Week 2 – Macro

This week on Monday we will play the market game I’ve planned and told you about earlier. Be sure to read the instructions on WebCT. I will go over them in class, but it helps if everyone knows how it works before we start talking about it. Remember, I need three volunteers for statisticians to help with the record keeping. It won’t keep you from playing. I’m trying to figure out how to do the game in our lecture hall, and it may be tricky, but if we are laid back about it, it will work out.

I also need to remember to post the first homework assignment wo you can start working on it. It is due before the exam.

Also I expect on Wed to have a refresher of the math facts about graphs you will need. We will accomplish this by solving an exercise or two. I’m not going to lecture about it. We’ll have class members come up and explain the exercises.

Fri i will probably get to talk more about Ch 1 or more probably, go straight into chapter 2. So you can start reading ahead.

Week 2 – Logistics

Toward the end of this week I am trying to put together an in-class exercise or game to emphasize the decision making that goes on in supply chains. Anyone want to play? It will be a team exercise, I think– I have to think over the classroom logistics to see how to do it because there is physical transfer of items during the game. Let me know if you think this is a good idea. The name alone will sell it here at CMA. It’s called “The Beer Game”. The MIT version that can be played online is here. See the Wikipedia entry also for instructions and some studies.

First Day of Class

Here’s an open invitation to register and make comments on what you’d like to find out the first day of class. You’ll of course had time to look at the WebCT website and see the course info and schedule, which we will discuss. Any special requests for information? Should we introduce everyone? What would you like to hear Friday if we need more time?