MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT OPTION)

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT OPTION)

Are you looking to develop your knowledge and skills in Logistics and Supply Chain Management while you work full-time? Our Master in Business Administration (Logistics and Supply Chain Management Option) will equip you with a broader understanding on various issues that must be considered when designing, planning, or operating a supply chain to enable you gain confidence in any logistics and supply chain role. Applications are now open for weekend, evening, and day.

Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Logistics and Supply Chain Management provides a conceptual understanding of what a supply chain is and the various issues that must be considered when designing, planning, or operating a supply chain. The program identifies the goal of a supply chain and discuss the significance of supply chain decisions for the success of a firm. The program is designed to provide career focused students with the knowledge and practices of the modern business world to enhance the decision making and careers. The program provides several examples from different industries to emphasize the variety of supply chain issues and decisions that companies need to consider at the strategic, planning, and operational levels.

In the first year of the programme, students study carefully selected courses calculated to make them well-equipped with the requisite knowledge that makes them fit for every managerial position that comes their way after the programme. In the second year, of this specialization, students will learn Service Operations Management, Operations and Supply Chain Management, Logistics & Inventory Management and Procurement Management which are critical in modern Logistics and Supply Chain Management.

The goals and objectives of the MBA Logistics and Supply Chain Management programme are:

 

  1.  To expose students to the goals of supply chain and explain the impact supply chain decisions have on the success of a firm.
  2. To expose students to contemporary challenges facing global and domestic supply chains.
  3. To equip students with the abilities to understand how firms/organizations integrate major logistics, marketing, procurement, production functions in order to compete as supply chain networks.
  4. To provide students with lean and Six Sigma concepts and their application to business operations.
  5. Develop students’ capacity to be able to apply the analytical methods and tools supporting data-driven decisions in supply chain.

 

Admission requirement for students to enroll on the MBA Logistics and Supply Chain Management programme is a first degree with least Second Class (Lower Division) from a recognized institution. Applicants must in addition have a thorough proficiency in written and spoken English. Candidates must demonstrate their ability to pay required fees and pass an entry examination to be conducted by KNUST School of Business. 

 

YEAR ONE

SEMESTER ONE

COURSE CODE

COURSE TITLE (CREDIT HOURS)

 

FACULTY CORE

ACF 551

Accounting for Managers (3 Credits)

ISD 551

Quantitative Analysis (3 Credits)

ACF 553

Managerial Economics (3 Credits)

MAS 553

Human Resource Management (3 Credits)

MAS 561

Leadership & Organizational Behaviour (3 Credits)

 

 

 

 

 

YEAR ONE                    SEMESTER TWO

 

COURSE CODE            COURSE TITLE (CREDIT HOURS)

 

                                         FACULTY CORE

 

MCS 552                          Marketing Management & Strategy (3 Credits)

 

ACF 554                          Corporate Finance (3 Credits)

 

ISD 556                            MIS & E-Business (3 Credits)

 

ISD 554                            Business Research Methods (3 Credits)

 

ISD 552                            Operations Management (3 Credits)

 

 

 

YEAR TWO

SEMESTER ONE

COURSE CODE

COURSE TITLE (CREDIT HOURS)

 

FACULTY CORE

MAS 651

Business Law & Ethics (3 Credits)

MCS 601

Research Project 1 (3 Credits)

MCS 651

Entrepreneurship & Small Business (3 Credits)

 

ELECTIVES

ISD 661

Service Operations Management (3 Credits)

ISD 655

Operations and Supply Chain Management (3 Credits)

 

 

 

YEAR TWO

SEMESTER TWO

COURSE CODE

COURSE TITLE (CREDIT HOURS)

 

FACULTY CORE

MCS 601

Research Project 2 (3 Credits)

MCS 651

Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management (3 Credits)

ISD 662

Logistics & Inventory Management (3 Credits)

ISD 668

Procurement Management (3 Credits)

All Master of Business Administration students undertake a six (6) credit hour research project that leads to a submitted thesis report that is orally defended by the student.

 

Teaching methods include but are not limited to Face to face-to-face lectures, hands-on Problem-Based Learning (PBL) techniques, case study illustrations, and practice-oriented virtual exercises using the KNUST Learning Management System (LMS) called the Virtual Classroom. Seminars/Workshops, Audio-visual/Poster presentation

 

A critical observation of advertisements in job vacancies in the media reveals that many of the job vacancies are in the areas of Procurement, Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Currently most businesses are in search for well-trained top management personnel to manage their Procurement, Operation, Logistics and Supply Chain.