MSCI 600s


MSCI 600 Modeling in the Management Sciences (0.50) LECCourse ID: 001924
This is a hands-on course that will develop the student's ability to construct, evaluate and present conceptual and operational models for a variety of Management Sciences applications. Topics will cover characterization and analysis of models (with the use of sample journal articles), the art of modeling, in-class modeling exercises and a series of group modeling exercises. Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.

MSCI 601 Research Methods in the Management Sciences (0.50) LECCourse ID: 001925
This course focuses on methods used in empirical research in the management sciences. It encompasses: stages in the research process, theory building, problem definition, research strategies and designs, measurement issues, sampling, ethical concerns, data analysis, and the communication of research results. These issues will be examined in published research and student proposals. Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.

MSCI 602 Principles of Management of Technology (0.50) LECCourse ID: 001926
This course includes: integrating technology and business strategy; design and evolution of technology strategy; development of the firm's innovative capabilities; creating and implementing systems for innovation; innovation challenges in established firms. In addition to a textbook, cases are used to add realism and context to this course. Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.

MSCI 603 Principles of Operations Research (0.50) LECCourse ID: 001927
This course surveys a spectrum of models and techniques in Operations Research, with emphasis on applications. It focuses on the development of modeling skills, the interpretation of results, sensitivity analysis and computer implementations of decision support systems. Topics include linear, integer and network optimization models. Simulation analysis and other topics in stochastic processes may also be covered. The use of quantitative models in different levels of the decision making hierarchy are illustrated through case studies and readings from the Management Sciences literature. Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.

MSCI 604 Principles of Information Systems (0.50) LECCourse ID: 001928
This course is designed to provide the student with an up-to-date understanding of the developments, issues and current research in the most important topics associated with information systems. The topics include: technology (hardware, software, databases and communications); applications development methodologies, requirements, analysis and design; and the current and projected impact of computers in organizations. Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.

MSCI 605 Organizational Theory & Behaviour (0.50) LECCourse ID: 001929
Individuals in organizations; including personality perceptions, learning, and motivation; group processes, including work groups, leadership, communication, decision making, and the management of organizational change. Organizational theory, research and design; including overview of theories such as bureaucracy, open systems, organizational ecology. Issues of departmentation, differentiation, integration, power and politics; governance structures including agency and stakeholder theories. Interorganizational networks and organizational sets. Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.

MSCI 606 Foundations of Senior Management (0.50) LECCourse ID: 011267
The course provides a comprehensive background in the management principles needed to effectively enhance interpersonal skills, evaluate organizational performance and apply organizational functioning. The subject areas that make up this course, in order to provide this broad background, include: Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, Organizational Behaviour, Management, Information Systems, Production and Operations Management, and Marketing. Key objectives of the course include (1) to enable confident interactions with functional specialists, (2) to provide tools for the evaluation of organizational performance, and (3) to enhance appreciation for the contributions, and applications of management theories to organizations. Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.
Prerequisite: Open to MOT@distance students only.

MSCI 607 Economic Concepts for Management (0.50) LECCourse ID: 011080
This course will examine economic concepts that are useful to management, from decisions about proposed investments in process changes or product modifications, to strategic considerations for the firm. Topics will include: techniques for financial evaluation of proposed investments; incorporating risk into evaluations; basic concepts from game theory; theory of demand; production functions; cost functions; competitive markets; other market structures. Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.

MSCI 611 The Management of Technological Innovation (0.50) LECCourse ID: 001933
Course objectives are to evaluate critically some of the recent scientific literature and practical implementation issues in the areas of: improving the fuzzy front end of formulation; characterization and role of technological innovation; managing knowledge creation in the corporation; managing core competencies and technology-based skills; managing new product introduction; performing opportunity screening for investment decisions; building inter-firm collaborative relations. Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.

