Course Name | Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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LOG 472 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
Prerequisites | None | |||||
Course Language | English | |||||
Course Type | Elective | |||||
Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
Mode of Delivery | Online | |||||
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | Group WorkLecturing / Presentation | |||||
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Course Objectives | This course aims to provide an understanding of logistics and supply chain approaches and practices in the humanitarian context. |
Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | This course explores how logistics and supply chain management principles can be applied in the humanitarian context, which is a dynamic, resource-constrained setting. This course covers several topics including the crisis management, management of logistics/supply chain practices in different phases of disaster management cycle. Several national and international disaster relief operations & interventions will be discussed in class. |
Related Sustainable Development Goals | |
| Core Courses | |
Major Area Courses | X | |
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Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
Transferable Skill Courses |
Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | Course Overview | Humanitarian logistics / Rolando Tomasini and Luk Van Wassenhove. Hampshire, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009 Ch 1 |
2 | Introduction to the concept of humanitarian logistics & SC | Humanitarian logistics / Rolando Tomasini and Luk Van Wassenhove. Hampshire, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009 Ch1, Reading 1 |
3 | Understanding humanitarian supply chain actors | Humanitarian logistics / Rolando Tomasini and Luk Van Wassenhove. Hampshire, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009 Ch2, Reading 2 |
4 | Challenges in humanitarian logistics and supply chain management | Humanitarian logistics / Rolando Tomasini and Luk Van Wassenhove. Hampshire, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009 Ch 1&2 |
5 | Strategies for the different stages of the crisis, intervention, & disaster cycles | Humanitarian logistics / Rolando Tomasini and Luk Van Wassenhove. Hampshire, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009 Reading 3 |
6 | Preparation strategies | Humanitarian logistics / Rolando Tomasini and Luk Van Wassenhove. Hampshire, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009 Reading 4-5 |
7 | Managing coordination in humanitarian supply chains | |
8 | Information & knowledge management in humanitarian supply chains | Humanitarian logistics / Rolando Tomasini and Luk Van Wassenhove. Hampshire, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009 Ch 3, project assigned |
9 | Mid-Term Exam | Humanitarian logistics / Rolando Tomasini and Luk Van Wassenhove. Hampshire, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009 Ch3 |
10 | Coursework Tutorial | Humanitarian logistics / Rolando Tomasini and Luk Van Wassenhove. Hampshire, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009 Ch4, Reading 10 |
11 | Presentations & in-class discussions | Humanitarian logistics / Rolando Tomasini and Luk Van Wassenhove. Hampshire, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009 Ch4, Reading 6-8 |
12 | Presentations & in-class discussions | Humanitarian logistics / Rolando Tomasini and Luk Van Wassenhove. Hampshire, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009 Ch5 |
13 | Presentations & in-class discussions | |
14 | Presentations & in-class discussions | |
15 | Review of the semester | |
16 | Final exam |
Course Notes/Textbooks | Textbook: Humanitarian logistics / Rolando Tomasini and Luk Van Wassenhove. Hampshire, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. Lecture notes based on the above subjects and related presentation material |
Suggested Readings/Materials | Reading list:
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Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | 10 | |
Laboratory / Application | ||
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments | ||
Presentation / Jury | 1 | 30 |
Project | ||
Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exam | ||
Midterm | 1 | 30 |
Final Exam | 1 | 30 |
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 2 | 60 |
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 40 |
Total |
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
Study Hours Out of Class | 15 | 2 | 30 |
Field Work | |||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | - | ||
Portfolio | |||
Homework / Assignments | |||
Presentation / Jury | 1 | 12 | |
Project | |||
Seminar / Workshop | |||
Oral Exam | |||
Midterms | 1 | 25 | |
Final Exams | 1 | 35 | |
Total | 150 |
# | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | To be able to analyze complex problems in the field of logistics and supply chains | X | ||||
2 | To be able to have good knowledge of sector related market leaders, professional organizations, and contemporary developments in the logistics sector and supply chains | X | ||||
3 | To be able to participate in the sector-related communication networks and improve professional competencies within the business sector | X | ||||
4 | To be able to use necessary software, information and communication technologies in the fields of logistics management and supply chain | X | ||||
5 | To be able to understand and utilize the coordination mechanisms and supply chain integration | X | ||||
6 | To be able to analyze the logistics and supply chain processes using the management science perspective and analytical approaches | X | ||||
7 | To be able to design, plan and model in order to contribute to decision making within the scope of logistics and supply chains | X | ||||
8 | To be able to interpret and evaluate the classical and contemporary theories in the field of logistics and supply chains | X | ||||
9 | To be able to conduct projects and participate in teamwork in the field of logistics and supply chains | X | ||||
10 | To be able to have an ethical perspective and social responsiveness when making and evaluating decisions. | X | ||||
11 | To be able to collect data in the area of logistics and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). | X | ||||
12 | To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently. | X | ||||
13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout human history to their field of expertise. | X |
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest