Course director: Mr David Ballantyne
The course
This is a full-fee paying degree by course work and minor thesis which extends on (and requires pre-completion of) the Graduate Diploma of Logistics Management. Logistics management is the planning, coordinating and controlling of resources and information involved in the flow of goods from resource to final customer. The aim of the course is to provide students with an intellectually demanding and advanced understanding of logistics management concepts and to improve substantially the logistical and general managerial expertise of participants in their work life.
Objectives
On completion of the course students should:
* have a deep understanding of the potential for logistics management in the creation of relationships in the supply chain and the reduction of costs for the organisation and its strategic partners;
* have a developed range of competencies for the co-ordination of the timely movement of goods and information across functional borders and for the continuous improvement of these processes;
* have a developed range of technical and managerial approaches for linking logistical and strategic objectives and actions from one end of the supply chain to the other.
Venue
Core subjects are offered on a one week residential block basis, at Peninsula campus. Other subjects may be taken at other campuses with the approval of the course director.
Credits for work done elsewhere
Applicants may complete - at `Credit' grade average level - the Graduate Diploma in Logistics Management, or equivalent, in lieu of subject assessment for year one and year two (below).
Course structure
Candidates must successfully complete the following subjects:
Year 1
* MKT6610 Distribution channels and logistics
* MKT6620 Warehousing management
* MKT6160 Marketing theory and practice
* MKT6630 Transport management
Year 2
* MKT6640 Inventory and supply management
* MKT6650 Logistics control
* MKT6660 Relationship marketing and service quality management
* MKT6251 Case studies in strategy
Years 3 and 4
* MGM7430 Business research methods
* MKT5280 Issues in competitive advantage 1
* SYM5281 Issues in competitive advantage 2
* MKT5301 Minor thesis (equivalent to two subjects)
Plus: three subjects from:
* MKT6510 International marketing and logistics**
* MKT5311 Special studies in logistics**
* MKT6470 Strategic logistics planning**
* MKT5270 Strategic marketing policy
* MKT5210 Economic policy
* MGM6720 Managing in a changing environment
or, with approval of the course director, any other graduate level subject of the faculty
* Course subject to final university approval
** Recommended progression