Problem Structuring Techniques - ZEIT8402
Faculty: UNSW Canberra at ADFA
School: School of Engineering & Information Technology @ UNSW Canberra at ADFA
Course Outline: ZEIT8402 Course Outline
Campus: UNSW Canberra at ADFA
Career: Postgraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
Enrolment Requirements:
Restricted to students enrolled in Graduate Diploma or Masters programs.
CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
This course trains students to appreciate, scope and structure issues that are poorly defined or understood through exploration of so-called soft OR techniques so that reasonable proposals may be made for executive action in area which cannot be logically solved. It will cover the following topics: Problems and Wicked Problems, Influence Diagrams and Decision Trees, Morphological analysis and Mind Mapping, soft systems methods, SODA, Strategic choice approach, robustness analysis, Drama Theory, Multi-methodology, and Case studies.
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