COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Foreign Trade (English)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR CANSU YILDIRIM

Offered to

Foreign Trade (English)

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide an understanding of fundemental concepts and terminology used in international logistics and supply chain management including logistics activities, supply chain evolution, power and conflict between chain members, and supplier selection.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Lambert, D.M.; Stock, J.R.; Ellram, L.M. (1998). Fundamentals of Logistics Management. McGraw-Hill.
Cousins, P., Lamming, R., Lawson,B.,Squire,B. (2008).Strategic Supply Management: Principles, Theories and Practice.Prentice Hall.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course consists of lectures, class discussions, assignments and term project.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Your reference will be the course notes, papers, cases and powerpoints presented in the class.

Assessment Criteria

Lectures will focus on the transfer of knowledge to recognize and use the principles of operations management, logistics, supply chain management, transportation, network design and other decision-support models to facilitate the trade operations where comprehension is substantially enhanced by additional elaboration and illustration.

Exams will measure the ability to identify and apply the appropriate concept/method to the real situations. Each exam will cover course materials and include exercises like those assigned for homework, questions on lecture materials, and additional items covered in class meetings.

In this course, in addition to midterm and final exams, students are expected to complete several assignments and term project throughout the semester. Assignments include mini case analyses (1 - 4 pages), exercises (2 - 4 problems) for developing and solving a mathematical model for logistics-transportation and SCM related problems, readings (5 - 10 page articles) for class discussions.

Students are required to complete a Term Project. For the term project (10, max 20 pages), they select a business topic within the context of the operations management, logistics, supply chain management, transportation, network design and other decision-support models facilitating the trade operations; then elaborate this topic with its all important aspects like main concepts, features, advantages-disadvantages, usage areas, and potentials for future, and so forth. At the end of semester, they present their topic.

By completing the project, students will improve communication skills through presenting the relevant research with the real cases. Project reports will enable students improve their competency using the scientific language to communicate the results.

Project reports will be graded by the instructors and be evaluated for such factors as apparent understanding of the topic, originality of treatment and discussion, accuracy of results, comprehensiveness of the report's content and depth of
the analysis, clarity and mechanics of presentation such as organization, format, punctuation, grammar, and quality of exhibits and charts.

A good participation record may bring the grade up one level, for grades on the boundary between two grade levels. Student Participation will depend on (i) class attendance, (ii) the quality of answers the student provides to questions posed by the instructor during class, and (iii) the general contribution the student makes to the creation of a positive learning environment.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. It is obligatory to attend at least 70% of the classes.
2. Violations of Plagiarism of any kind will result in disciplinary steps being taken.
3. Absence will not be considered an excuse for submitting homework assignments late.
4. Delayed project reports will suffer grade decay equivalent to one letter grade per day late.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Asst.Prof. Dr. Cansu YILDIRIM
cansu.yildirim@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

By appointment

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes