Volker Oppitz (scientist)

Volker Oppitz (scientist).

Volker Oppitz (born December 6, 1931 in Nový Bor (Haida), Czechoslovakia) is a German economist and mathematician.

Life

Oppitz graduated 1950 from the Deutsche Müllerschule Dippoldiswalde (DMD), 1952 from the School of Engineering Dippoldiswalde in mechanical and electrical engineering and 1956 in economics at the Dresden University of Technology. 1970 he earned his Ph.D. (Dr. rer. oec.) in the field of economics of industrial sectors at the Dresden University of Technology. 1971 he became Assistant Professor at the Dresden University of Technology at Faculty of Economics. After making his habilitation treatise (Dr. habil.) in 1981 at University of Rostock he became 1987 Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics of the Dresden University of Technology. In 1990 he was appointed to Full Professor and Head of Department of Management, Operations Research and Operations management. In 1996 he retired and was still working as Professor emeritus.

Since 1992 Oppitz was CEO of UBI Wirtschaftsberatung GmbH in Dresden. Since 2001 he is academic director in sportsmanagement at the Europäisches Institut für postgraduale Bildung (EIPOS) at Dresden University of Technology in association with the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund. 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 German football club Dynamo Dresden, and since 2005 has been honorary chairman.[1] His son, also named Volker, is a player for the club.

Work

Oppitz deals mainly with the draft Mathematical models and their practical use. He pays special attention to the synthesis of mathematics and economics and practical solution to the economic problem of corporate practice. Even the most difficult of financial models follow after his scientific explanation of the purpose, in its everyday to maximize profits and minimize costs. The research activity of Prof. Oppitz are company management and economics, management of planning and organization of the economics, management processes and engineering management, economic modelling particularly in financial/budgetary maths, risk management and forecasting methods.

Oppitz published over 200 scientific publications, including more than 20 books and papers, numerous articles in journals, patents and property rights

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