The Logistics programme is aimed at students seeking to work at all levels of a company, from operational to the strategic level. The combination of quantitative and qualitative skills enables you to be a strategic and critical thinker while being able to address operational decisions as they occur.

You benefit from project work, live case studies with real organisations, including a visit to a company, and guest lectures that may enhance your job prospects.

Please note, the electives shown for our programmes are not guaranteed and are subject to change. Electives offered in any given year are based upon the availability of the relevant resources within the School.

Course content

• Core modules: Contemporary Topics in Logistic Research; Data Analysis and Forecasting; Introduction to Logistics and Supply Chain Management; Management of Operations;Spreadsheet Modelling and Decision Support Systems; Warehousing and Transportation.
• Two from Economics of the Electronic Marketplace; Financial and Management Accounting; Heuristics and Optimisation; Management Science Modelling; Managing the Multinational Enterprise; Marketing; Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management; Performance Management; Simulation and Optimisation Software; Statistics for Management; Structure and Organisation of the e-Enterprise.
• One from Corporate and Social Environmental Management; Corporate Finance; e-Commerce Technology and Infrastructures; Economics of the Electronic Marketplace; European Business; Financial Statement Analysis; Globalisation and Corporate Social Responsibility; International Environmental Law; Leadership and Management; Management of Operations; Managing Diversity and Equal Opportunities; Managing Island and Coastal Tourism; Managing the Multinational Enterprise; Marketing in an International Perspective; Social Responsibility Accounting; Structure and Organisation of the e-Enterprise; Tourism Development in Asia Pacific.
• Dissertation of 12,000 words

Assessment

Assessment is by a combination of coursework and examinations, plus the dissertation.

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