Undergraduate Course: Management Science and Operations Planning (BUST10020)
Course Outline
| School | Business School |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Business Studies |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
http://www.bus.ed.ac.uk/programmes/ugpc.html |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Management Science techniques can be applied to a wide range of problems that arise in planning the operations of many organisations. The Management Science techniques will be selected from dynamic programming, queueing theory, inventory planning and control, maintenance and replacement, simulation, and credit scoring. The techniques will be introduced and their application in operations planning will be demonstrated. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | Pre-requisite: Business Studies Honours entry. |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students should have at least 3 Business Studies/Management courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses.
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| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | | 14:00 - 14:50 | | | | | Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | 14:00 - 14:50 | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Tuesday, 14:00 - 14:50, Zone: Central. David Hume Tower, Faculty Room South |
| Additional information |
There will also be 5 tutorials (a one-hour tutorial at the end of each of the 5 modules). Fridays 11.10am-12.00noon in Weeks 3,4,7,9 and 11 (on 7 October, 14 October, 4 November, 18 November and 2 December 2011) in Appleton Tower, Room 2.12. |
| Exam Information |
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Paper Name |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 2:00 | | |
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 1, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | 14:00 - 14:50 | | | Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | | 14:00 - 14:50 | | | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Tuesday, 14:00 - 14:50, Zone: Central. David Hume Tower, Faculty Room South |
| Additional information |
There will also be 5 tutorials (a one-hour tutorial at the end of each of the 5 modules). Fridays 11.10am-12.00noon in Weeks 3,4,7,9 and 11 (on 7 October, 14 October, 4 November, 18 November and 2 December 2011) in Appleton Tower, Room 2.12. |
| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Objectives/Learning Outcomes
Knowledge & Understanding
On completion of the course students should:
a) be able to describe the features of practical operations planning problems;
b) be able to discuss critically the practical use of the techniques covered;
c) be able to solve a range of operations planning problems using the techniques covered.
Cognitive Skills
On completion of the course students should:
a) demonstrate that they can use management science techniques;
b) demonstrate that they can discuss the results of their analysis.
Key Skills
On completion of the course students should:
a) demonstrate their ability to apply Microsoft Excel to support the analysis of operations planning problems;
b) demonstrate that they can plan and carry out a quantitative analysis of a real-world operations planning problem;
c) demonstrate that they can present the findings of a quantitative analysis in a concise written report.
Subject Specific Skills
On completion of the course students should:
a) have developed their modelling skills. |
Assessment Information
By one project (20%) and a degree examination (80%).
Visiting Student Variant Assessment
Project 50%
One Essay (min 3,000 words) 50% |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords | MSOP |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr John Glen
Tel: (0131 6)50 3803
Email: John.Glen@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Patricia Ward-Scaltsas
Tel: (0131 6)50 3823
Email: Patricia.Ward-Scaltsas@ed.ac.uk |
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