Course: Decision-Making Support of Management

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Course title Decision-Making Support of Management
Course code USII/PPRM
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Petr Pavel, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Máchová Renáta, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Decision-making and its computer support. Decision-making support technologies. Technological components and system construction. Basic decision-making methods. Modelling in DSS. Competitive Intelligence.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Methods of individual activities
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to acquire the skills to use relevant software tools for decision-making support, based on the knowledge of key concepts and tools.
Students will have an awareness of individual areas of using decision-making support systems and their basic principles. They will be able to use standard software tools for decision-making support and to propose correct decisions.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Work-related product analysis, Creative work analysis

Assignment is based on attendance (in accordance with the guidelines), completion of an exercise with a success rate of at least 60 %, and submission and defence of semester project as set. An oral and written examination. Final result is made up of 40 % seminar result and 60 % seminar project defence and sufficiently answering the examiner´s questions, written test.
Recommended literature
  • Uživatelská příručka a online nápověda systému ECON6.
  • Uživatelská příručka systému MED.
  • Uživatelská příručka systému MERIT.
  • Fotr, Jiří. Manažerské rozhodování : postupy, metody a nástroje. Praha: Ekopress, 2010. ISBN 978-80-86929-59-0.
  • Mallach, Efrem G. Decision support and data warehouse systems. Boston: McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2000. ISBN 0-07-289981-6.
  • Ragsdale, Cliff T. Spreadsheet modeling & decision analysis : a practical introduction to management science. Mason: South-Western, 2004. ISBN 0-324-20305-5.
  • Turban, E. a kol. Decision Support and Business Intelligence Systems. New Jersey, Prentice Hall, 2010. ISBN 013610729X.
  • WOLF, P. a kol. Informační systémy pro podporu managementu. VŠB, Ostrava, 1996.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Information and Security Systems (2014) Category: Economy 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Information and Security Systems (2015) Category: Economy 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Information and Security Systems (2013) Category: Economy 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter