Volker Oppitz (born 6 December 1931 in

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) is a German

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and

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Life

Oppitz graduated in 1950 from the ''Deutsche Müllerschule Dippoldiswalde (DMD)'', in 1952 from the School of Engineering

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in mechanical and electrical engineering and in 1956 in economics at the

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. In 1970 he earned his

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(''Dr. rer. oec.'') in the field of economics of industrial sectors at the Dresden University of Technology. In 1971 he became Assistant Professor at the Dresden University of Technology in Faculty of Economics. After making his habilitation treatise (''Dr. habil.'') in 1981 at the

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he became in 1987

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in the Faculty of Economics of the Dresden University of Technology. In 1990 he was appointed to Full

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and Head of the Department of

Management Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includes the activities o ...

Operations Research Operations research ( en-GB, operational research) (U.S. Air Force Specialty Code: Operations Analysis), often shortened to the initialism OR, is a discipline that deals with the development and application of analytical methods to improve deci ...

and Operations management. In 1996 he retired and was still working as

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. Since 1992 Oppitz was

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of ''UBI Wirtschaftsberatung GmbH'' in

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. Since 2001 he is academic director in sports management at the (EIPOS) at Dresden University of Technology in association with the

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. He lectures on the application of mathematics and statistics in management at EIPOS in Dresden. In addition to his scientific work Volker Oppitz was between 2002 and 2005 Vice President of the

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, and since 2005 has been honorary chairman. His son, also named Volker, is a player for the club.

Work

Oppitz deals mainly with draft mathematical models and their practical use. He pays special attention to the synthesis of mathematics and economics and practical solutions to the economic problems of corporate practice. Even the most difficult of financial models follow after his scientific explanation of the purpose, in its everyday use to maximize profits and minimize costs. The research activity of Prof. Oppitz includes company management and

economics Economics () is the social science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...

, management of

planning Planning is the process of thinking regarding the activities required to achieve a desired goal. Planning is based on foresight, the fundamental capacity for mental time travel. The evolution of forethought, the capacity to think ahead, is consi ...

and

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of economics,

management process Management process is a process of setting goals, planning and/or controlling the organising and leading the execution of any type of activity, such as: * a project (project management process) or * a process (process management process, someti ...

es and

engineering management Engineering management is the application of the practice of management to the practice of engineering. Engineering management is a career that brings together the technological problem-solving ability of engineering and the organizational, admini ...

economic modelling ''Economic Modelling'' is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal on economics published by Elsevier. The editors-in-chief are Angus C. Chu (University of Macau) and Sushanta K. Mallick (Queen Mary University of London). Abstracting and indexi ...

, particularly in financial/budgetary maths, risk management, and forecasting methods. Oppitz has published over 200 scientific publications, including more than 20 books and papers, numerous articles in journals, on patents and property rights.

Publications

* ''Taschenbuch Wirtschaftlichkeitsrechnung'',

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2003 mit Prof. Dr. Volker Nollau * ''OR_MAT© Wirtschaftsmathematik'', TGS-Dresden 2000 * ''Gabler Lexikon Wirtschaftlichkeitsberechnung'', Gabler-Verlag 1995 * ''Veredlung von Material und Erzeugnissen: dargest. an Erzeugnissen d. Elektrotechnik/Elektronik'', Inst. für Rationalisierung d. Elektrotechnik/Elektronik, Institutsteil Dresden, Zentralstelle für Aus- u. Weiterbildung d. Industriebereiches Elektrotechnik/Elektronik 1985, mit Klaus Kleinert * ''Produktionskontinuität als komplexe Leitungsaufgabe'' IR Dresden, ZSB 1984 * ''Produktionsorganisation: Ziele und Kriterien der Produktionsorganisation '' 1984 * ''Vervollkommnung der Fertigungsplanung und Fertigungssteuerung'' IR Dresden, ZSB 1983 * ''Neue Erzeugnisse: Gebrauchswert, Bedarf, Aufwand'' Beitrag zur Anwendung ökonom.-math. Bewertungsmethoden bei der Entwicklung neuer Erzeugnisse, Verlag Die Wirtschaft Berlin 1983, mit Werner Weichelt * ''Planung, Steuerung und Kontinuität der Fertigung'', Verlag Die Wirtschaft Berlin 1983, mit Winfried Lukas * ''Kontinuität der Fertigung durch Vervollkommung ihrer Planung und Steuerung'' Universität Rostock Fakultät für Gesellschaftswissenschaften (Habilitationsschrift) 1981 * ''Muster eines Fallspieles'' Institut für Fachschulwesen 1970 mit E. Oppitz * ''Die Organisation industrieller Subsysteme, das Grundfonds- und Kapazitätswachstum komplexer industrieller Subsysteme unter Berücksichtigung qualitativer Einflüsse : T. 1-3'' TUD/Eigenverlag 1970, mit Josef Balling, Hans-Joachim Grüneberger * ''Zur mathematisch begründeten Modellierung der prognostischen Entscheidungsvorbereitung in der Forschung und Entwicklung'', Institut f. Rationalisierung u. Organisation d. Elektroindustrie Dresden 1968, mit Günter Meinke,

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* ''Betrachtungen zum Aufbau von mathematisch begründeten Prognosemodellen'', Institut für Rationalisierung und Organisation der Elektroindustrie, Dresden 1967 * ''Planübung zur rechnergestützten Vorbereitung der Planaufgaben für ein neues Erzeugnis : ökonomisch-mathematische Grundlagen für die langfristige Bedarfsermittlung bei industriellen Konsumgütern''

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, Institut für Sozialistische Wirtschaftsführung 1967

References

External links

Website Volker Oppitz
{{DEFAULTSORT:Opptiz, Volker 1931 births Living people People from Nový Bor Sudeten German people German economists 20th-century German mathematicians Academic staff of TU Dresden 21st-century German mathematicians