Name
Title | ||
|---|---|---|
The University of Torontos Rotman School of Management Uses Management Science to Create MBA Study Groups |
Abstract | ||
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Business schools look for ways to teach MBA graduates effective group work skills, generally through group-based assignments and projects. However, if not monitored carefully, group work can undermine the learning process; group composition is important. The Rotman School has developed a multiple-well-balanced-study-groups strategy to ensure that students are assigned to several balanced and nonoverlapping groups, which are used in different courses. We formulated the group-creation problem as a mathematical optimization model and implemented it in a user-friendly software package that Rotman MBA office administrators use to create student groups. Switching to computer-generated groups produced better balanced groups, saved much manual effort, and increased levels of satisfaction among students, faculty, and the MBA office personnel. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
|---|---|---|
2006 | 10.1287/inte.1050.0194 | Interfaces |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
MBA office personnel,Rotman MBA office administrator,balanced group,computer-generated group,effective group work skill,group composition,group work,nonoverlapping group,student group,Rotman School,Management Uses Management Science,Create MBA Study Groups,Torontos Rotman School | Decision analysis,Multiple-criteria decision analysis,Multiple criteria,Computer science,Decision support system,Group work,Educational systems,Group composition,Operations management,Management science | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
36 | 2 | 0092-2102 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
7 | 0.77 | 4 |
Authors | ||
2 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dmitry Krass | 1 | 483 | 82.08 |
| Anton Ovchinnikov | 2 | 30 | 3.87 |