What is it about?
A tongue-in-cheek discussion about the need for schools of Business to require calculus to understand how to make quantitative business decisions. Just as Latin is a "dead language" for English, so is Calculus for using proven mathematical formulas. The title is the opening line of Julius Caesar's account of the wars in France (Gaul) and that all of France is divided into three parts.
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Why is it important?
As teachers, we need to always question why we teach and how we teach it. Business schools finally dropped the calculus requirements in the late 70's.
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From 1977 on, those of us who teach management science, quantitative methods and operations research have had to face classroom issues such as the use of calculators, personal computers, electronic spreadsheets and other aids which can aid or hinder learning, both in the classroom and in the business world.
Dr. Rick Hesse
Lincoln Memorial University
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This page is a summary of: “Gallia Est Omnis Divisa in Partēs Trēs …”, INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics, August 1977, INFORMS,
DOI: 10.1287/inte.7.4.47.
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