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The Teachers’ Forum: Teaching the Art of Modeling to MBA Students

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  • Stephen G. Powell

    (Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755)

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For the past six years I have taught a second-year elective course on the art of modeling to MBA students at the Tuck School. This course has met with some success, and since my experience challenges the accepted wisdom that MBA students are not receptive to quantitative methods, I would like to share some of my experiences here. I want to describe the philosophy behind the course and the manner in which it is delivered, to attempt to account for its acceptance, and to encourage you to experiment with similar pedagogical approaches.

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  • Stephen G. Powell, 1995. "The Teachers’ Forum: Teaching the Art of Modeling to MBA Students," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 25(3), pages 88-94, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:orinte:v:25:y:1995:i:3:p:88-94
    DOI: 10.1287/inte.25.3.88
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    1. Peter J. Regan, 2006. "Professional Decision Modeling: Practitioner as Professor," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 36(2), pages 142-149, April.
    2. T R Willemain & S G Powell, 2007. "How novices formulate models. Part II: a quantitative description of behaviour," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 58(10), pages 1271-1283, October.
    3. Daniel Fylstra & Leon Lasdon & John Watson & Allan Waren, 1998. "Design and Use of the Microsoft Excel Solver," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 28(5), pages 29-55, October.
    4. Suzanne de Treville & Ann van Ackere, 2006. "Equipping Students to Reduce Lead Times: The Role of Queuing-Theory-Based Modeling," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 36(2), pages 165-173, April.

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