operations and Supply Chain Management 3
Fall 2022-2023 Operations and Supply Chain Management 3
Fall 2021-2022 Operations Management 3
Fall 2020-2021 Operations Management 3
Fall 2019-2020 Operations Management 3
Fall 2018-2019 Operations Management 3
Fall 2017-2018 Operations Management 3
Fall 2016-2017 Operations Management 3
Fall 2015-2016 Operations Management 3
Fall 2014-2015 Operations Management 3
Spring 2013-2014 Operations Management 3
Fall 2012-2013 Operations Management 3
Fall 2011-2012 Operations Management 3
Fall 2010-2011 Operations Management 3
Fall 2009-2010 Operations Management 3
Fall 2008-2009 Operations Management 3
Fall 2007-2008 Operations Management 3
Fall 2006-2007 Operations Management 3
Fall 2005-2006 Operations Management 3
Fall 2004-2005 Operations Management 3
Spring 2004-2005 Operations Management (GSM527) 3
Spring 2003-2004 Operations Management (GSM527) 3
Fall 2003-2004 Operations Management (GSM527) 3
Spring 2002-2003 Operations Management (GSM527) 3
Fall 2002-2003 Operations Management (GSM527) 3
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ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 502 Information Systems 1.5 Credits
Informational roles of a manager include receiving, processing, and transmitting information for the purpose of organizational decision-making. This course covers topics such as basics of information technology, the concept of information itself within the context of organizational decision-making, information system design and implementation, managerial implications of information systems for competition and cooperation, e-business and information-decision systems.
Last Offered Terms Course Name SU Credit
Spring 2012-2013 Information Systems 1.5
Spring 2011-2012 Information Systems 1.5
Spring 2010-2011 Information Systems 1.5
Spring 2009-2010 Information Systems 1.5
Spring 2008-2009 Information Systems 1.5
Spring 2007-2008 Information Systems 1.5
Spring 2006-2007 Information Systems 1.5
Spring 2005-2006 Information Systems 1.5
Spring 2004-2005 Information Systems 1.5
Summer 2003-2004 Information Systems (GSM525) 3
Summer 2002-2003 Information Systems (GSM525) 3
Summer 2001-2002 Information Systems (GSM525) 3
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ECTS Credit: 3 ECTS (3 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 506 CRM using Location Intelligence 3 Credits
This course combines customer relationship management (CRM), a key notion in modern-day customer-centric marketing activities, with the emerging field of location intelligence, i.e. use of location data in business decision making. The course is co-taught with a Division Manager in banking industry who is also a CRM expert. After introducing fundamental concepts in CRM as well as geographic data and Geographic Information Systems (GIS), the instructors cover several banking cases where location information is used in CRM and marketing activities, campaigns and promotions to increase the accuracy of customer segmentation and targeted marketing. A leading GIS software package is used throughout the course for hands-on exercises and project work. The final deliverable of the course is a project analysis team report.
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Spring 2014-2015 CRM using Location Intelligence 3
Spring 2013-2014 CRM using Location Intelligence 3
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ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 508 Simulation-Based Analytics 1.5 Credits
This is a course on applied Monte Carlo simulation that aims to introduce simulation as a tool for supporting and improving decision-making. The aim is to familiarize the students with the various practical uses of simulation, emphasizing modeling aspects but also covering some statistical issues that are of value to practitioners. All modeling and analysis is done using the MS Excel simulation add-in @RISK (part of Palisade Decision Tools). A balanced set of problems/models from finance, marketing and operations (such as financial risk modeling, market share modeling and capacity planning) are addressed.
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Spring 2015-2016 Simulation-Based Analytics 1.5
Summer 2013-2014 Simulation-Based Analytics 1.5
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ECTS Credit: 3 ECTS (3 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 522 Revenue Management 3 Credits
Revenue management is concerned with two types of demand decision: quality (how to allocate capacity to different market segments, when to withhold a product from sale etc.) and price (how to set prices, how to price across product categories, over time etc.). This course aims to introduce students to the tools and conceptual frameworks of revenue management and its applications in diverse industries such as tourism, hospitality, manufacturing and fashion.