MSCI 620 Organizations & Technical Systems (0.50) LECCourse ID: 001934
This course concentrates on a macro view of organizations as dynamic systems. It emphasizes the principles of effective management of organizations and technology. Further, the course examines the conceptual foundations of organizational theory and design. Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.
Prerequisite: MSCI 605

MSCI 631 Probabilistic Models in Operations Research (0.50) LECCourse ID: 001937
The goal of this course is to enable students to think probabilistically. The modelling and analysis of uncertain systems in operations research is emphasized. Tools include renewal theory, Markov processes and queuing analysis, while application areas include production and inventory control, health-management, transportation, and other problems in probabilistic operations research. Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.
Instructor Consent Required

MSCI 632 Discrete Event Simulation (0.50) LECCourse ID: 001938
This course provides an introduction to Discrete Event Simulation. Topics covered include applications of discrete event simulation, simulation languages, data collection and input analysis, random number generation, validation, output analysis for a single system, comparison of several systems, variance reduction techniques and experimental design. Through a project, students will acquire the skills necessary to define a problem, develop and validate a conceptual and computer model, analyse the problem, and make recommendations. Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.
Instructor Consent Required

MSCI 633 Production and Inventory Management (0.50) LECCourse ID: 001939
The course emphasizes inventory control models with deterministic and stochastic demand, and supply chain management. Other areas which might be addressed are aggregate planning, machine scheduling, material requirements planning, and multi-echelon production and distribution systems. Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.
Instructor Consent Required

MSCI 642 Behavioural Issues in Information Systems (0.50) LECCourse ID: 001945
This course focuses on behavioural issues of computer-based technologies by examining the interaction of information systems with individuals, groups, organizations and societies. These issues are explored in recent practitioner and research papers and through student projects. Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.
Prerequisite: MSCI 605

MSCI 646 Software Engineering and Database Design (0.50) LECCourse ID: 001950
The course is directed at those individuals who anticipate involvement in large-scale software and/or database projects. The main topics in software engineering are: requirements analysis, functional specifications, design, coding, testing and maintenance. The database subject matter includes: selection, analysis, performance evaluation and design of database systems. Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.

MSCI 700s


MSCI 700 Topics in Operations Research and Management (0.50) RDGCourse ID: 010503
Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.
Instructor Consent Required

MSCI 702 Linear Programming and Extensions (0.50) LECCourse ID: 001957
Introduction to selected applications of LP. The simplex method. Duality and sensitivity analysis. Computer solutions to LP. Network flow problems with applications and algorithms. Special topics such as revised simplex method, primal-dual method, decomposition principle, generalized upperbounding and ellipsoid methods. Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.
Prerequisite: MSCI 603.

MSCI 703 Applied Optimization (0.50) LECCourse ID: 001958
Nonlinear and combinatorial optimization problems with roughly equal emphasison model formulation and solution techniques. Modelling emphasis is primarily on deterministic formulation of management problems such as: inventory problems, equipment replacement, capital budgeting and production-inventory optimization. Selected techniques for each problem type are discussed. Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.
Prerequisite: MSCI 603.

MSCI 705 Analytical Models in Public Policy (0.50) LECCourse ID: 010504
A survey of Operations Research applications in various levels of government and public agencies. Fields of applications include urban issues (e.g., police, fire, waste disposal), health, criminal justice, education policy, energy and recreation. Efficiency, effectiveness and equality issues in the provision of public services will be discussed. Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.
Prerequisite: MSCI 603.

MSCI 706 Energy Models (0.50) LECCourse ID: 010505
Survey of models of energy markets and uses of energy in various industries. Emphasis is on models that employ mathematical programming, including equilibrium models. Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.

MSCI 708 Planning and Control of Manufacturing Systems (0.50) LECCourse ID: 010506
This course emphasizes the development of models that assist in manufacturing system planning and that provide insights into the major issues of system control and operation. Topics include manufacturing terminology and systems description for job shops, flow lines, material handling and storage systems; quality models of test and inspection facilities are also covered. General notions from queuing theory are presented: time averages vs. customer averages, product form solutions and system output characteristics. Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.

MSCI 709 Logistics and Supply Chain Management (0.50) LECCourse ID: 001960
Modern supply chain management encompasses the logistics of inventory and transportation flows, whether within a given organization or between that firm and other companies (suppliers, customers) that are part of its business. This course thus deal with models and analyses of the inbound transportation of raw materials, manufactured components and sub-assemblies. Another emphasis is the (outbound) physical distribution of finished goods from factory to consumer: freight transportation (various modes, customer service, multi-location inventory management and distribution-centre site selection. Specialized topics (for term projects) may be chosen from among Logistics Information Systems; Global Supply Chain Management; Vehicle Routing; or the Logistics of e-Commerce. Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.

