Operations Research/Management Teaching on Turkish Undergraduate Business Programs

Journal Title: International Journal of Business and Management Invention - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 11

Abstract

Operations Research is a compulsory course that taught many universities at the department of Business Management/Administration as Black Sea Region Universities in Turkey. Survey studies, and students feedback, and experience ofteachers show that business students are lacking motivation in studying with mathematics-based lessons as OR. In this study, an exploratory investigation was made of Operations Research teaching on the Turkish Bachelors Programs courses ofsix Turkish Business Schools, which supply information for program developers, teachers and trainers. The results of research in terms of the position of Operations Research courses in the curriculum, the name assigned to this course, its objectives, contents, teaching methods, text-books used, assessment methods, prerequisites, expectations, obstacles and related lessons has been put down and commented. The comparison of Operations Research courses in different universities will be helpful to all Operations Research faculty who teach this type of courses and particularly those who are looking for ideas on how to re-design courses.

Authors and Affiliations

Hakan Murat Arslan1 ,, İsmail Durak2

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Hakan Murat Arslan1, , İsmail Durak2 (2017). Operations Research/Management Teaching on Turkish Undergraduate Business Programs. International Journal of Business and Management Invention, 6(11), 37-44. https://europub.co.uk./articles/-A-409479