The aim of this course is to give you the knowledge on risk management and control in global logistics operations. It will explain the methods, tools and techniques on how to identify areas of losses, minimise and mitigate any financial, asset and human lives losses and help prepare the next generation of entrepreneurs or industry leaders for the changing business environments. The course introduces students to both academic research and industry practice. Due to the nature of global operations, and cooperation of multi-players, multi-operations and multi-systems, the course examines how risks are identified and projected from uncertainties, how it is assessed and what are some of the various different ways to manage the potential risks. It will also give an explanation of the practical, theoretical tools and methodologies which are currently used in Risk Management of business operations. Through assignments, the expectations from you is by taking the learned knowledge think on how the some of the current logistics operations be performed in a more efficient manner.

Distance mode only