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Custom Text for Qualitative Methods: Spreadsheet Modeling for Business Decisions

Custom Text for Qualitative Methods: Spreadsheet Modeling for Business Decisions

Author(s): John F Kros

Edition: 1

Copyright: 2016

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This version is specifically for the Graduate-Level Quantitative Methods course 

Updated for use with Microsoft Office Excel 2016 with an emphasis on model formulation and interpretation rather than on computer code or algorithms, Spreadsheet Modeling for Business Decisions examines the core methods used by managers in their everyday problem-solving situations. This text provides the reader with a process to improve their own critical thinking, management judgment, and communication with their end-user clients. 

Spreadsheet Modeling for Business Decisions focuses on five fundamental topics of quantitative business decision making and management science, making it suitable for a survey course in management science, but specific enough to satisfy upper division “elective” courses and graduate level MBA courses in quantitative methods or business decision making. 
 

Chapter 1: The Art and Science of Becoming a More Effective and Efficient Problem Solver
Chapter 2: Introduction to Spreadsheet Modeling
Chapter 3: Probability and Statistics- A Foundation for Becoming a More Effective and Efficient Problem Solver
Chapter 6: Linear Regression Modeling
Chapter 7: Introduction to Forecasting
Appendix A
Student Resources
 

John F Kros
John F. Kros currently is the Vincent K. McMahon Distinguished Professor of Marketing and Supply Chain Management in the College of Business at East Carolina University, in Greenville, North Carolina. He teaches the Business Decision Modeling, Statistics, Operations and Supply Chain Management, and Purchasing and Materials Management courses. Twice he has been awarded the ECU Scholar Teacher Award and in Spring of 2026 he was awarded the Stafford Teaching Award for Outstanding Teaching in the College of Business. He teaches the Business Decision Modeling and Operations and Supply Chain Management courses. His research interests include: Supply Chain Risk Analysis, Design of Experiments, Multi-Objective Decision Making, Taguchi Methods, and Supply Chain Management Applications. 
John F. Kros has a bachelor of business administration from The University of Texas, a master of business administration from Santa Clara University, and a Ph.D. in systems engineering from The University of Virginia. 
During his graduate work, he took time out and was employed for several years by ITT Teves in Culpeper, VA and at Hughes Network Systems (HNS), in Germantown, Maryland. His responsibilities included: master scheduling, capacity planning, inventory control, and quality assurance/ISO 9000 auditing and training. ITT Teves is a manufacturer of automotive brakes and braking systems. HNS is a major manufacturer of electronic circuit boards, DSS satellite dishes, cellular phone and switching equipment, high speed cable modems, and network computer satellite systems. 
He is a member of the Council for Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), and the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). John has been published in INTERFACES, the Journal of Business Logistics, Quality Engineering, Quality Reliability Engineering International, the International Journal of Production Research, Industrial Management and Data Systems, the International Journal Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, Transportation Research: Part E, Computers and Operations Research, and the Journal of the Operational Research Society and in numerous CSCMP-EDGE, INFORMS, and DSI conference proceedings. 
He enjoys spending his free time with his beautiful red-headed wife, Novine, and their two beautiful daughters, traveling, snow skiing, spending time with his family and old fraternity brothers, watching college football, and attempting to locate establishments that provide inexpensive food and liquid refreshment. Suggestions are always welcome!!

This version is specifically for the Graduate-Level Quantitative Methods course 

Updated for use with Microsoft Office Excel 2016 with an emphasis on model formulation and interpretation rather than on computer code or algorithms, Spreadsheet Modeling for Business Decisions examines the core methods used by managers in their everyday problem-solving situations. This text provides the reader with a process to improve their own critical thinking, management judgment, and communication with their end-user clients. 

Spreadsheet Modeling for Business Decisions focuses on five fundamental topics of quantitative business decision making and management science, making it suitable for a survey course in management science, but specific enough to satisfy upper division “elective” courses and graduate level MBA courses in quantitative methods or business decision making. 
 

Chapter 1: The Art and Science of Becoming a More Effective and Efficient Problem Solver
Chapter 2: Introduction to Spreadsheet Modeling
Chapter 3: Probability and Statistics- A Foundation for Becoming a More Effective and Efficient Problem Solver
Chapter 6: Linear Regression Modeling
Chapter 7: Introduction to Forecasting
Appendix A
Student Resources
 

John F Kros
John F Kros
John F. Kros currently is the Vincent K. McMahon Distinguished Professor of Marketing and Supply Chain Management in the College of Business at East Carolina University, in Greenville, North Carolina. He teaches the Business Decision Modeling, Statistics, Operations and Supply Chain Management, and Purchasing and Materials Management courses. Twice he has been awarded the ECU Scholar Teacher Award and in Spring of 2026 he was awarded the Stafford Teaching Award for Outstanding Teaching in the College of Business. He teaches the Business Decision Modeling and Operations and Supply Chain Management courses. His research interests include: Supply Chain Risk Analysis, Design of Experiments, Multi-Objective Decision Making, Taguchi Methods, and Supply Chain Management Applications. 
John F. Kros has a bachelor of business administration from The University of Texas, a master of business administration from Santa Clara University, and a Ph.D. in systems engineering from The University of Virginia. 
During his graduate work, he took time out and was employed for several years by ITT Teves in Culpeper, VA and at Hughes Network Systems (HNS), in Germantown, Maryland. His responsibilities included: master scheduling, capacity planning, inventory control, and quality assurance/ISO 9000 auditing and training. ITT Teves is a manufacturer of automotive brakes and braking systems. HNS is a major manufacturer of electronic circuit boards, DSS satellite dishes, cellular phone and switching equipment, high speed cable modems, and network computer satellite systems. 
He is a member of the Council for Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), and the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). John has been published in INTERFACES, the Journal of Business Logistics, Quality Engineering, Quality Reliability Engineering International, the International Journal of Production Research, Industrial Management and Data Systems, the International Journal Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, Transportation Research: Part E, Computers and Operations Research, and the Journal of the Operational Research Society and in numerous CSCMP-EDGE, INFORMS, and DSI conference proceedings. 
He enjoys spending his free time with his beautiful red-headed wife, Novine, and their two beautiful daughters, traveling, snow skiing, spending time with his family and old fraternity brothers, watching college football, and attempting to locate establishments that provide inexpensive food and liquid refreshment. Suggestions are always welcome!!