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Spring 2018-2019 Revenue Management 3
Spring 2016-2017 Revenue Management 3
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ECTS Credit: 9 ECTS (9 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 523 Decision Models 3 Credits
The main goal of this course is to present the basic principles and techniques of mathematical modeling that will aid managerial decisions. With case analyses, assignments, and classroom discussions, students will learn the assumptions, limitations and the effective use of the analytical methods such as optimization and Monte Carlo simulation. The focus will be on model formulation and interpretation of results, not on mathematical theory. This course is designed for Sabancı MBA students with an interest in formal decision modeling. Therefore, the emphasis is on models that are widely used in diverse industries regardless of the functional areas.
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Fall 2016-2017 Decision Models 3
Fall 2014-2015 Decision Models 3
Fall 2013-2014 Decision Models 3
Fall 2012-2013 Decision Models 3
Fall 2009-2010 Decision Models 3
Fall 2008-2009 Decision Models 3
Spring 2007-2008 Decision Models 3
Fall 2005-2006 Managerial Decision Making 1.5
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ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 524 Business Process Analysis and Design 3 Credits
This course builds upon the concepts and tools required for modeling business processes and introduced in OPIM 501. After a review of these concepts and tools, students get to use computer-based tools to design, re-design and edit business process models. The course also covers event-based simulation concepts and tools for analyzing real world like business processes. This includes building simulation models and statistical input and output data analysis that requires good knowledge of statistical concepts.
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Fall 2006-2007 Business Process Analysis and Design I 1.5
Spring 2005-2006 Business Process Analysis and Design I 1.5
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ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 526 Business Intelligence and Decision Support Systems 3 Credits
The main objective of this course is for the student to develop an understanding of the role of computer based information systems in direct support of managerial decision making (nowadays commonly referred as business intelligence). Spesifically, at the end of this course each student should develop : a) Knowledge about managerial decision making, business intelligence, decision support systems and how to they relate to other types of information systems, b) Knowledge about DSS development methodolies and enabling technologies (such as Expert Systems, Neural Networks, Knowledge Management, Data Warehousing and Data Mining) c) Knowledge about DSS enabling software packages -a general understanding and some hands-on capabilities.
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Spring 2006-2007 Data Mining and Forecasting 1.5
Spring 2005-2006 Data Mining and Forecasting 1.5
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ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 527 Project Management 3 Credits
The scope of the project management course will cover areas of concepts of project management, project life cycle/life cycle planning, work break down structure, organization break down structure, cost break down structure, graphical presentations and precedence diagramming, network analysis and scheduling techniques: Critical Path Method (CPM), CPM.COST and Programme Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT), concepts of system life cycle costing, and cost estimation methods and trade-off analysis.
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Spring 2015-2016 Project Management 3
Spring 2014-2015 Project Management 3
Fall 2013-2014 Project Management 1.5
Fall 2012-2013 Project Management 1.5
Fall 2011-2012 Project Management 1.5
Fall 2010-2011 Project Management 1.5
Fall 2009-2010 Project Management 1.5
Fall 2006-2007 Project Management 1.5
Spring 2005-2006 Project Management 1.5
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ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 528 Modeling for Strategic Insights 1.5 Credits
This course presents the fundamentals of decision modelling to generate strategic insights. In a world where ambiguity is increasing, strategic insight is critical for managers to take decisions more effectively. To that end, modeling ideas will be discussed via real life case examples. Students will develop themselves while working on a diverse set of optimization and Monte Carlo simulation models.
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ECTS Credit: 3 ECTS (3 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 529 Advanced Excel for Managers 1.5 Credits
The objective of this course is to provide the skills necessary to efficiently develop analytical spreadsheets in MS Excel that meet professional standards. Upon successful completion of the course, the student should be able to develop Excel spreadsheets that meet critical elements of style so that the worksheet is readable, change-tolerant and correct; create charts that are appropriate for the purpose and meet generally accepted quality standards; perform data analysis to explain, summarize and interpret data; audit a spreadsheet that may have been developed by someone else.
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Spring 2021-2022 Advanced Excel for Managers 1.5
Spring 2020-2021 Advanced Excel for Managers 1.5
Spring 2015-2016 Advanced Excel for Managers 1.5
Spring 2014-2015 Advanced Excel for Managers 1.5
Spring 2013-2014 Advanced Excel for Managers 1.5
Fall 2013-2014 Advanced Excel for Managers 1.5
Fall 2012-2013 Advanced Excel for Managers 1.5
Fall 2011-2012 Advanced Excel for Managers 1.5
Fall 2010-2011 Advanced Excel for Managers 1.5
Fall 2009-2010 Advanced Excel for Managers 1.5
Fall 2008-2009 Developing Spreadsheet Models 1 1.5
Fall 2007-2008 Developing Spreadsheet Models 1 1.5
Fall 2006-2007 Developing Spreadsheet Models 1.5
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ECTS Credit: 3 ECTS (3 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 530 Programming in VBA for Excel 1.5 Credits
The objective of this course is to provide the fundamentals necessary to develop VBA programs in EXcel and to teach how to develop decision support tools in Excel that use management science and statistical models for a wide variety of business problems, mostly from operations management and finance. The course assumes no prior programming experience and emphasizes the importance of following a professional style in writing code. Working with ranges, and other Excel objects, developing user forms, error handlings are covered in addition to basic building blocks of VBA programming. To support model development, importing data from databases, working with pivot tables, and automating Solver are also covered in the course. Upon completion of the course, students should be able to develop modest but useful applications of their own.
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Fall 2014-2015 Programming in VBA for Excel 1.5
Fall 2013-2014 Programming in VBA for Excel 1.5
Fall 2011-2012 Programming in VBA for Excel 1.5
Fall 2009-2010 Programming in VBA for Excel 1.5
Fall 2008-2009 Developing Spreadsheet Models 2 1.5
Fall 2007-2008 Developing Spreadsheet Models 2 1.5
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ECTS Credit: 3 ECTS (3 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 532 Supply Chain Management 3 Credits
Supply chain includes all the parties involved in the production of goods and/or services including suppliers, distributors, and customers. Supply chain management emphasizes the importance of coordination between these different partners in a supply chain. This course introduces the concepts and methods for successful supply chain management. Activies such as demand forecasting, production and inventory planning; purchasing and distribution planning are covered. The importance of coordination is demonstrated through case studies and simulations.
Last Offered Terms Course Name SU Credit
Spring 2021-2022 Supply Chain Management 3
Spring 2017-2018 Supply Chain Management 3
Fall 2016-2017 Supply Chain Management 3
Fall 2015-2016 Supply Chain Management 3
Spring 2014-2015 Supply Chain Management 3
Spring 2012-2013 Supply Chain Management 3
Fall 2011-2012 Supply Chain Management 3
Spring 2010-2011 Supply Chain Management 3
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ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 533 Strategic Marketing Intelligence 3 Credits
Marketing Intelligence (MI) can be defined as the practice of gathering, and making sense of the gathered data by analyzing them to accurate decision making in determining relevant market opportunities relevant to a company. This course focuses on how to analyze marketing data to help make decisions about various marketing intelligence problems following a problem oriented approach. The course will start by covering a variety of marketing intelligence performance metrics. Then will look into a variety of marketing intelligence projects such as Conjoint Analysis, Customer Segmentation and Targeting, Customer Lifetime Value Models, Product Diffusion Models from a case based point of view. This course also aims at improving students? analytical skills as well as building their proficiency with spreadsheet software.
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Fall 2012-2013 Strategic Marketing Intelligence 3
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ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 534 Managing ERP Systems 1.5 Credits
This course will cover basic concepts of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems from a managerial point of view. The objectives of this course are to emphasize value of ERP systems and issues associated with selecting and implementing ERP systems. Other topics covered include evolution of ERP systems, their planning, design and implementation; and the relationships of ERP with supply chain, production, sales, marketing, accounting, finance and human resources. The course also includes exposure to commercially available ERP softwares.
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ECTS Credit: 3 ECTS (3 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 535 Fashion Industry Operations and Pricing 3 Credits
In the recent years, the fashion industry has been the pioneer in adopting very advanced operations management and pricing methods. This course aims to provide an overview of the fashion retail industry, and serve as an introduction to these applications. The topics covered include innovation and new product development in fashion, supply chain management applications in fashion retail, consumer segmentation and pricing, logistics in fashion retail and distribution strategies, brand positioning, extension and growth, and customer relationship management.
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ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 552 Mathematical Programming 3 Credits
This course exposes students to the theory and techniques of deterministic mathematical programming. Linear programming and its extensions, integer programming and network flows are the main areas of focus.The purpose is to provide a strong theoretical basis required for creating mathematical models of real world problems of interest and also developing effective methodologies for their solution and implementation. To this end, the course also reviews computational complexity issues and discusses techniques for building efficient computational methods in combinatorial optimization along with associated theory such as duality, relaxation, decomposition and column generation.
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ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 555 Stochastic Processes 3 Credits
The purpose of this course is to expose students to principles and applications of Stochastic Processes, by building upon the concepts introduced in a previously-taken basic probability course. In the first half of this course, topics including Bernoulli and Poisson processes, discrete and continuous-time Markov chains, renewal process and their applications are covered. This is followed by other topics such as queuing theory and its applications, stochastic dynamic programming and random walks. Upon completion of this course, the students have an appreciation of analytical models as well as applications of Stochastic Processes. (Knowledge of Calculus, Basic Probability and Statistics is recommended)
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ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 556 Data Structures and Algorithms 3 Credits
This course emphasizes fundamental algorithms, advanced methods of algorithmic design and analysis, and the use of advanced data structures. Topics include understanding of the inherent complexity of natural problems via polynomial-time algorithms, randomized algorithms, NP-completeness, on-line algorithms, graph and network flow algorithms, linear programming, approximation algorithms, tools for probabilistic analysis of algorithms.
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ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 557 Practical Business Analytics for Managers 3 Credits
The main objective of this course is for the students to develop a thorough understanding of the role of computer-based information systems (i.e., business analytics, business intelligence, data science and decision support systems) in direct support of evidence-based managerial decision making.
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Spring 2016-2017 Practical Business Analytics for Managers 3
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ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 591 Special Topics in Operations Management 1 1.5 Credits
These courses focus on particular topics and / or perspectives within their respective domains. The aim is to provide an in-depth review and assessment of the research and conceptual literature within chosen topics and / or theoretical perspectives. Students are expected to gain a thorough appreciation of the past developments in and the current state of research within the central foci of the course and be able to develop research agendas to motivate and guide their future work.
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Summer 2015-2016 Special Topics in Operations Management 1 1.5
Summer 2014-2015 Special Topics in Operations Management 1 1.5
Fall 2009-2010 Special Topics in Operations Management 1 1.5
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ECTS Credit: 3 ECTS (3 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 592 Special Topics in Operations Management 1.5 Credits
These courses focus on particular topics and / or perspectives within their respective domains. The aim is to provide an in-depth review and assessment of the research and conceptual literature within chosen topics and / or theoretical perspectives. Students are expected to gain a thorough appreciation of the past developments in and the current state of research within the central foci of the course and be able to develop research agendas to motivate and guide their future work.
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ECTS Credit: 3 ECTS (3 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 595 Special Topics in Operations Management 3 3 Credits
These courses focus on particular topics and / or perspectives within their respective domains. The aim is to provide an in-depth review and assessment of the research and conceptual literature within chosen topics and / or theoretical perspectives. Students are expected to gain a thorough appreciation of the past developments in and the current state of research within the central foci of the course and be able to develop research agendas to motivate and guide their future work.
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ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 596 Special Topics in Operations Management 4 3 Credits
These courses focus on particular topics and / or perspectives within their respective domains. The aim is to provide an in-depth review and assessment of the research and conceptual literature within chosen topics and / or theoretical perspectives. Students are expected to gain a thorough appreciation of the past developments in and the current state of research within the central foci of the course and be able to develop research agendas to motivate and guide their future work.
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ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 611 Modeling in Operations Management 3 Credits
This course aims to introduce the students to the conceptual frameworks and models of operations management and the techniques to find the best solutions to these models. Upon completion of this course, the students are expected to analyze complex supply chain systems, build mathematical models for these systems, and find the best policies to operate these systems. Several inventory settings and pricing and game-theoretic models will be analyzed in a supply chain setting, and their solution methods will be discussed.
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Fall 2023-2024 Modeling in Operations Management 3
Fall 2021-2022 Modeling in Operations Management 3
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ECTS Credit: 12 ECTS (12 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 612 Research Methodology in Operations Management 3 Credits
The primary objective of this course is to investigate how managerial issues are identified, defined, conceptualized, modeled, and solved in order to make sound decisions that will improve operational efficiency and effectiveness of a firm. The tetrahedron of managerial situation - conceptual model - formal model - decision and its connecting processes conceptualization - modeling - solving - implementation? will be discussed through different examples, including the areas of inventory management, performance management, business networking, strategy formulation, group decision making, consensus formation, and project selection. Also to be discussed are equivalent formulations and modeling for higher computational efficiency in obtaining solutions and better representativeness of managerial situation. While presenting these examples the underlying ontological and epistemological assumptions will also be discussed in terms of their implications for the advancement of knowledge in the area of operations management.
