Instructors' Guide

Course Introduction (PDF)

 

Session 1: What is OR? (PDF)

 

Session 2: Key OR Concepts (PDF)

 

Session 3: Manager's Role in OR (PDF)

 

Session 4: Exercises: Using Data for Managerial Decision-Making (PDF)

 

Session 5: Identifying Problems and Solutions (PDF)

 

Session 6: Exercises: Problems and Solutions (PDF)

 

Session 7: Causality (PDF)

 

Session 8: Quasi- and Non-Experimental Designs (PDF)

Session 9: Exercises: Research Design (PDF)

 

Session 10: Implementing the OR Study (PDF)

 

Session 11: Exercises: OR Study Implementation (PDF)

 

Session 12: Dissemination of OR Results (PDF)

 

Session 13: Research Ethics (PDF)

 

Session 14: Exercises: Research Ethics (PDF)

 

Session 15: Preparing a Research Budget (PDF)

 

Session 16: The Research Proposal (PDF)

 

Session 17: Exercises: OR Proposal Critique (PDF)

 

Session 18: Wrap-Up (PDF)

 

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