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VNUHCM
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
COURSE SYLLABUS
BA168IU
Quantitative Methods for Business
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BA168IU VNU-International University
Quantitative Methods for Business School of Business
1. COURSE INFORMATION
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21.1 Course title : Quantitative Methods for Business
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11.2 Units of Credit: 3
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1.3 Pre-requisite and/ or Parallel courses: The course presumes a basic understanding
of calculus, probability and statistics.
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Quantitative Methods for Business School of Business
3. LEARNING ASSESSMENT
Project report
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BA168IU VNU-International University
Quantitative Methods for Business School of Business
3.4 Grading
The letter grade will be followed by the University suggested rule:
90-100: A+, 80-90: A, 70 – 80: B+, 65 – 70: B, 55 – 65: C+, 50 – 55: C, 30 - <50: D+,
10 - <30: D
4. STUDENT RESOURCES
Please note that it is very important to gain familiarity with the subject matter in the
readings and cases prior to attendance in classes.
Textbook:
Render, B., Ralph, M.S.Jr., Hanna, M.E, Quantitative analysis for management, 9th
edition, Prentice Hall, 2006
Reference Books:
Hamdy A.Taha, Operations Research: An Introduction -7th edition, Prentice Hall, 2003.
Barry Render, Quantitative analysis for management - 9th edition, Prentice Hall, 2006.
Frank Dewhurst, Quantitative Methods for Business and Management, Mc Graw Hill,
2002.
5. COURSE SCHEDULE
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Quantitative Methods for Business School of Business
Mixed strategy
Fundamental concepts
Random variable
Probability distributions
The Binomial distribution
The Normal distribution
The exponential distribution
The Poison distribution
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BA168IU VNU-International University
Quantitative Methods for Business School of Business
Midterm
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BA168IU VNU-International University
Quantitative Methods for Business School of Business
(Option)
Waiting line cost Assignment (text book)
Characteristics of a queuing system
Single channel queuing model
Multiple –channel queuing model
Constant service time model
Finite population model
More complex queuing models and the use of
simulation
Using QM for windows
12 Review
Group presentation
Questions for
Midterm Exam: Game Theory, Decision Analysis (table or tree), Forecasting, LP _
Graphic
Final Exam: LP: Models, LP: simplex methods, Analytic Hierarchy Process, Project
Management, Queuing Theory (Option).