The Maritime Business Environment (10 credits)
Course Schedule
This course runs every Monday for 12 weeks from 5pm - 6.30pm from 26th September to 12th December 2011.
Course Content
In today's world all managers are required to be sensitive to the range of different social, political, legal and economic elements that make up the complex international environment in which they operate. Those managing in the maritime sphere must also take account of an increasing degree of regional and international regulation resulting from concerns for safety, human security and demands for conservation of ocean resources. This course will ensure that participants are aware of the most recent trends and have the necessary tools to enable them to anticipate, interpret and exploit change. Students will be able to analyse the main trends in the development of the maritime sector since the 1970s and be able to relate these to the global political and economic issues.
Subject areas include:
- The Fundamental Business Environment
- Bulk and Liner Trades
- Policy Bodies and the Legal Environment for Shipping
- Risk Management
- Labour and HR Issues
- Non Freight Trade
- The Environment Continued: Future Issues
Course Format
This course is taught in a one and a half hour session once a week for 12 weeks in the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, UK. The classes are taught in small groups with students registered on the MBA Maritime Management degree programme.
Basic weekly reading materials are provided electronically to enable students to prepare for the topic of the week.
Assessment Option
This course is equivalent to 10 credits at postgraduate level if the assessment of one 2,000 word essay is successfully completed within the submission deadline set. Any credits can then be put towards the full MBA Maritime Management programme if the student wishes to continue their studies in the GMI.
The assessment is not compulsory for those wishing to attend the course for leisure.
Fee
The tuition fee for this 12 week course is £433.33 for UK and EU applicants, £464.58 for International applicants. (Note: These were the 2010 fees, the fees for 2011 will be published shortly)
Entry Requirements
Applicants are expected to have:
- A good honours degree or equivalent qualification AND a minimum of three years business experience, a significant amount of which should be in the maritime sector OR
- At least seven years appropriate experience within the maritime sector.
Where English is a second language an IELTS score of 6.5 or equivalent is required.
How to Apply
Please complete an online application form. The programme code is P10291 and the programme title, Postgraduate Credit Associate Student - Greenwich Maritime Institute. Please specify in the personal statement section that you are applying for the 'Maritime Business Environment' course.