COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
LGM 3025 SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Logistics Management (English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ÖMÜR YAŞAR SAATÇIOĞLU

Offered to

Logistics Management (English)

Course Objective

Examining the relationship between logistics management and sustainability.
Examining the relationship between supply chain management and sustainability.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To define sustainable logistics and sustainable supply chain understanding.
2   To analyze the concept of sustainable logistics and supply chain.
3   To learn the actors and their relationships in sustainable logistics and supply chain applications.
4   Examination of national and international sustainability indexes in terms of logistics and supply chain.
5   To develop the logistics and supply chain applications within the scope of sustainability principles.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction To Green & Reverse Logistics and Sustainability
2 Sustatainable Development
3 Sustainability: Main Concepts
4 Sustainability: Supply Chain Concepts
5 Sustainability: OECD Sustainability Indeces, Global, Regional and National Indices
6 Green Supply Chain Performance
7 Strategies of Green Supply Chain Management
8 Green Deal
9 Waste Management
10 Forward and Reverse Logistics Relation
11 Reverse Logistics Activities, Disposition and Reasons For Returns and Reverse Logistics Cases
12 Renewable Energy Sources in Sustainability and Its relation with Logistics & Supply Chain Management
13 Term paper presentation
14 Term paper presentation
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Integrated Sustainability Reporting: Linking Environmental and Social Information to Value Creation Processes, Laura Bini, L. and Bellucci, M. Springer, Nature Switzerland, 2020.
International Business, Trade and Institutional Sustainability, Editors: Walter Leal Filho, Paulo R. Borges de Brito and Fernanda Frankenberger, Springer, Nature Switzerland, 2020.
Işletmelerde Sürdürülebilirlik Dinamikleri, Editör. Prof. Dr. Işıl Mendeş Pekdemir, Beta Yayın Dağıtım, Istanbul, 2017.
The Age of Sustainable Development, Jeffrey D. Sacks, Columbia University Press, 2015.
Green Logistics: Improving the Environmental Sustainability of Logistics, Edited by Alan McKinnon, Michael Browne and Anthony Whiteing, 2nd Edition, Kagon Page Limited, Great Britain and United States, 2012.
Sustainable Transport: New Trends and Business Practices, Editors: Golinska-Dawson, Paulina, Hajdul, Marcin, Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York, 2012.
Sürdürülebilir Büyüme: Insanlar, Gezegen, Kar, (Çeviri), Peter Fisk, Mediacat Yayıncılık, Istanbul, Ocak 2010.
Introduction to Sustainability: Road to a Better Future, Munier, N. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 2005.
Logistics Systems for Sustainable Cities, Editors: Eiichi, T. and Russell, G. Thompson, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on City Logistics, (Madeira, Portugal, 25-27 June, 2003.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Literature review, data analysis, case studies by distance education.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MD * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MD * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

In the field of logistics and supply chain, knowledge, skills and competencies, research, examination, interpretation, oral and written expression skills and competencies will be evaluated within the scope of sustainability.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

E-mail: yasar.saatci@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
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 0 0 0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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