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Decision Making Methods

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Course Unit Code157-0365/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Third Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
ZAP149doc. Mgr. Ing. František Zapletal, Ph.D.
Summary
Students should be able to define basic terminology at the decision-making theory, specify approaches to solving the decision-making problems, describe the structure of the decision-making process, are able to recognize the decision making under certainty, uncertainty and risk and apply these methods to real-life problems.



Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The goal of the subject is understanding the meaning of decision-making in the management and gaining of basic skills in solving decision problems.
Course Contents
1. Decision-making as a part of management. Subject and goal of decision-making theory. Structure of a decision-making process
2. Classification of decision-making problems
3. Methods to assign weights to criteria - pointing methods, pairwise comparisons
4. Methods to assign weights to criteria - Saaty's method
5. Methods of multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) - ordering method, TOPSIS method
6. MCDM method: Analytical Hierarchy Method
7. MCDM method: Promethe method
8. Game theory - introduction and classification of conflict problems
9. Game theory - matrix games
10. Game theory - matrix games vs. linear programming
11. Game theory - bi-matrix games
12. Game theory - cooperative games
4. Mono-criterial decision-making me
5. Decision-making in certainty, uncertainty and risk.
6. Methods based on the graph theory. Decision-making tress and decision-making nets.
7. Decision-making analysis and its phases.
8. Criteria evaluation methods. Minimaxim, Savage, Hurwitz prinziple.
9. AHP methods and its application.
10. Mathematical methods for the decision-making support and operations research.
11. DEA method and its application.
12. Game theory – cooperate and uncooperate solution of the conflict.

Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
DONELLY, James, H., James, L. GIBSON and John M. IVANCEVICH. Management. 6.vyd. Praha: Grada, 1997. 824 s. ISBN 80-7169-422-3.
FOTR, Jiří a kol. Manažerské rozhodování. Postupy, metody a nástroje. Praha: Ekopress, 2006. 410 s. ISBN 80-86929-15-9.
FOTR, Jiří a Jiří DĚDINA a Helena HRŮZOVÁ. Manažerské rozhodování. 2. vydání. Praha: Ekopress, 2000. 231 s. ISBN 80-86119-20-3.
Recommended Reading:
WISNIEWSKI, Mik. Quantitative Methods for Decision Makers with MathXL. 5th Eddition. London: Prentice Hall, 2009. 600 s. ISBN 978-0-273-71207-7.
WISNIEWSKI, Mik. Metody manažerského rozhodování. Praha: Grada Publishing, 1994. 509 s. ISBN 80-7169-089-9.
FIALA, Petr a Martin DLOUHÝ. Základy kvantitativní ekonomie a ekonomické analýzy. Praha: Oeconomica, 2006. 106 s. ISBN 80-245-1087-1.
THAKKAR, Jitesh J. Multi-criteria decision making. Studies in systems, decision and control, volume 336. Singapore: Springer, [2021]. ISBN 978-981-33-4744-1.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials, Project work
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Exercises evaluation and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        Exercises evaluationCredit45 23
        ExaminationExamination55 28