Management Sciences (MSCI)
0 courses in the 1970–71 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
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Faculty listed in 1970–71
Department of Management Sciences Donald J. Clough, B.A.Sc. (Toronto), M.B.A. (Toronto)
K. D. Mackenzie, A.B. (U. C. Berkeley), Ph.D. (U. C. Berkeley) S. D. Saleh, B.A. (Cairo), M.A., Ph.D. (Western Reserve)
S. S. Sengupta, M.A., D.Phil. (Calcutta)
F. E. Burke, B.A. (London)
Faculty listed in 1970–71
D. W. Conrath, A.B. (Stanford), M.A.(U.C. at Berkeley), M.S. (Carnegie Tech.), Ph.D. (U. C. at Berkeley)
E. A. Silver, B.Eng. (McGill), Sc.D. (M.1.T.)
D. DeWerra, Dip.Eng. (Ecole Polytech. de Lausanne).
Ph.D. (Ecole Polytech. de Lausanne)
Faculty listed in 1970–71
B. A. Brown, B.A. (Toronto), M.A. (Toronto)
J.R. Joseph, B.Tech. (Indian 1. T.), M.A. (Brooklyn Polytech.) W. P. McReynolds, B.A .Sc. (Toronto), M.Sc. (U.B.C.).
Ph.D. (Toronto)
Faculty listed in 1970–71
J. B. Moore, B.A.Sc.(Toronto), M.A. (Waterloo) J.J. Munk, (McGill), L.L.B. (Osgoode Hall) F. H. Barron, B.S. (Davidson), Sc.M. (Brown) J. P. Castle, B.Comm. (McGill), C.A. N. J. McTavish, B.Sc. (Western)
J.S. Minas, B.A. (Wayne), Ph.D. (Illinois) P. M. Reilly, B.A.Sc. (Toronto), D.L.C., Ph.D. (Illinois), F.R.S.S.
R. N. Howard, B.Sc. (London), Ph.D. (London)
F. M. Nicosia, D.E.C. (Rome), Ph.D. (U.C. Berkeley) (Chairman, Dept. of Marketing and International Commerce, U.C. Berkeley)
Faculty listed in 1970–71
Irwin Bernhardt, B.A. (N.Y.U.), Ph.D. (U.C. Berkeley) Associate Professor
Activities and Scope
The Department of Management Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, was established in 1969. The Department is presently in its formative stage, so that the faculty list and the course descriptions shown here may not be complete at the 1970-71 dates
of registration.
The two main activities of the department are complementary: (1) the pursuit of advanced research in selected fields of the management sciences, and (2) the provision of post-graduate courses of instruction for people who want to achieve high professional qualifications. Active faculty engagement in advanced research as well as experience in professional practice is considered essential to the development of adequate courses of instruction. The boundaries between pure research, applied research and professional practice become indistinct when the aim is to discover
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The Programme in Operations Research
The Programme in Applied Economics
The Programme in Organizational Behaviour
The Programme in Resource Management
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The scope of both research activities and courses of instruction is presently limited to the fields of expertise and special interests of the faculty. However, existing research and course offerings fall within the four major programme categories described below, and the aim of the new Department is to strengthen and develop these major fields of study.
Emphasis in Operations Research is placed on applications of mathematics to various types of operational management problems. The programme stresses basic concepts and methods of modelling rather than purely manipulative skills. Special qualifying pre-requisite studies in mathematics may be required of
some applicants.
A candidate in this programme is required to do major studies in the field of Operations Research. He will also be required to do minor studies in the other fields specified, if he does not already have an acceptable knowledge of these fields. Minor studies may be taken in other departments, and particular attention is drawn to courses in the Departments of Applied Analysis and Computer Science, Combinatorics and Optimization, and Statistics in the Faculty of Mathematics.
Emphasis in Applied Economics is on the application of microeconomic theories to the modelling of economic activities of an enterprise or group of enterprises. The programme stresses the basic concepts of market behaviour, managerial economics, and resource allocations within an enterprise. Studies include marketing models, capital investment models, innovation processes and corporate growth models, and the selection of pricing, promotion, and product-line strategies.
A candidate in this programme is required to do major studies in the field of Applied Economics. He will also be required to do to do minor studies in the other fields specified.
Emphasis in Organizational Behaviour is placed on theories of psychological and sociological behaviour within an organizational system, and on the modelling of communication processes and organization structures. Studies include aspects of human behaviour such as motivation, interpersonal relations, group interactions, comunication, perception, decision-making, and responses to organizational change and managerial control. Studies may also include some aspects of mathematical comunication theories and systems theories as they relate to models or organizations.
A candidate in this programme is required to do major studies in the field of Organizational Behaviour. He will also be required to do minor studies in the other fields specified. Minor studies may be taken in other departments, and particular attention is drawn to courses in the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts.
Emphasis in Resource Management is on the integration of theories, models, methods and techniques of various disciplines for the design, analysis and operational management of large
or complex resource systems. The programme emphasizes problems of multi-agency decision-making, the determination and measurement of value, the coupling of subsystems models, organization for planning and implementation, cultural and nolitical constraints. information uncertainty, benefit-cost analysis.
Master’s Degree Programmes
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and the role of the professional management consultant or enginering consultant. One of the areas of concern is the management of scientific and technical resources to obtain technological change. Studies involve psychological, organizational and technical aspects of historical and present-day innovation processes.