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Fall 2003-2004 Operations Modelling (GSM605) 3
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ECTS Credit: 12 ECTS (12 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 613 Operations and Decision Analytics 3 Credits
This course focuses on decision problems of developing, producing, and delivering goods and services. The purpose is to provide students an exposure to the spectrum of operations management field, the nature of the related decision problems, and applications of various predictive and prescriptive analytical tools. The topics include, but not limited to, process and product design, logistics and transportation, location analysis, production/inventory management, pricing and revenue management, service operations, sustainability, and behavioral operations.
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Fall 2023-2024 Operations and Decision Analytics 3
Fall 2021-2022 Operations and Decision Analytics 3
Fall 2020-2021 Operations and Decision Analytics 3
Fall 2018-2019 Operations and Decision Analytics 3
Fall 2011-2012 Operations and Decision Systems 3
Spring 2004-2005 Operations and Decision Systems 3
Spring 2002-2003 Operations and Decision Systems (GSM621) 3
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ECTS Credit: 12 ECTS (12 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 614 Supply Chain Planning and Management Models 3 Credits
This course introduces the concepts and models for effective management of supply chains. Students are challenged to go beyond organizational boundaries and consider interactions between various players over the supply chain towards developing coordinated strategies. Mathematical models/tools/techniques for supply chain management are introduced with emphasis on key tradeoffs and objectives. Topics covered include supply chain dynamics (bullwhip effect), supply chain design (flexibility, postponement), supply chain planning (location and distribution), and supply chain coordination (contracts, information sharing and incentives, demand forecasting).
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Spring 2003-2004 Operations and Technology (GSM622) 3
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ECTS Credit: 12 ECTS (12 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 615 Stochastic Processes 3 Credits
The purpose of this course is to expose students to principles and applications of Stochastic Processes, by building upon the concepts introduced in a previously-taken basic probability course. In the first half of this course, topics including Bernoulli and Poisson processes, discrete and continuous-time Markov chains, renewal process and their applications are covered. This is followed by other topics such as queuing theory and its applications, stochastic dynamic programming and random walks. Upon completion of this course, the students have an appreciation of analytical models as well as applications of Stochastic Processes. (Knowledge of Calculus, Basic Probability and Statistics is recommended)
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ECTS Credit: 12 ECTS (12 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 616 Integer and Combinatorial Optimization 3 Credits
This course builds on the Mathematical Programming course and contains modeling and solving techniques for complex problems where the decision variables form a discrete set and/or that cannot be solved in polynomial time. Topics include model development, branch and bound methods, cutting plane methods such as Gomory's cutting plane procedure and branch-and-cut, relaxations such as Lagrangian relaxation method, computational complexity and NP-completeness. (Knowledge of Mathematical Programming is recommended)
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ECTS Credit: 12 ECTS (12 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 617 Discrete Event Simulation 3 Credits
The purpose of this course is to expose students to principles and applications of discrete event simulation. Concepts of simulation modeling and techniques of building simulation models are introduced followed by organization of simulation languages and modeling with Arena, a comprehensive simulation package with animation capabilities. Statistical aspects including input analysis, random variate generation, output analysis, and variance reduction techniques are the other topics covered. (Knowledge of Probability and Statistics is recommended)
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Fall 2017-2018 Discrete Event Simulation 3
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ECTS Credit: 12 ECTS (12 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 621 Operations Strategy 3 Credits
The purpose of this course is to demonstrate the importance of operations strategy as a major influence on the competitiveness of an organization. The focus is on how organizations can develop an effective operations strategy to compete in global markets. Components of operations strategy, links between operations and corporate strategies, trade-offs to be considered in developing effective operations strategies are among the main topics to be covered. Tools and concepts of analyzing the distinctive competencies of the organization and the dynamic of the associated value chain are also discussed. Students are expected to develop an understanding of the significance of designing and implementing effective operations strategies over time and the importance of integrating operations strategy with overall business strategy and other functional strategies.
