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Optimizing Course Content

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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)

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.

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  • Glenn T. Wilson & Donald C. Aucamp & Robert L. Barringer & Donald W. Fogarty, 1981. "Optimizing Course Content," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 11(4), pages 86-88, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:orinte:v:11:y:1981:i:4:p:86-88
    DOI: 10.1287/inte.11.4.86
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