I wanted to give a quick update on this course in the hopes it might give some guidance to others.
1st Prof. Billington was very responsive, AE & Exams were graded quickly and fairly.
Like the feedback in the OM word Doc in the thread earlier, I also lost points on Exam 3. I also lost some points in the MRP table, if i was careful and reviewed it once more prior to sending it I should have caught it. I should have asked the professor for some clarification on a few exam questions. Overall I only had points deducted on 3 questions for the whole course, so not too shabby.
I also worked all of the math by hand and verified it with the Excel OM software. I submitted all work in .doc files with JPG screenshots of Excel or Visio. The rest of the OM word Doc is spot on.
I also wanted to talk about the Operations Management textbook. IF YOU BUY THE FLEXIBLE EDITION (i.e. paperback with 3 ring binding holes) YOU MUST HAVE THE LECTURE GUIDE BOOK ALSO. The main "flexible edition" text lacks case studies you will need to read and questions you will need to work. They are in the lecture guide book. Thankfully I had those, BUT the PAGE NUMBERS cited in the Exams are different (I hope you can use a book index... this is college after all
). You're also running the risk of the previous owner ripping out the pages, so keep that in mind. You wont need a book with the software CD as its posted in this thread. I did get the CD & DVDs but never used the physical media.
After missing those 2 items and one other minor mistake on Exam 4, I scored 975/1000 - A.
Final point : Though prerequisites are not checked... you are doing yourself a disservice if you dont take Statistics. I took the DSST and scored well, but I didnt just cram for the subject, I thoroughly studied it (still it was a difficult exam I thought I failed, go figure - see my post on that). I also want to say that was a very fortunate decision because its paid off in nearly every exam or class since. If you go for your Business Administration degree, do yourself a favor and get a level of mastery in statistics!
1st Prof. Billington was very responsive, AE & Exams were graded quickly and fairly.
Like the feedback in the OM word Doc in the thread earlier, I also lost points on Exam 3. I also lost some points in the MRP table, if i was careful and reviewed it once more prior to sending it I should have caught it. I should have asked the professor for some clarification on a few exam questions. Overall I only had points deducted on 3 questions for the whole course, so not too shabby.
I also worked all of the math by hand and verified it with the Excel OM software. I submitted all work in .doc files with JPG screenshots of Excel or Visio. The rest of the OM word Doc is spot on.
I also wanted to talk about the Operations Management textbook. IF YOU BUY THE FLEXIBLE EDITION (i.e. paperback with 3 ring binding holes) YOU MUST HAVE THE LECTURE GUIDE BOOK ALSO. The main "flexible edition" text lacks case studies you will need to read and questions you will need to work. They are in the lecture guide book. Thankfully I had those, BUT the PAGE NUMBERS cited in the Exams are different (I hope you can use a book index... this is college after all
). You're also running the risk of the previous owner ripping out the pages, so keep that in mind. You wont need a book with the software CD as its posted in this thread. I did get the CD & DVDs but never used the physical media.After missing those 2 items and one other minor mistake on Exam 4, I scored 975/1000 - A.
Final point : Though prerequisites are not checked... you are doing yourself a disservice if you dont take Statistics. I took the DSST and scored well, but I didnt just cram for the subject, I thoroughly studied it (still it was a difficult exam I thought I failed, go figure - see my post on that). I also want to say that was a very fortunate decision because its paid off in nearly every exam or class since. If you go for your Business Administration degree, do yourself a favor and get a level of mastery in statistics!
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