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ECTS Credit: 12 ECTS (12 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 622 Management of Technological Innovation 3 Credits
This course focuses on the economics and management of technological innovation by examining how industries and firms are transformed by new technologies, how new industries are formed, and what factors affect innovation performance at the firm level. The aim is to develop an awareness of the range, scope, and complexity of the issues and problems related to the management of technological innovations. The course takes a systems perspective to develop insights into the conditions under which particular structural arrangements and systems are likely to facilitate technological innovation. The analysis includes a wide variety of factors associated with successful strategic innovation such as institutions, business and technology strategy, and industrial and organisational structures. The topics include a typology typology of innovations, patterns of product and process change, innovation and industry evolution, the capability to innovate, patterns of innovation, technology strategy, creating knowledge, learning and dynamic capability, and determinants of technical change.
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ECTS Credit: 12 ECTS (12 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 623 Empirical Methods in Operations Management 3 Credits
This course covers the basic principles of empirical theory building and theory testing in operations management context. There is an emphasis on the use of theories offered by economics and other management disciplines such as organization studies to describe, explain, and predict operations related activities and outcomes. Empirical research techniques such as case, survey, archival research are discussed based on examples from the literature. (Knowledge of Research Methods, Probability and Statistics is recommended)
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Fall 2022-2023 Empirical Methods in Operations Management 3
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ECTS Credit: 12 ECTS (12 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 624 Heuristic Optimization 3 Credits
Heuristic Optimization is a relatively new trend in analyzing and solving difficult integer and combinatorial optimization problems, where optimal solutions are costly or impossible to obtain in reasonable time and therefore near-optimal solutions are usually acceptable. This course starts with introducing the basic heuristic optimization concept and methodology in combinatorial optimization. This is followed by the presentation and discussion of widely-used heuristic optimization algorithms such as as simulated annealing, neural networks, genetic algorithms, tabu search, evolutionary algorithms and ant-colony algorithms. Problem-specific applications of these techniques are also covered. An important part of this course is the implementation of one or more of these algorithms in a programming language of each student's choice. (Knowledge of Basic programming skills in a computer is recommended)
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ECTS Credit: 12 ECTS (12 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 627 Special Topics in Computational Methods I 3 Credits
These courses focus on particular topics and / or perspectives within their respective domains. The aim is to provide an in-depth review and assessment of the research and conceptual literature within chosen topics and / or theoretical perspectives. Students are expected to gain a thorough appreciation of the past developments in and the current state of research within the central foci of the course and be able to develop research agendas to motivate and guide their future work.
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Fall 2004-2005 Special Topics in Computational Methods 3
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ECTS Credit: 12 ECTS (12 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 628 Special Topics in Computational Methods II 3 Credits
These courses focus on particular topics and / or perspectives within their respective domains. The aim is to provide an in-depth review and assessment of the research and conceptual literature within chosen topics and / or theoretical perspectives. Students are expected to gain a thorough appreciation of the past developments in and the current state of research within the central foci of the course and be able to develop research agendas to motivate and guide their future work.
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Spring 2003-2004 Special Topics in Quantitative Methods (GSM608) 3
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ECTS Credit: 12 ECTS (12 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 629 Special Topics in Quantitative Methods I 3 Credits
These courses focus on particular topics and / or perspectives within their respective domains. The aim is to provide an in-depth review and assessment of the research and conceptual literature within chosen topics and / or theoretical perspectives. Students are expected to gain a thorough appreciation of the past developments in and the current state of research within the central foci of the course and be able to develop research agendas to motivate and guide their future work.
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Spring 2001-2002 Special Topics in Operations Management (GSM629) 3
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ECTS Credit: 12 ECTS (12 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 630 Special Topics in Quantitative Methods II 3 Credits
These courses focus on particular topics and / or perspectives within their respective domains. The aim is to provide an in-depth review and assessment of the research and conceptual literature within chosen topics and / or theoretical perspectives. Students are expected to gain a thorough appreciation of the past developments in and the current state of research within the central foci of the course and be able to develop research agendas to motivate and guide their future work.
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ECTS Credit: 12 ECTS (12 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 631 Special Topics in Operations Management I 3 Credits
These courses focus on particular topics and / or perspectives within their respective domains. The aim is to provide an in-depth review and assessment of the research and conceptual literature within chosen topics and / or theoretical perspectives. Students are expected to gain a thorough appreciation of the past developments in and the current state of research within the central foci of the course and be able to develop research agendas to motivate and guide their future work.
