MSc Logistics Management

Management of Project and Contract Risk

Projects, in comparison to normal operational behaviour, induce and manage changes to routine operating circumstances so as to examine the improvements to be gained from the changes. The module will examine the impact of risk on these changes.

Problem Solving and Innovation

In organisations, a significant amount of time is engaged in problem (re)solving. With the increasing complexity of organisational life there is a greater demand for novel and original solutions. This module responds to that demand.

Strategic Management

This module will introduce you to some of the conceptual, theoretical and contemporary ideas underpinning the study of strategic management to an intermediate level. The aim being to provide you with a cohesive framework of the overall business activity, thus enabling you to critique your experience in relation to the theoretical concepts and to develop your ability to evaluate the strategy process.

Purchasing and Supply Management

This module is designed to enhance students understanding of the academic concepts associated with Purchasing and Supply Chain Strategy and to enable them to construct a framework for the application of these ideas within the context of practical Logistics environments.

Managing Self and Leadership

This module is designed to complement and balance the other modules units by providing you with an opportunity to explore the behavioural and leadership aspects of organisational life. A focus for the unit will be your own experience and you will have the opportunity to examine the extent to which this, together with both organisational behaviour and leadership concepts, provide a vehicle for enhancing your understanding of organisational life.

Logistics and Operations Management

This module aims to introduce you to the concepts of Logistics and Operations Management and build a framework for this important function within the supply chain. As the competitive environment becomes more volatile and less predictable Logistics and Operations issues can offer the company more opportunities to differentiate itself from the competition.

Supply Chain and Quality Strategy

Supply Chains can involve the sourcing of raw materials, the sub-contracting of office services or the logistical distribution and transportation of finished products. Sharing of ‘quality’ information and regular communication from initial source to end consumer can be paramount for success. This module is designed to enhance your understanding of the concepts of Supply Chain and Quality Strategies.

Research Methods

This module provides the skills, which will enable you to carry out a research project on a topic of management, which is of relevance to you and your organisation. Subsequently, it introduces some of the main philosophical traditions of management research.

Dissertation

This module encourages you to develop the process and practice of independent learners. Such practice involves devising frameworks, which empower you and harness your aims and ambitions, energy and enthusiasm, potential and resources into the production of a dissertation.

This programme is delivered through a part time block mode of study.

The part time is delivered through eight one week blocks over two years.

Assessment strategies will reflect the focus of the programme on independent self-managed learning. You will normally be asked to produce an assignment totalling 4000-5000 words or the equivalent for each single unit on the programme. For your dissertation you will be expected to undertake a piece of research to produce 15,000-20,000 words.

Employers are increasingly looking to recruit graduates who can demonstrate that they have the skills and abilities to succeed in the workplace. This degree has been devised to give students just that edge.

Applicants for the MSc Logistics Management degree programme may have backgrounds in a variety of subject areas. This might include engineering, mathematics, economics, business studies, geography, planning or social studies.

Applicants must posses:

• Have an honours degree of a United Kingdom university (or its equivalent)
• Have a professional qualification (or combination of qualifications) recognised as being of honours equivalence.
• Admission may be possible for exceptional students. However, an interview will be required in order to establish your eligibility.

In the first semester there is a residential aspect to the programme of two days (one night).

In the academic year 2011/2012 the residential is likely to be held on 20th and 21st October 2011.

The cost of the residential is currently charged as a separate item from the course fee and paid for through the University Shop. The fee for the residential is estimated at £150.00 but there are opportunities to reduce the cost by sharing a room.

For further information about fees, scholarships and bursaries please see our Fees & Funding pages.

Fees and Funding

Programme Manager
Telephone: +44 (0)1522 886954
jowens@lincoln.ac.uk

Programme Administrator
Katie Rushbrook
Telephone: +44 (0)1522 835521
kRushbrook@lincoln.ac.uk