GENE 13Management Science I
- Faculty
- Engineering
- Last listed
- 1968–69
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1965–66 to 1968–69; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
Applications of economic performance indices in choosing between engineering alternatives and choosing optimum operating levels. Topics: the planning process; generation and classification of cash flows; accounting concepts; methods for tangible evaluation of alternatives; capital resources and allocation principles; determination of minimum costs and maximum profit; elements of economic measurement, analysis, and forecasting; competition. 3 hours per week. 1 term.
As printed in the 1966–67 to 1968–69 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original.
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In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1965–66 to 1968–69, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1966–67 to 1968–69 3 calendars
Applications of economic performance indices in choosing between engineering alternatives and choosing optimum operating levels. Topics: the planning process; generation and classification of cash flows; accounting concepts; methods for tangible evaluation of alternatives; capital resources and allocation principles; determination of minimum costs and maximum profit; elements of economic measurement, analysis, and forecasting; competition.
3 hours per week.
1 term.
1965–66 1 calendar
A basic survey course on the concepts of the management process and the manner in which scientific method can be used to optimize the results achieved. Topics: the management process; resources; limits on the use of resources; planning, scheduling, and control procedures; the use of mathematics and machines; decisions and the feedback cycle; accuracy of data; time-cost and the method of job performance; the project concept; cyclical repetitive procedures; the corporate planning cycle; the nature of a management information system; the nature and role of Operations Research; an example of an O.R. technique; C.P.M. and project planning and scheduling; arrow diagrams; the Critical Path; project time and cost; the dynamic management cycle.
2 hours per week, one term.
14, Statistics in Engineering and Management. A review of basic statistical concepts and the use of statistical methods in engineering and management problems, with primary emphasis on the application of statistical methods. Frequency distributions, means and deviations. Probability. Coefficients of correlation. Sampling methods and quality control. Concepts of queuing theory. Linear representation and linear programming. Accuracy of data and its use in O.R. techniques. Introductory concepts of time-cost distributions for work performance. Discussion of special problems in management and engineering connected with high speed tabulation, automatic data processing and computer applications.
2 hours, one term.