Courses NonDegree Display 2018-2019

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Course title Global Transportation Management
Course code EBC2065
ECTS credits 6,5
Assessment Whole/Half Grades
Period
Period Start End Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
4 4-2-2019 5-4-2019 X/E X/E
Level Intermediate
Coordinator Simon Bartczek
For more information: s.bartczek@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Language of instruction English
Goals
The course Global Transportation Management provides a detailed introduction into different transportation modes and their applicability in single – and multimodal contexts. The course stimulates critical thinking and own opinion formation. By encouraging students to actively shape form and content of multiple tutorial sessions in repeated facilitation settings, social skills, communication skills, character traits, attitudes complement the hard skills developed. The comparatively high proportion of exchange students contributes to the achievement of the aforementioned goals in an inherently international classroom setting.
Description
The aim of this course is to examine the role of transportation in international business in detail. It is the objective to provide students you with a conceptual understanding of the conditions faced by transportation managers in an international environment. Topics include complexity of international shipments, economic and legal environment of ocean, air carriers, freight forwarding, carrier selection, contract logistics and export documentation. Furthermore, it covers - among others - the cost structure and documentation of shipments, conference system for shipping lines, international sourcing, service priorities, and future outlooks for transportation logistics.
Literature
The literature assigned for this course draws from a variety of sources of stakeholders involved in global transportation management. The course is supplemented by a large selection of scientific articles of leading academic logistics and supply chain journals. Cases are used to illustrate the different concepts.
Prerequisites
At least one course in Logistics at Introductory level (level comparable to: The Management of Business Logistics: a Supply Chain Perspective, by J.J. Coyle, E.J. Bardi and C.J Langley (2003))
An advanced level of English.
Teaching methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) Presentation / Lecture / Assignment / Groupwork
Assessment methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) Final Paper / Participation
Evaluation in previous academic year For the complete evaluation of this course please click "here"
This course belongs to the following programmes / specialisations
Bachelor Economics and Business Economics - Economics IBE Electives
Bachelor Economics and Business Economics - Emerging Markets Business Electives
Bachelor Economics and Business Economics - Emerging Markets Major SCM
Bachelor Economics and Business Economics - Economics and Management of Information Free Electives
Bachelor Economics and Business Economics - International Business Economics Business Electives
Bachelor Economics and Business Economics - International Business Economics Major SCM
Bachelor International Business - Emerging Markets Major SCM
Bachelor International Business Business Electives (Major Accounting)
Bachelor International Business Business Electives (Major Finance)
Bachelor International Business Business Electives (Major Information Management)
Bachelor International Business Business Electives (Major Marketing)
Bachelor International Business Business Electives (Major Organisation)
Bachelor International Business Business Electives (Major Strategy)
Bachelor International Business Major SCM
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