Master of Business (Logistics Management) by coursework MBus(LogMgt)

• Important information
• General
• Course objectives
• Entrance requirements
• Duration
• Mode of offering
• Credits for work done previously
• Course structure

Important information

Course code: 1141

Course director: Mr G Peter Dapiran

General

This degree by coursework and minor thesis extends on (and requires prior 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.

Course 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 coordination 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.

Entrance requirements

Applicants need to have completed, with an average grade of credit or above, either an honours degree in the discipline, or the Graduate Diploma in Logistics Management, or an equivalent qualification from a recognised tertiary institution.

Duration

The Master of Business (Logistics Management) is normally completed in two semesters of full-time study or four semesters of part-time study.

Mode of offering

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 previously

No credit for work done previously is available in this masters degree.

Course structure

Candidates must successfully complete the following subjects:[>]

• MGM5430 Business research methods
• MKT9280 Issues in competitive advantage I
• MKT9281 Issues in competitive advantage II
• MKT5301 Minor thesis (equivalent to two subjects)

• MKT9510 International marketing and logistics
• MKT9311 Special studies in logistics
• MKT9470 Strategic logistics planning
• MKT5270 Strategic marketing policy
• MGM5510 Organisational learning and leadership
• MGM9720 Managing in a changing environment

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