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MBAE 616 Course Outline

This document provides information about an executive MBA quantitative methods course offered at the University of Ghana Business School. The course will cover topics in mathematical finance, probabilities, and statistics. It will emphasize hands-on application of concepts using MS Excel. Assessment includes two group case studies, a midterm exam, and a final exam. The instructor's contact information and office hours are provided, as well as details about course scheduling, learning materials, and grade weighting. Key quantitative methods topics to be covered include time value of money, investment appraisal, probability, statistics, regression, and network analysis.

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MBAE 616 Course Outline

This document provides information about an executive MBA quantitative methods course offered at the University of Ghana Business School. The course will cover topics in mathematical finance, probabilities, and statistics. It will emphasize hands-on application of concepts using MS Excel. Assessment includes two group case studies, a midterm exam, and a final exam. The instructor's contact information and office hours are provided, as well as details about course scheduling, learning materials, and grade weighting. Key quantitative methods topics to be covered include time value of money, investment appraisal, probability, statistics, regression, and network analysis.

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UNIVERSITY OF GHANA BUSINESS SCHOOL

MBAE 616 Quantitative Methods


Semester 1, 2015/2016
Instructor:
Office:
Class time:
Office hours:
GTAs:

Dr. Anthony Afful-Dadzie ([email protected])


S3, Graduate Block
Tue:( @ 0E1 6:00pm-9:00 pm)
Thursday :( 12-2pm) or by appointment
Charles Ofori Gyamfi ([email protected])

Course Description
Quantitative methods brings together an array of mathematical tools for modeling and solving
business problems. These tools include basic mathematical finance, probabilities, and statistics.
Starting with Time Value of Money, the first part of the course looks at mathematical techniques
for investment decision making. The second part focuses on business statistics and will review
techniques such as probability and decision trees, inferential statistics, and regression. As an
executive MBA course, emphasis will be placed more on concept than theory. This is meant to be
a hands-on course with more emphasis on application and less on theory. As such we will heavily
rely on MS Excel as the primary software. You are encouraged to bring your laptops to class.
Textbooks:
Francis, A. (2004). Business mathematics and statistics. Sixth Edition. Cengage Learning, Inc
Groebner, D. F., Shannon, P. W., Fry, P. C., & Smith, K. D. (2011). Business Statistics: A
Decision Making Approach. Prentice Hall/Pearson.
Other recommended textbooks:
Waters, Donald, and C. Donald J. Waters. Quantitative methods for business. Pearson Education,
2008.
Christian S. Albright, Wayne. L. Winston, and Christopher J. Sharpe. Data Analysis and
Decision Making. South-Western, Cengage Learning, 2011.
Communications
All announcements and selected lecture notes will either be sent through the UG Sakai course
management system or the email address: [email protected]. Individual communication needs
should be sent to the GTAs or the instructor. We will strive to answer emails as quickly as possible.
However, please allow 24 hours for a response.
Homework
There will be two case studies which will count towards your homework grade. Each case study
should be done in groups of 5 students. Most case study questions will require the use of some of
the tools and functions in MS Excel. No late assignment will be accepted.

Midterm and Final Exam


Both the midterm and final exams will be closed-book exams. Electronic devices that have internet
access, communication capability, or the ability to store or display audio, video, and/or images are
not permitted during these exams.

Grade Weighting
Homework
Midterm
Final

10%
20%
65%

Expected Course Schedule


Part 1: Finance and performance
Interest and Interest Rates
Time Value of Money
Nominal and Effective Interest Rates
Investment Appraisal
Case study
Part 2: Basic Statistics and Probability
Introduction to Probability
Properties of classical probabilities
Basic Laws of Probability
Random Variable
Discrete Probability distribution
Continuous Probability distributions
Decision making with probabilities
Basic Statistics
Large Sample Theory
Introduction to sampling distributions
Goodness-of-Fit Tests and Contingency Analysis
Correlation analysis
Introduction to Simple Linear Regression Modeling
Introduction to Multiple Regression Analysis
Case study
Part 3: Network Analysis
CPM/PERT

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