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COURSE INFORMATION

The following are courses I have taught.  Link to any of them for the "most" current course syllabus and semester information.

 

               ISOM 4353 

 

           ISOM 3263

 

Helpful Links

The following links may be helpful as you pursue various topics in my courses.  As I am always on the lookout for "new sites", I encourage you to let me know your "finds".

 

     Academic Course Links

    

     Student Resources Links

 

Management Information Systems  

ISOM 3263

Management Science links

Quality links

Operations Supervision links

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General Stuff:  [top of page]

Yahoo's site for complete treatment of internet graphics. http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Graphics/

Prescient Code Solutions.  Great site to create those banners you've always envied in the high priced sites! http://www.coder.com/creations/banner

Oakton Community College.  Site of WWW workshops and MS FrontPage seminar/workshop.  Also good links to MS Visual Interdev.  http://www.oakton.net/

Web Cam.  Screen shots of interest to enhance the appearance of your site.  http://www.webshots.com/

Albuquerque Technical Vocational Site. Excellent site for links to enhance the appearance of your site as well as other "cool stuff".  Sometimes, however, a hard site to access. http://planet.tvi.cc.nm.us/wcates/MMS160_links.htm

Microsoft Corporation homepage.  More than you needed, but a real help to locate the company's software development tools sites. http://www.microsoft.com/ms.htm

CIO On-line.  The on-line version of CIO. Excellent reference for the CIO "wanna be's". http://www.cio.com

Forrester Research, Inc.  Commercial technology firm specializing in internet enabling technologies.  http://www.forrester.com/Home/0,3257,1,FF.html

Decision Support Systems Resources, Inc.  Commercial firm with good links.  http://www.dssresources.com

PageResource.Com   A web development and tutorial site. http://www.pageresource.com

HTML Goodies.Com.  Commercial firm with many, many tutorials and primers for HTML and "beyond."  http://htmlgoodies.earthweb.com/

Bellsnwhistles.Com.  Commercial site with HTML, JavaScript,  Java applets, free software for the web developer.  http://www.bellsnwhistles.com/

National Telecommunications and Information Administration.  Maintained by the United States Department of Commerce, the site is an excellent source of telecommunications policy and standards. http://www.ntia.doc.gov/startingpoints.htm

Government Technology.  While a commercial, by subscription magazine, it is also meta-site for public sector consumers of IT.  Site.   http://www.govtech.net

Vijay Mukhi's Technology Cornucopia.  A "One-Stop Shop" for numerous tutorials on a variety of Enterprise-type software.  http://www.vijaymukhi.com/

How Does the INTERNET Work?  An meta-site hosted by the Net Economy Online.  Nine subject areas in animated format give you a good overall perspective on the Internet.   http://www.learnthenet.com/english/index.html

 

FrontPage Sites:  [top of page]  [top of MIS]

MSN FrontPage Homepage. http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/

Mgmt Science & Ops Mgmt     

ISOM 3263, 4353

MIS links

Quality links

Operations Supervision links

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Linear Programming [top of page]

On-line resources are sparse strictly related to this area.  INFORMS presents many applied cases.  See "Operations Management" below.  However, the use of any search engine is very beneficial relating to both refereed and non-refereed articles.

Modeling & Forecasting [top of page]  [top of Mgmt Sci]

Statistical Resources on the Web: University of Michigan's Federal Documents Center.  http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/

The Forecasting Report.  A simple look at a complex problem. However, simplicity comes with a steep price!!! http://www.the-infoshop.com/study/ih5259_forecasting.html

Economagic.  Excellent meta-site for time-series data.  http://www.economagic.com/

Business Statistics Site: McGraw-Hill.  Well-linked to database resources for building your data model (s):  http://www.mhhe.com/business/opsci/bstat/database.mhtml

SAS Institute, Inc.  Commercial vendor.  http://www.sas.com/rnd/app/da.html

International Institute of Forecasters. http://www.ms.ic.ac.uk/iif/index.htm

Tutorials.

Principles of Forecasting. Wharton School of Econometrics.  http://hops.wharton.upenn.edu/forecast/

 

Operations Management [top of page]  [top of Mgmt Sci]

Decision Sciences Institute [DSI].  This is an interdisciplinary, international organization dedicated to the advancement of the science and practice of education and research about business decisions. The links are rich in content and spatial context. http://www.decisionsciences.org/

Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences [INFORMS]. INFORMS homepage.  Good site for OR/MS links. http://www.informs.org/

Institute of Industrial Engineers [IIE]. Homepage for IIE. Good links to quantitatively-based decision analysis.  http://www.iienet.org/

Operations Management Center.  Irwin/McGraw Hill's OMC homepage. Virtual company tours and publications referenced. http://www.mhhe.com/business/opsci/pom/

The Association of European Operational Research Societies.  Good site for European OR sites. http://www.euro-online.org/

The Production and Operations Management Society (POMS). This site is a portal to professionals, vendors, and students across the globe. The links are rich in content and spatial context. http://www.poms.org/

Walden University Meta-site: Good site for a concise collection of web links for management students.  Includes: Professional Associations, Electronic Publication, "Other" OR Journals with On-Line Component, Electronic Textbooks and Other Reference Material, Software (Public domain, downloadable OR "stuff"), Mailing lists and On-Line discussion groups, On-Line Bibliographies, and Miscellaneous Links. http://www.waldenu.edu/acad-prog/amdsphd/websites.html

 

Decision Analysis [top of page]  [top of Mgmt Sci]

Decision Support Systems Resources, Inc.  Commercial firm with good links.   http://www.dssresources.com

Mike Trick's Operations Research Page.  meta-site for the topic.  http://mat.gsia.cmu.edu/

Decision Analysis Society.  Good site to explore "Territory of Decision Analysis." Go to the DA Society's "Related Links" for the up-to-date listing of societies and associations, universities, consultancies, and "others" within this discipline. http://faculty.fuqua.duke.edu/daweb/

IIE Transactions.  Contains numerous links to engineering journals organized by discipline: Industrial, aerospace, civil, mechanical, chemical, and so on. http://www.wkap.nl/journalhome.htm/0740-817X

Institute of Industrial Engineers.  IIE's homepage. http://www.iienet.org/

Tutorials.