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Fall 2005-2006 Special Topics in Operations Management I 3
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ECTS Credit: 12 ECTS (12 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 632 Special Topics in Operations Management II 3 Credits
These courses focus on particular topics and / or perspectives within their respective domains. The aim is to provide an in-depth review and assessment of the research and conceptual literature within chosen topics and / or theoretical perspectives. Students are expected to gain a thorough appreciation of the past developments in and the current state of research within the central foci of the course and be able to develop research agendas to motivate and guide their future work.
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ECTS Credit: 12 ECTS (12 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 690 Independent Study 3 Credits
This course is designed for self directed study of a topic not currently covered in regular course offerings or for the formulation of a research problem related to the student's intended area of thesis research.
Last Offered Terms Course Name SU Credit
Spring 2020-2021 Independent Study 3
Fall 2020-2021 Independent Study 3
Spring 2018-2019 Independent Study 3
Fall 2018-2019 Independent Study 3
Fall 2016-2017 Independent Study 3
Fall 2011-2012 Independent Study 3
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ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 801 Operations and Supply Chain Management 3 Credits
This course deals with the design, production and distribution of goods and services. Managerial issues and decision problems include the design, planning, and control of processes at strategic and operational levels. Concepts and tools used in generating solutions to problems and their implementation aspects are discussed. Operating systems from different areas such as manufacturing, service, and transportation are exemplified to expose students to the similarities and differences in their characteristics. Topics include operations strategy, process design and improvement, quality management, capacity and supply chain management.
Last Offered Terms Course Name SU Credit
Spring 2023-2024 Operations and Supply Chain Management 3
Spring 2022-2023 Operations and Supply Chain Management 3
Fall 2021-2022 Operations Management 3
Fall 2020-2021 Operations Management 3
Fall 2019-2020 Operations Management 3
Fall 2018-2019 Operations Management 3
Fall 2017-2018 Operations Management 3
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ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 857 Practical Business Analytics for Managers 3 Credits
Practical Business Analytics for Managers The main objective of this course is for the students to develop a thorough understanding of the role of computer-based information systems (i.e., business analytics, business intelligence, data science and decision support systems) in direct support of evidence-based managerial decision making.
Last Offered Terms Course Name SU Credit
Spring 2023-2024 Practical Business Analytics for Managers 3
Spring 2022-2023 Practical Business Analytics for Managers 3
Spring 2021-2022 Practical Business Analytics for Managers 3
Spring 2020-2021 Practical Business Analytics for Managers 3
Spring 2019-2020 Practical Business Analytics for Managers 3
Spring 2018-2019 Practical Business Analytics for Managers 3
Spring 2017-2018 Practical Business Analytics for Managers 3
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ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 902 Operations and Supply Chain Management 3 Credits
This course deals with the design, production and distribution of goods and services. Managerial issues and decision problems include the design, planning, and control of processes at strategic and operational levels. Concepts and tools used in generating solutions to problems and their implementations aspect are discussed. Operating systems from different areas such as manufacturing, service and transportation are exemplified to expose students to the similarities and differences in their characteristics. Students are also exposed to recent developments in the global competitive environment and the impacts of such developments on traditional operations problems. Topics include operations strategy, processdesign and improvement, quality management, capacity, and supply chain management.
Last Offered Terms Course Name SU Credit
Fall 2023-2024 Operations and Supply Chain Management 3
Spring 2022-2023 Operations and Supply Chain Management 3
Fall 2021-2022 Operations Management 3
Fall 2020-2021 Operations Management 3
Fall 2019-2020 Operations Management 3
Fall 2018-2019 Operations Management 3
Fall 2017-2018 Operations Management 3
Fall 2016-2017 Operations Management 3
Spring 2015-2016 Operations Management 3
Fall 2015-2016 Operations Management 3
Summer 2013-2014 Operations Management 3
Spring 2013-2014 Operations Management 3
Spring 2012-2013 Operations Management 3
Spring 2011-2012 Operations Management 3
Spring 2010-2011 Operations Management 3
Spring 2009-2010 Operations Management 3
Spring 2008-2009 Operations Management 3
Spring 2007-2008 Operations Management 3
Spring 2006-2007 Operations Management 3
Spring 2005-2006 Operations Management 3
Spring 2004-2005 Operations Management 3
Spring 2004-2005 Operations Management (GSM527) 3
Spring 2003-2004 Operations Management (GSM527) 3
Fall 2003-2004 Operations Management (GSM527) 3
Spring 2002-2003 Operations Management (GSM527) 3
Fall 2002-2003 Operations Management (GSM527) 3
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ECTS Credit: 9 ECTS (9 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 903 Information Systems 1.5 Credits
Informational roles of a manager include receiving, processing, and transmitting information for the purpose of organizational decision-making. This course covers topics such as basics of information technology, the concept of information itself within the context of organizational decision-making, information system design and implementation, managerial implications of information systems for both competition and cooperation, e-business and information-decision systems.
