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-------- Original Message -------- From: Emmanuel Thanassoulis <[log in to unmask]> ****************************************** STAND-ALONE OR DEGREE TRACK TRAINING COURSES IN DEA AND STOCHASTIC FRONTIERS Aston Business School runs annually a Training Package on Performance Management which includes introductory and advanced modules on DEA and Econometric Methods, including Stochastic Frontier methods. The modules of the package are delivered during weekends to enable those with work or other commitments, including those from outside the UK, to take them. The modules are fully accredited into the Aston MBA and MSc programmes for those who wish to take the assessments and accumulate credit towards a post-graduate qualification. Delegates may take one or more modules spread over a number of years. A description of the contents of each module and of the Package can be found at http://research.abs.aston.ac.uk/mgtsc1/perfmgt.html. MODULES AND DATES M1: Introduction to Quantitative Methods for Management October 22 and 23, November 12 and 13 2004. M2 Organisational Behaviour and Business Performance October 8, 15, 29 and 30 2004. M3 Econometric Methods in Performance Measurement January 15 and 28 and February 4 and 18 2005. M4 Data Envelopment Analysis January 16 and 29 and February 5 and 19 2005. M5 The Application of DEA and Econometric Methods April 15, 16, 22 and 23 2005. FEES For those in full time education during the year they take a module the fee is £200 per day making a total of £800 per module. For those not in full time education the fees in 2004/5 for a full four day Module are 1450 pounds for those not in full time education. This includes a copy of the main textbook used in the module and the lecture notes prepared by the course tutors. It does not include accommodation, travel or subsistence costs. The minimum fee payable is for one day. The fees for parts of modules are as follows. One day - 450 pounds; Two days - 850 pounds; Three days - 1150 pounds. Where a module is completed over more than one academic year the fees payable in the final year will be the balance to the full module fee applicable in the year the module is completed. RESERVING PLACES If you wish to reserve one or more places please let me have the delegate name(s), the module(s) they wish to attend and the number of days they wish to attend on each module this year. I can be reached as in the signature below. Please note that M1 is a pre-requisite for M3 if the delegate has had no recent exposure to Statistics and for M4 if the delegate has had no recent exposure to Linear Programming. Finally M3 and M4 are pre-requisites for M5 for those who have not had exposure to Econometrics or DEA respectively. Emmanuel Thanassoulis, Professor in Management Sciences, Aston Business School, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET, England. email: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>. Tel +44(0) 121 3593611 Ext 5033, fax +44 (0) 121 359 5271 http://research.abs.aston.ac.uk/mgtsc1/perfmgt.html.