The Managerial Analytics Certificate will be offered beginning in September 2008, with applications due in March 31, 2008.

Download the schedule of classes for Managerial Analytics 2008-2009 (PDF 22 KB) Updated 05/06/08

Analytical Decision Modeling on Spreadsheets, KELLG_MA 320-0
This foundation course for the Certificate Program in Managerial Analytics is taken in the fall. The course focuses on structuring, analyzing and solving business decision problems using Excel spreadsheets and examining problems involving resource allocation decisions and risk analysis of decisions under uncertainty. Some data analysis and demand forecasting is also covered. Topics include: analysis of resource allocation decisions by Solver optimization, risk analysis of decisions involving uncertainty by Monte Carlo simulation, modeling and analysis of sequential decisions by decision trees, data analysis by pivot tables and filters, and demand forecasting by time series analysis.

The Decision Modeling course will be taught by Sudhakar Deshmukh, the Charles E. Morrison Professor of Decision Sciences.

Principles of Finance, KELLG_FE 310-0
This course discusses the principles of finance, focusing on the effects of time and uncertainty on value. Students will learn valuation, including discounted cash flows; equity and debt valuation; the term structure of interest rates; portfolio theory; asset pricing; and efficient market theory. The course also examines firms’ financing decisions, including capital budgeting, capital structure, and payout policy. The finance course is also part of the Financial Economics Certificate curriculum.

Principles of Finance will be taught by Snehal Banerjee, the John L. and Helen Kellogg Distinguished Professor of Finance.

Pricing, KELLG_MA 322-0
Students will compare the three main ways to set prices: haggling/negotiation, posted price and auctions, and they will learn how to choose the best method in a given situation. They also will explore customizing the price of the same product or service to different segments, using optimization models to set prices when volume is uncertain, as well as pricing multiple products. This course also offers an introduction to some of the main techniques (regression, conjoint analysis, EVC) for gathering information about buyer valuations and demands.

Pricing will be taught by Rakesh Vohra, the J. L. and Helen Kellogg Professor of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences.

Operations and Supply Chain Strategy, KELLG_MA 324-0
This course provides a framework to discover the key capabilities that an operation and a supply chain must develop to support the business strategy of a firm, and the relationship between the desired capabilities and the structure of a supply chain. Students will gain exposure to methodologies and analysis that support operations and supply chain strategy and planning decisions, using case studies and development of analytical spreadsheet models.

The Operations and Supply Chain Strategy course will be taught by Achal Bassamboo, Kellogg School of Management Senior Associate Dean of Curriculum and Teaching and IBM Distinguished Professor of Operations Management and Information Systems.