Management (Logistics and Supply Chain Management) - MSc

The programme

The MSc in Management (Logistics and Supply Chain Management) has been designed to develop outstanding professionals in the field of logistics and supply chain management. Both fields deal with managing the flow of goods from a company's suppliers, through its facilities, and to its customers. This process of logistics services is of critical importance in establishing a global competitive advantage. Effective performance of the logistics functions can contribute to both lower costs and enhanced customer service.

The trend in the industry today is towards integrative job profiles such as supply chain manager and logistics manager. This MSc programme aims to prepare students to successfully compete for these positions. It is addressed but not limited to students who recently acquired their bachelor's degree in business studies, engineering and mathematics.

Accredited by:

• Strategy Formulation
• Research Methods for Business
• Operations and Process Management
• Managing People in Organisations
• Accounting & Finance for Managers
• Strategic Marketing
• Global Supply Chain Management
• Logistics and Supply Chain Management
• Dissertation

Strategy Formulation
Strategy formulation is concerned with the direction and scope of an organisation in the long term. Students will acquire skills for analysing the environment in which an organisation operates, identifying alternative solutions to strategy problems and choosing among them through an elaborate evaluation process.

Research Methods for Business
This unit provides a series of lectures on academic presentation, writing skills and an introduction to research issues and methods. The unit examines a wide range of research methodologies, both qualitative and quantitative, with reference to their philosophical base and practical application in marketing, management, banking and the leisure industry. The aim is to help students design, implement and apply their own research as well as to equip them to be able to critically evaluate published material.

Operations and Process Management
This unit involves an overview of the processes and systems which are involved in the receipt, transformation and delivery of products and services in modern organisations. Students develop skills in analysing the major challenges of the operations function and applying specific analytical and numerical techniques in problem solving.

Managing People in Organisations
This unit involves critical exploration of core concepts in current organisational theory with comprehensive analysis of the new managerial implications and practices. Recent developments in human resource management are discussed in depth, while structural changes in organisations of different sizes and sectors are analysed.

Accounting & Finance for Managers
Analysis of three key aspects of accounting practice. Management accounting involves the provision of information internally to facilitate processes of management control. Financial strategy concerns processes of capital investment and treasury management.

Global Supply Chain Management
Distribution and transportation is a key part of the integrated supply chain. Distribution and transportation activities are associated with the movement of all types of material from the point of origin to the point of use or consumption. This movement creates time, place, and quantity utilities for the commodities moved. With the explosion of supply chain management over the last several years, the utilities created by transportation have taken on heightened meaning. The management of product, information, and cash flows in the supply chain are all influenced by transportation cost and quality.

Strategic Marketing
This unit integrates the "tools" and the framework that practitioners will use in applying marketing. The understanding of marketing requires the understanding of its concepts but the successful application of it requires the ability of analysis, evaluation and synthesis; analysis of the situation, evaluation of it and the synthesis of a solution. Furthermore, effective marketing application requires the ability to decide and implement under conditions of uncertainty and restrictions of resources.
In this unit the students will be expected to develop their analytical, critical and synthetic abilities regarding the elements of the marketing environment. They will be expected to draw on their knowledge of different aspects of marketing and provide complete solutions to marketing problems. Such solutions will be expected to be applied in different sectors of economic activity.

Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Traditional Business and Logistics courses have dealt with the individual processes associated with developing new products, buying materials, transforming them, and shipping them to customers, none have dealt with the integration of information and material flows across multiple organisations. The integration of organisations within a single supply chain is becoming recognized as a core competitive strategy that will distinguish the winners from the losers beyond the year 2000. As organizations seek to continuously service customers faster, cheaper, and better, managers have come to realize that they cannot do it alone, but that they must align themselves with the best organizations upstream and downstream in order to jointly reap the rewards. The existing experiences must be synthesized to create a managerial perspective of the core tasks and challenges required to effectively develop supply chains in the future. Because supply chains involve members from every single function within organizations, engineers, purchasing managers, operations managers, logistics managers, sales personnel, financials etc, the unit philosophy is intended to provide insights into what a supply chain is, why it is becoming important, and the future challenges that lie ahead for managers.

Dissertation
The dissertation represents a piece of individual and original research based on an approved topic of the student’s choice related to the course and selected in consultation with tutors. The term ‘originality’ here does not necessarily imply that the dissertation will develop new theoretical insights or models but that it clearly demonstrates the development of new insights and knowledge in the candidates own mind and work.

Entry requirements

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How to apply

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The Business Administration & Economics Department (BAED) of CITY College, University of York Europe Campus aims at providing all students with an intellectually stimulating and supportive environment that allows them to acquire important skills and competencies for their professional and personal life.

Business matters at BAED. Our undergraduate and postgraduate courses in management related disciplines are designed to challenge students’ thinking and inspire them to develop the advanced knowledge and analytical skills they will need to succeed in business.

Our academics continually work with international, national and regional businesses as part of their research and use their experiences to make their teaching relevant and up-to-date.
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Recognition and Careers

Accreditation and Recognition
CITY College is strongly committed to quality education and academic excellence. It is officially accredited and recognised by top international accreditation bodies. Read more

Degree and formal qualifications
The degree and formal qualifications our graduates receive.

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Career opportunities

Graduates of the MSc in Management (Logistics and Supply Chain Management) programme may pursue careers as:
Logistics/supply chain management, transporting, warehousing, distribution and more.

Career, Employability and Enterprise Centre

The Career, Employability and Enterprise Centre, focuses on helping students to set attainable career goals. It offers advice on CVs and cover letters, and on how to effectively handle job interviews. Through career fairs, and different internship programmes, the department aims at constantly bringing students in contact with prospective employers. 

Every spring we organize the Annual Career Fair presenting with an opportunity to get a first feel of job seeking. During the event students and alumni have interview opportunities with corporate recruiters and present their skills and abilities to potential employers. Large companies, organisations and multinationals from different industries across S.E. Europe participate every year in our Career Fair and offer employment and internship opportunities to our students and graduates.
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Contact the Career, Employability and Enterprise Centre at careers@york.citycollege.eu

Association of MBAs

The programme is accredited by the Association of MBAs’.
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The programme is taught by academic staff members who have extensive teaching and professional experience. Our academics continually work with international, national and regional businesses as part of their research and use their experiences to make their teaching relevant and up-to-date. The administration staff fully supports all processes of the department and provides a wide range of services to our students.

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