            Decision tree:  http://www.mindtools.com/dectree.html

 

Simulations [top of page]  [top of Mgmt Sci]

Experimental Learning Activities for Operations Management.  http://web.lemoyne.edu/~wright/learn.htm

Professor's Website:  F. Robert Jacobs, Professor of Operations Management 
Kelley School of Business Indiana University Bloomington, IN tutorial and gaming site.
http://jacobs.indiana.edu/e-games.htm

 

Software [top of page]  [top of Mgmt Sci]

Howard Weiss Software Support Page. This page was designed to be a one stop support of all of HOWARD J. WEISS'S software Programs: {POM for Windows, QM for Windows, and DECISION SCIENCE for Windows.} You will also find an online users guide for tips on how to use the software and a page where you can download demo versions of all the programs. http://www.prenhall.com/weiss/index.html

 

 Quality  

ISOM 4353

MIS links

Management Science links

Operations Supervision links

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Standards [top of page]

American National Standards Institute. http://www.ansi.org/

American Society for Testing and Materials. ASTM Homepage. http://www.astm.org/

Development of a system to evaluate software packages written for ISO 9000 Compliance. http://www.icon.co.za/~fjcm/research.htm

International Organization for Standardization: ISO On-line http://www.iso.org/

National Institutes of Standards and Technology. NIST Homepage. http://www.nist.gov/

National Science Foundation. NSF Homepage. http://www.nsf.org/

National Quality Program.  The NIST MBNQA metasite. http://www.quality.nist.gov/

National Standard Systems Network (NSSN).  Meta-site for links to a multitude of standards.  http://www.nssn.org/index.html

Society of Automotive Engineers. SAE Homepage. http://www.sae.org/servlets/index

 

TQM [top of page] [top of quality]

Motorola University.  http://mu.motorola.com

QualityCoach.Net.  Metasite with numerous links to Deming, Kaizen, and so on.  http://www.qualitycoach.net/links.htm

 

Organizations [top of page] [top of quality]

American Society for Quality. ASQ Homepage. http://www.asq.org/

American Quality Mall. Meta-site. http://www.americanquality.com/

American Customer Satisfaction Index. http://www.theacsi.org/

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.  IEEE Homepage.  http://standards.ieee.org/

Quality Resources Online.  Cool site with many links well organized with markers throughout!!! http://www.quality.org/

Quality Digest Homepage.  Another of the leading quality-related meta-sites. http://www.qualitydigest.com/

 

Methods of Operations Supervision  

ISOM 4323

MIS links

Management Science links

Quality links

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United States Department of Labor – homepage:

http://www.dol.gov/dol/audience/aud-educators.htm

 

United States Equal Opportunity Employment Commission

http://www.eeoc.gov

 

State of Oklahoma Department of Labor – homepage:

http://www.state.ok.us/~okdol/index.htm

 

Harvard Business School Website for Managers:

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/ideasatwork/managersites.html

 

Monster. COM Self Assessment Links:

http://content.monster.com/tools/personality/links/

 

Queendom.Com:  A multitude of diagnostic tests. http://www.queendom.com/

   

Various Self-Assessments for Personal and

Professional Development:

http://www.mapnp.org/library/prsn_dev/assess.htm

 

Basic Overview of Supervision:  Outstanding online provider of supervision and supervisory topics.  http://www.mapnp.org/library/suprvise/suprvise.htm#anchor931649

 

Online Publications

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Business2.0 (magazine). http://www.business2.com/

CIO Insight (magazine). http://www.cioinsight.com/

Computerworld (magazine). http://www.computerworld.com/

Converge (magazine). http://www.convergemag.com/

DB2 Magazine (magazine).  http://www.db2mag.com/

Destination CRM (magazine).  http://destinationcrm.com

Doctor Dobb's (magazine).  Software tools for the professional programmer.  http://www.ddj.com/

"E-Commerce Newsletter". A periodical of the College of William and Mary School of Business Administration (Williamsburg, Virginia). Edited by the MBA class.  First appeared in the Spring, 2000. http://business.wm.edu/ecom/

Education at a Distance (magazine and journal of the United States Distance Learning Association). http://www.usdla.org/html/membership/publications.htm

E-Learning (magazine).  http://www.elearningmag.com/

First Monday. A peer-reviewed journal first appearing, May 6, 1996. http://firstmonday.org/

Government Technology (magazine)http://www.govtech.net/

INFORMS Pubs Online (INFORMS' Journal listing). http://www.informs.org/Pubs/

INFORMS Journal on Computing (INFORMS computer sciences journal). http://joc.pubs.informs.org/

Strategy & Business (Competitive Advantages in Today's marketplace).  http://www.strategy-business.com/

Syllabus (magazine). http://www.syllabus.com/

TelecommClick (magazine).  http://www.telecomclick.com/

T. H. E. Journal (Technological Horizons in Education) (magazine) http://www.thejournal.com/

Wired (magazine). http://www.wired.com/