MSCI 712 Decision Analysis Under Uncertainty (0.50) LECCourse ID: 001963
The course goal is to understand, model and improve decision making under uncertainty and complexity. Bayesian principles and expected utility theory are combined, their underlying assumptions critically reviewed, and alternative theories surveyed. Other issues addressed include decision with multiple attributes. Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.
Instructor Consent Required

MSCI 713 Multi-Criteria Decision Making (0.50) LECCourse ID: 001964
This course reviews and examines the problems and opportunities engendered by the existence of multiple- criteria in decision making. A broad selection of tools that have been developed to model and assess multi criteria problems are explored. In addition to studying the underlying theoretical principles of various approaches, a set of practical case studies are examined. Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.

MSCI 715 Multi-Participant Decision Making (0.50) LECCourse ID: 001966
This course derives and examines selected methodologies from game theory, decision analysis and multi-criteria optimization for dealing with situations where there are two or more decision makers, each with separate goals, whose actions affect one another. The methodologies are used to model and analyse a variety of engineering, business and political cases. Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.

MSCI 720 Topics in Information and Information Systems (0.50) RDGCourse ID: 009482
Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.
Instructor Consent Required

MSCI 721 Knowledge Engineering for Management (0.50) RDGCourse ID: 001971
This course provides the conceptual foundations and techniques for building knowledge-based systems (KBS or expert systems). Topics include an overview of applications of artificial intelligence, rule-based systems and other common knowledge representation techniques, knowledge acquisition methods, application of KBS in management. Students will practice designing KBS. Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.

MSCI 723 Computers in Operations (0.50) LECCourse ID: 001972
The course is designed to explain how computers are used in modern manufacturing organizations. Topics include Computer Integrated Manufacturing, the automation of design and manufacturing, robotics, and planning and control strategies such as Material Requirements Planning and Just In Time. Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.

MSCI 726 Telecommunications Management (0.50) LECCourse ID: 011081
The proliferation of advanced communication systems at an affordable price has led many businesses to greatly expand the use of computer networks to gain competitive advantage. The objectives of this course are to study: concepts relating to the workings of computer networks and the Internet; strategies and tactics utilized by business to take advantage of this emerging technology; methods to create Internet content. The following topics will be covered: communication media; local area networks; wide area networks and internetworking; concepts relating to Internet programming; business and national strategies relating to communications technology. Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.

MSCI 730 Human Computer Interaction (0.50) LECCourse ID: 001978
This course concentrates on the theoretical and practical issues related to the design of human-computer interfaces. Aspects of human perception, cognition and various models of task analysis are discussed. Further, the course examines the principles of interface design and the related empirical evidence. Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.
Prerequisite: MSCI 605, Antirequisite: CS 689.

MSCI 732 Mathematical Programming Models: Design and Implementation (0.50) LECCourse ID: 001980
This course discusses the issues and challenges in designing and implementing quantitative decision models, particularly mathematical programming models. The course has three main elements: 1) the design and implementation of relational data bases to support decision models; 2) the selection and use of a formal modelling tool and language; 3) the design of computer interfaces for the model's users. Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.

MSCI 735 Decision and Executive Support Systems (0.50) LECCourse ID: 010508
The objective of this course is to introduce the student to computerized analysis in decision making for management support. Fundamental concepts include decision making, systems, data management, modelling and model management. The student will also gain familiarity and skills in designing easy-to-use user-interfaces, and in building hypermedia and multimedia applications for decision support systems. Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.

MSCI 738 Information Systems Analysis and Design (0.50) LECCourse ID: 010306
This course presents the foundations which underlie the development of management information systems. Emphasis is placed on the concepts, strategies, techniques and tools for identifying and specifying information systems requirements, and developing designs. Students are expected to complete an analysis and design project. Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.

MSCI 740 Topics in Management of Technology (0.50) RDGCourse ID: 009483
Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.
Instructor Consent Required

MSCI 741 Economics of Technological Change (0.50) LECCourse ID: 001986
This is an applied course in industrial organization economics. It deals with productivity, the relationship between productivity and technological change, the determinants to firms' investments in research, development and innovation, the diffusion of innovations, entrepreneurship, and technology policy. Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.

MSCI 743 Strategic Use of Information Networks to Enhance Technological Infrastructures (0.50) LECCourse ID: 001987
Course objectives are to acquaint participants with recent influential research and leading edge practice concerning management of technological change, and to relate such change to strategic deployment of information technology to the creation of enhanced technological infrastructures for firms. Technological infrastructure is defined as: an arrangement of elements which supports a long-term program of technological change; a system which constrains and facilitates the formulation and implementation of technology strategy. We will assess forms of strategic advantage which may derive from innovative deployment of information networks, both public (e.g. the internet) and private networks. Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.

