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Title:
DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (Concepts and applications)
- Tutors: Prof. Emmanuel Thanassoulis
- Date: One day course - every three months
- Who should attend:
Those interested in assessing performance of organisational units, for
instance different regional offices, bank branches, sales outlets, hospitals
or schools.
- What delegates
will gain from the course:An Appreciation of the principles underlying
DEA, issue arising in using it and some familiarity with software for
implementing DEA assessments.
- The training
methods that will be used:Lectures, small group working and hands-on
use of software.
- What the course
will cover:The concept of relative efficiency and its measurement
by Data Envelopment Analysis. Basic DEA models for measuring efficiency
in multi-input multi-output situations. An illustrative assessment by
DEA, carried out by course participants. Introducing to recent development
in DEA including weights restrictions, assessment under variables returns
to scale and target setting. Using advanced feature of the Warwick DEA
Software.
- Course provider:
Aston University
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Title: Course
on Performance Management
The courses are delivered
at weekends residentially at Aston University and are intended
for practioners wanting to know how quantitative Methods of Performance
Measurement work. At the core of the courses are DEA
and Econometric Methods, including Stochastic Frontier Methods.
There are 5 courses altogether each one taking 4 full days spread over
two weekends three weeks apart.
The courses are
as follows:
M1 Intro’n to Quan’tive Methods for Management Normally in November
M2 Organisational Behaviour and Business Performance Normally April
and May
M3 Econometric Methods in Performance Measurement Normally January
and February
M4 Data Envelopment Analysis Normally January andFebruary
M5 The Application of DEA and Econometric Methods. Normally April
- May Module
M1 introduces the student to concepts from linear programming and statistics
which form the necessary foundation for modules M3 and M4. Module M2 draws
from research in Organisational Behaviour in respect of people management,
team working and organisational performance. Modules M3 and M4 offer in-depth
training drawn from the latest research developments in DEA and econometric
methods, as applied to comparative efficiency assessment and more generally
to performance management. Module M5 looks at the broader organisational
context and the issues arising in implementing the technical methods covered
in modules M3 and M4.
The fees are available
on request from Professor
Emmanuel Thanassoulis.
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