50507 NIA DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS

FACULTY OF BUSINESS 1998

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Credit Points 1.00

Pre-requisite: Associate Level membership or above, of the
Pre-requisite: National Institute of Accountants.

Synopsis

The unit aims to enhance the ability of managers to make decisions  by
formulating  real  world  problems, often featuring  ambiguity,  in  a
manner  which allows the application of quantitative management tools.
The  generalised approach of problem formulation, modelling, solution,
interpretation  and implementation will be addressed.  The  unit  will
deal   with   the   issues  of  data  reduction,  inference   testing,
forecasting,  decision  analysis,  scheduling,  location  and   layout
decisions, Just-In-Time, project management and quality management.