Graduate and Research Programme
Graduate credit is measured in units. A one-term course at the graduate level counts as one unit. Equivalent credit may be given to students transferring from other recognized universities for appropriate graduate courses previously taken. Certain senior undergraduate courses at this University may be taken for either partial or full graduate credit up to a maximum of two units.
The normal academic load is four units per term for a full-time student. Five units may be taken with special permission only. Students involved in a part-time employment at the University or otherwise must take a reduced academic load.
A Faculty Advisor is appointed to supervise the programme of study of each graduate student. A new student must meet with his advisor prior to graduate course registration to arrange and approve his coursework programme and discuss his research interests. The progress of the student will be reviewed at least once each term by the advisor.
The Master’s Degree (M.A.Sc.) in Management Science, is awarded upon demonstration of individual accomplishment of a high professional and academic standard. The candidate, with approval of his advisor, may elect to submit either a research thesis as a portion of the requirements, or a project report of a professional calibre on an operational or theoretical problem.
A research thesis may be sumitted for graduate credit. The topic of the thesis and the choice of a minimum of four units of graduate course work are arranged by the student and his Faculty Advisor. The student must remain registered without interruption in MS808 until the thesis is submitted. The research work leading to the thesis must be performed under the direction of the Advisor, and is finally accepted by him.
A Project Report may be submitted for graduate credit, under MS807. The topic of the report and a minimum of eight units of graduate course work are arranged by the student and his Faculty Advisor. The work leading to the report must be performed under the direction of the Advisor and be acceptable to him. Credit may not be obtained for both MS807 and MS808.
Academic performance must be sufficient that the student receives an average of B (66-74%) or more in the course-work portion of his approved study programme .At any time, a student may be required to withdraw from the programme if he receives a grade of C (60-65%) or less, in more than one course in Management Sciences or in more than a total of two course units, including minor fields.
The Ph.D. Degree Programme
Preliminary Examinations
Comprehensive Examination
MSS502 MSS503 MS504 MSS05 MS506 MS507 MS508 MSS509
MS620 MS621 MS622 MS623 MS624 MS625
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Faculty listed in 1970–71
The Ph.D. degree is awarded for accomplishment of independent and original research work and reporting thereon in a research thesis. The subsidiary requirements include passing preliminary Ph.D. examinations, passing a comprehensive Ph.D. examination, demonstration of reading knowledge of a foreign language, and receiving a satisfactory review by a supervising committee. All of these must be construed as contributing to the competent performance of the research objective.
Admission to the Ph.D. programme is based upon the student’s academic record and evidence of ability to pursue independent research. No candidate will be admitted to the Ph.D. programme before a Faculty Advisor willing to supervise the candidate’s research is appointed.
Minimum registration requirements for the Ph.D. degree are of two academic years from the Master’s degree level, or equivalent. The maximum time allowed is five consecutive years from the same level. The course work associated with the Ph.D. programme is intended to provide a foundation for advanced learning in the general field of study as well as for competent research performance in some specific area. While there is no fixed requirement as to the number of credit units to be taken, the Advisor and the supervisory committe for each candidate will consider the level and adequacy of each candidate’s preparation in drawing up his specific programme.
Each candidate will be required to pass a set of preliminary examinations approximately eight months after first registering. These prelims will cover approximately the same material covered in the entire set of 500-series courses described below.
The form of this examination varies with the applicant’s background and will be determined by the Department.
Course Descriptions
500-series courses are generally regarded as pre-requisites for all degree candidates who have not already gained knowledge from equivalent courses prior to registration.
Computer Programming
Computer Systems
Mathematical Foundations for Management Sciences Probability Theory 1
Statistical Estimation and Inference
Operations Research Models and Modelling Micro-Economics
Industrial Psychology
600-series courses are regularly scheduled full-credit graduate courses.
Organization Theory 1
Mathematical Methods in Micro-Organizational Research Social Psychology
Mathematical Methods in Organization Research Motivation to Work
Organization Theory 2 (Macro-Organizations)
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MS632 Operations Research in Process Industries MS633 Production Planning and Inventory Control 1 MS634 Seminar on Operations Research Literature MS635 Theory and Techniques of Optimization 1 MS636 Theory and Techniques of Optimization 2 MS640 Strategies of Research and Development | MS642 Strategies of Research and Development 2 MS650 Probability Theory 2
MS651 Applications of Probabilty Models in O.R. and Economics MS652 Statistical Inference and Decision Theory MS653 Statistical Decision Theory
MS663 Managerial Economics
MS682 Network Methods
MS683 Markov Models and Dynamic Programming MS688 Graph Theory and Applications
MS689 Decision Theory 1
700-series courses are irregularly scheduled as demands arise. MS760 Topics in Corporate Finance MS765 Topics in Corporate Law MS784 Advanced Mathematical Programming 1! MS785 Advanced Mathematical Programming 2 MS786 Quantitative Economics and Econometrics MS792 Topics in Public Sector Modeling MS795 Evaluation of Current Research
Faculty listed in 1970–71
800-series numbers apply to general graduate degree requirements. MS801 Oral Examination for the Ph.D. MS802 Preliminary Examinations for the Ph.D. and M.A.Sc. MS803 Comprehensive Examination for the Ph.D. MS804 Language Requirements for the Ph.D. MS807 Management Sciences M.A.Sc. Project MS808 Research Thesis for The M.A.Sc. MS809 Research Thesis for the Ph.D.
Further Information Course-descriptions are available on request. A brochure outlining general programmes and qualifications of the faculty of the Department of Management Sciences is available on request.
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