MSCI 750 Topics in Organizational Analysis and Behaviour (0.50) RDGCourse ID: 001991
Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.
Instructor Consent Required

MSCI 751A Knowledge Management I (0.50) LECCourse ID: 001993
This course is designed to provide the student with up-to-date understanding of the developments, issues and current research in the topics associated with knowledge as an asset in organizations. Topics include: knowledge and economic growth and change: the global knowledge-based economy; consequences of the increasing role of the knowledge worker; strategic and organizational roles of intellectual capital; monitoring, and valuing and reporting intellectual capital. Credit will only be granted at the completion of both Part 1, MSCI 751A and Part 2, MSCI 751B. Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.
Prerequisite: Open to MOT@distance students only.

MSCI 751B Knowledge Management II (0.50) LECCourse ID: 001992
This course is designed to provide the student with up-to-date understanding of the developments, issues and current research in the topics associated with knowledge as an asset in organizations. Topics include: knowledge and economic growth and change: the global knowledge-based economy; consequences of the increasing role of the knowledge worker; strategic and organizational roles of intellectual capital; monitoring, and valuing and reporting intellectual capital. Credit will only be granted at the completion of both Part 1, MSCI 751A and Part 2, MSCI 751B. Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.
Prerequisite: MSCI 751A. Open to MOT@distance students only.

MSCI 753 Entrepreneurship and Intrapreneurship: Managing New Technology-based Firms (0.50) LECCourse ID: 001995
Overview of the process of initiating a new venture, evaluating it and developing it into an ongoing enterprise. Organizational and environmental culture necessary for entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship. The impact of entrepreneurship on society, entrepreneurial personality, diagnostic models for evaluating new ventures, correlates of success, the business plan, growth strategies, and financing new and growing firms. Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.

MSCI 755 Strategic Planning (0.50) LECCourse ID: 001997
This course examines the concept of strategic planning in organizational theory. The emphasis is on a critical examination of the concept of strategy and the concept of planning within the context of organizations. Further, the course concentrates on the reason for systematic failure of strategic planning in organizations. Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.
Prerequisite: MSCI 605

MSCI 757 Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Organizational Research (0.50) LECCourse ID: 010509
This course concentrates on the relationship between concepts in organizational theory and measurement issues. Further, it critically examines the current research approach to organizational studies. The emphasis is on the non-statistical aspects of research methodology. Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.

MSCI 760 Topics in Other Areas of Management Sciences (0.50) RDGCourse ID: 001999
Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.
Instructor Consent Required

MSCI 765 Statistical Quality Control (0.50) LECCourse ID: 010308
This course is designed to provide the student with the statistical foundations of quality control and improvement. Topics include: inferential statistics graphical method of data presentation, statistical process control including the use of control charts; acceptance sampling procedures, fundamentals of experimental design, and the Taguchi method. Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.
Prerequisite: Open to MOT@distance students only.

MSCI 767 Management of Quality (0.50) LECCourse ID: 010512
This course provides an introduction to quality management by examining the philosophies, practices, tools, and decisions involved in the management of quality. An applied approach is used in this study. The course begins with a general overview of quality, including the various ways of defining and measuring quality and the Cost-of-quality model. This culminates in an introduction to total quality (TOM) and its three cornerstones: continuous improvement, customer focus, and total organizational involvement. The remainder of the course examines these cornerstones in greater detail. The objectives of the course are: (1) to develop an appreciation for importance of managing the quality at all levels, and stages of the organization, (2) to introduce techniques for defining, monitoring, and improving quality, and (3) to encourage critical thinking about issues in managing quality, within the organization, and in society in general. Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.
Prerequisite: Open to MOT@distance students only.

MSCI 770 Special Directed Readings (0.50) RDGCourse ID: 002006
Priority may be given to Management Sciences students.
Instructor Consent Required
1 Inter-corporate Ownership
2 Readings in Knowledge Mgmt
3 Evaluation of IR Systems
4 ASP and SQL Web Programming
5 Software Quality Control
6 Particle Swarm & Applications
7 Model. Can. Public Health Sys.
8 Readings in Corporate Finance