The strategic research unit of Decision Sciences and Operations at the Africa Business School integrates three pillars of business and management knowledge-building: Statistics and AI for Business, Operations Research and Operations Management, and Behavioural Decision Making.
The pillars forms the foundation of analytical decision making embracing descriptive, predictive and prescriptive business analytics. The unit's core mission is to address complex business challenges in Africa by utilizing a cutting-edge, data-driven, quantitative modelling approach that also incorporates the behavioural aspects of human judgment and decision-making.
KEY FOCUS AREAS
Analytics for Operations Management
Commodities market
Data-Driven Models for Innovation
Optimization of operations and supply chain systems
Operations Research
Models for knowledge-management
Data-Driven Models for Risk Management
Behavioral Decision Making
Coordinating production and logistics decisions within firms and across supply chains