Last Offered Terms Course Name SU Credit
Spring 2006-2007 Information Systems 1.5
Spring 2005-2006 Information Systems 1.5
Spring 2004-2005 Information Systems 1.5
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ECTS Credit: 4 ECTS (4 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 904 Supply Chain Management 1.5 Credits
Supply chain includes all the parties involved in the production of goods and/or services including suppliers, distributors, and customers. Supply chain management emphasizes the importance of coordination between these different partners in a supply chain. This course introduces the concepts and methods for successful supply chain management. Activies such as demand forecasting, production and inventory planning; purchasing and distribution planning are covered. The importance of coordination is demonstrated through case studies and simulations.
Last Offered Terms Course Name SU Credit
Summer 2008-2009 Supply Chain Management 1.5
Spring 2006-2007 Supply Chain Management 1.5
Spring 2005-2006 Supply Chain Management 1.5
Spring 2004-2005 Supply Chain Management 1.5
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ECTS Credit: 4 ECTS (4 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 905 Business Intelligence for Managers 1.5 Credits
Business intelligence (BI) is one of the most popular topics among business leaders. The main goal of BI is to promote accurate and timely decision making by use of data, information and analytics. This course is designed specifically for EMBA students to develop a good understanding/appreciation of computer-based information systems in direct support of managerial decision making, which nowadays commonly referred to as business intelligence. The topics covered in this course include decision support systems, data warehousing, business performance management, and data/text/Web mining. In order to provide a managerial approach to this course, instead of covering algorithmic details, a systematic problem solving approach is followed, where a number of business problems are given to illustrate the efficacy of business intelligence. [Note, the instructor of this course is also a co-author of the recently published business intelligence book titled ?Business Intelligence: A Managerial Approach? (Prentice Hall, ©2011), which will be used as the textbook for this course].
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Summer 2012-2013 Business Intelligence for Managers 1.5
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ECTS Credit: 3 ECTS (3 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 951 Project Management 1.5 Credits
The scope of the project management course will cover areas of concepts of project management, project life cycle/life cycle planning, work break down structure, organization break down structure, cost break down structure, graphical presentations and precedence diagramming, network analysis and scheduling techniques: Critical Path Method (CPM), CPM.COST and Programme Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT), concepts of system life cycle costing, and cost estimation methods and trade-off analysis.
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Summer 2009-2010 Project Management 1.5
Summer 2004-2005 Project Management 3
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ECTS Credit: 4 ECTS (4 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 953 Operations Simulation 3 Credits
Operations simulation is an extremely valuable tool being used more and more in industry and government to assist in the design, creation, and evaluation of complex systems. This simulation course focuses on effective modeling and analysis of complicated processes through the use of computer simulation techniques. The course emphasizes modeling and covers examples from many potential simulation applications in the real world, including manufacturing systems analysis, service systems analysis (such as hospitals, restaurants), financial analysis, and quality improvement programs.
Last Offered Terms Course Name SU Credit
Summer 2006-2007 Operations Simulation 3
Summer 2005-2006 Operations Simulation 3
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ECTS Credit: 9 ECTS (9 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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OPIM 957 Practical Business Analytics for Managers 3 Credits
The main objective of this course is for the students to develop a thorough understanding of the role of computer-based information systems (i.e., business analytics, business intelligence, data science and decision support systems) in direct support of evidence-based managerial decision making.
Last Offered Terms Course Name SU Credit
Spring 2020-2021 Practical Business Analytics for Managers 3
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ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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