OPERATIONAL INVESTIGATION I

Course Code
06.02ΔΕ
ECTS Credits
6
Semester
Εξάμηνο ΣΤ
Course Category
Specialization
Business Administration
Course Description
GENERAL
TEACHING METHODS: TEACHING HOURS (WEEKLY)

Lectures

Tutorial

 

2

1
COURSE TYPE: Specific Background
COURSE PREREQUISITES: None
TEACHING LANGUAGE: Greek
THE COURSE IS OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS: Yes (English Language after consultation with the Professor)
LEARNIING RESULTS
Course Description and Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion of the course, students are expected to have:

Knowledge: The objective of this course is to provide a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the methods of operations research on problems of business organization and management.

Skills: They will be able to solve various problems faced by modern enterprises that are related to the scientific field of business research.

Competences: To use mathematical/computational tools and techniques to solve problems related to operations research.
Competencies

The course aims to :

- Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using the necessary technologies

- Decision making

- Autonomous work

- Group work

- Promotion of free, creative and deductive thinking
CONTENT

The Business Research course is a quantitative course that aims to introduce students to the concept of research in business and more specifically to problems related to the management and coordination of operations in an organization.

The course is organized in two academic semesters in the form of Business Research I and Business Research II.

Course content 'Operational Research I':

1.Introduction to Operations Research I. Introduction to Operations Research II.

2.1. Introduction to business research 1. Modelling with linear programming

3.Simpex method and sensitivity analysis

4.Duality and post-optimisation analysis

5.Transfer model and its variants

6.The Network Model

7.Advanced linear programming

8.Target programming

9.Integer linear programming

10.Heuristic programming

11.The travelling salesperson problem (TSP)
TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS - EVALUATION
TEACHING METHOD - Lectures in class
USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES Support for the learning process through the e-class platform
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION
Method Semester workload
Lectures 26

Tutorial and Deeping Courses

Independent solution of exercises

13

39
Independent study

72

 
Total workload in hours 150
STUDENT LEARNING ASSESMENT

The evaluation will be conducted in Greek in three distinct ways:

Written final examination including:

- Three main types of test.

- Comparative evaluation of theory elements

- Problem solving
RECOMMENDED-BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Taha A. Hamdy , Introduction to Operations Research, 10th Edition, ISBN: 978-960-418-691-4, Editions A. TZIOLA & YIOI S.A. 2017.

2. Hillier Frederick S., Lieberman Gerald J., Introduction to Operations Research, 10th Edition, ISBN: 978-960-418-604-4, Editions A. TZIOLA & YIOI S.A. 2017.

3. David R. Anderson, Dennis J. Sweeney, Thomas A. Williams, Kipp Martin, Management Science, QUANTITATIVE METHODS FOR BUSINESS DECISION MAKING, ISBN: 978-960-218-932-0, CRITIKI S.A. Publications, 2014.

4.Taylor Bernard III, Introduction to Management Science, ISBN: 9789963274451, BROKEN HILL PUBLISHERS LTD, 2017.

5.Pantelis Ypsilantis, Business Research, Methods and techniques of decision making, 5th edition, ISBN: 978-618-5036-20-1, PROPOMPOS Publications, KIMERIS K. THOMAS, 2015.