COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HUMANITARIAN LOGISTICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
LGM 3021 HUMANITARIAN LOGISTICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Logistics Management

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR DUYGU ŞAHAN

Offered to

Logistics Management

Course Objective

The main purpose of the course is the analysis of logistics activities in a disaster case.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. examination of the logistics processes during natural disaster case.
2   2. examination of the logistics processes during the transportation and storage of material in a natural disaster case.
3   3. examination of the logistics operations during the distribution of food and emergent material during a natural disaster.
4   4. Students are informed about the latest developments within the framework of the humanitarian logistics.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Humanitarian Logistics
2 General Concepts Related to Humanitarian Logistics
3 Humanitarian players and principles
4 Challenges in humanitarian logistics and supply chain management
5 Challenges in humanitarian logistics and supply chain management
6 Humanitarian Management Spiral
7 Coordination in Humanitarian Logistics
8 Coordination in Humanitarian Logistics
9 Coordination in Humanitarian Logistics
10 Information Management During Humanitarian Activities
11 Information Management During Humanitarian Activities
12 Preparation for Emergent Cases
13 General view
14 General View
15 Presentation
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Taha, Hamdi A. (1992). Operations Research: An Introduction , 5. Edition, Prentice-Hall International Editions, ABD.
Öztürk, Ahmet, (1997). Yöneylem Araştırması , 7. Baskı, Ekin Kitabevi Yayınları, Bursa.
Tütek, Hülya, H., Gümüşoğlu, Şevkinaz. (2000). Sayısal Yöntemler, Yönetsel Yaklaşımı . 3. Baskı. Beta: Istanbul.
Esin, Alptekin. (2003). Yöneylem Araştırmalarında Yararlanılan Karar Yöntemleri . Gazi Kitabevi: Ankara.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Literature survey, data analysis, case studies.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FINS FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + FINS * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Knowledge, skills and competencies in research, examination, critics, oral and written presentation of Humanitarian Logistics practices in the scope of international ogistics business environment will be assessed.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

volkan.cetinkaya@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Tutorials 0 2 0
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 8 8
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 120

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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