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Business Analytics and Operations Research
Postgraduate | TAS-JNB635 | 2023
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
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Business Analytics and Operations Research
About this subject
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Collect, analyse and interpret global trade information to aid decisions in maritime logistics management
- Use intelligent techniques for knowledge discovery to solve real-life problems in maritime logistics management
- Critically assess business analytics solutions and their applicability to the decision making process arising in diverse contexts
- Define and constructively justify recommended choices in management and maritime logistics based on supporting evidence, critical thinking and professional judgment
- Refer to Mylo for study topics
This subject provides students with the fundamental and advanced concepts, tools and skills needed to understand the emerging role of business analytics and operations research in organizations. Emphasis would be given to problems in maritime logistics and transport, retailing and procurement. It allows students to understand and apply advanced business analytics tools in a computer-intensive environment and to communicate with analytics professionals to effectively use and interpret analytical models and results for better decision making. There is a descriptive, predictive and prescriptive approaches offered in the subject. Along with this, it discusses the fundamentals and advances of operations research as a discipline area related to simulations and decision-making processes using intelligent methods.
- Online Quiz 1 (15%)
- Online Quiz 2 (15%)
- Decision Analysis (30%)
- Final Examination (40%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- TAS-BAM-MAS-2023 - Master of Business Administration in Maritime Management
- TAS-GSM-MAS-2023 - Master of Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Elective
- TAS-MLO-GCE-2023 - Graduate Certificate in Maritime Management
- TAS-GLS-GCE-2023 - Graduate Certificate in Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management
- TAS-GLS-GDI-2023 - Graduate Diploma of Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management
- TAS-MMG-GDI-2023 - Graduate Diploma of Maritime Management
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Postgraduate
TAS-BAM-MASPostgraduate
TAS-GSM-MASPostgraduate
TAS-MLO-GCEPostgraduate
TAS-GLS-GCEGraduate Certificate in Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Postgraduate
TAS-GLS-GDIGraduate Diploma of Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Postgraduate
TAS-MMG-GDI