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Bachelor of Business (MLM)

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To be eligible for the training grant, applicants must meet the following requirements:

• Singaporeans and Singapore PRs sponsored in full by a maritime business registered or incorporated in Singapore.
• Singaporeans and Singapore PRs who are self-sponsored may apply provided that they have a letter of support or recommendation from employer; and
• Applicants must successfully complete the programme and be awarded with the certification.

The training grant is pegged at up to 60% off the course fee (excl. of GST) subject to a cap of up to $10,000 per pax and will be given on a reimbursement basis after successful completion of the programme. All applications must be submitted to MCF Secretariat upon the issuance of admission letter from Australian Maritime College or its local representative i.e. YMCA Education Centre or the latest, being 30 days prior to commencement of the programme. Approval is subject to the fulfillment of all eligibility criteria. MPA reserves the right to reject any application in the event of failure from participants/businesses to comply with or observe any of the eligibility criteria.

For more information on the grant, please contact Ms Rebecca of MPA at Lye_Ying_SEET@mpa.gov.sg or 63751219.

The Bachelor of Business (Maritime and Logistic Management) course prepares students for a career in business, with core subjects in finance, economics, marketing, analytical method, law and strategic management. In addition, specific maritime and logistics management subjects in ship operations, procurement, chartering, warehousing, terminal operations, logistics and supply chain management and maritime economics provide industry skills. The structure of the course is designed to prepare students for management careers in shipping, chartering, warehousing, freight forwarding, import and export and ports and terminals.

The Bachelor of Business (Maritime and Logistics Management) is a part-time course in Singapore. The duration may vary as students may be granted advanced standing by virtue of studies completed at a recognised institution. It is conducted in modular basis and students have the flexibility to choose the number of subjects for each semester.

Students can get up to 14 exemptions based on previous qualifications.

Generally, the duration of the course depends on the number of advanced standing granted and the number of subjects you choose to take per semester. There are three semesters in an academic year: February, July and November.

The flexible nature of the course allows students to take some subjects part time in Singapore and complete the remainder of the subjects full time on campus at AMC or vice versa.

As this is a part time course in Singapore, students can take the course even while they are serving their National Service (NS).

Local Lecture and Tutorial Sessions
(8 hrs per unit, subject to a minimum class size of 5)

Students are required to complete 24 subjects^ listed below:

Year 1
• Introduction to Maritime Industry
• International Business Communication
• Exporting and Importing
• Business and Transport Law
• Ship Operations Management
• International Transport Systems
• Financial Resource Management
• Air Transport

Year 2
• International Business Management
• Economics for Transport Managers
• Chartering and Broking
• Maritime Law
• Analytical Method for Decision-making
• Logistics Management
• Marketing
• Electronic Commerce & IT

Year 3
• Managing People for Competitive Advantage
• Warehousing and Distribution
• Maritime Economics
• Global Procurement
• Strategic Management in Networked Industries
• Port and Terminal Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Transport Research Project

^ Course subjects could be changed at university’s discretion.

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1.2 JNB160 Exporting and Importing
The strategies and processes involved in selecting and developing markets for overseas business, both in exporting and importing; the procedures involved in exporting and importing, including documentary procedures.

1.3 JNB158 International Transport Systems
International Transport Systems provides students with an understanding of international transport and the way it operates. The unit will cover various topics such as transport modes and terminals, global transport system, intermodal transport, transport and logistics, the relationship between transport and economic development, social and environmental impacts of transport, and transport policy and planning. This unit lays the foundation for students to progress into the study of other units at AMC, for example Logistics and Supply Chain Management.

1.4 JNB159 Financial Resource Management
This unit is to progress students’ understanding of financial information rather than be a detailed study of accounting practices. It has been designed to enable students to learn basic functions of the related discipline areas of accounting, finance, management and economics, and to use financial techniques available for evaluating the financial information to assist in the decision making process.

1.5 JNB155 Ship Operations Management
This unit provides an introduction to the technical and operational aspects of ship management. This unit examines the operations that are necessary to transport cargo in a safe, efficient, and commercially viable manner. It looks at ships’ nautical, commercial and cargo operations in detail. It also examines the concepts which underpin ship operations – asset maintenance, quality management and risk management

1.6 JNB156 Introduction to the Maritime Industry
This unit provides students with a good understanding of concepts and topics associated with commercial shipping. An introduction of international seaborne trade will help students to understand the importance of shipping in facilitating international trade. Characteristics of various cargoes and different types of ships will be examined in details. The unit pays much attention to liner shipping and bulk shipping which are dominating the commercial shipping world. Chartering and brokering will be explained, followed by the organisation of shipping. Issues related to safety and quality in shipping are discussed. The unit also provides a brief introduction to ports which are indispensable parts of commercial shipping.

1.7 JNB157 Business and Transport Law
Business and transport law is both broad and specific in its reach. This unit introduces broad foundations to business law within Australia before specifically applying understandings gained to the laws governing transport within Australia.
The business law foundations of this unit includes an introduction to the Australian legal system, the law of contract, property law, principle and agent, laws pertaining to different business entities and laws against restrictive trade practices.
Specific transport law and policy topics are then studied including governance and regulation of transport activities; transport policy development and implementation; environmental law responsibilities; and transport accident investigation and insurance law.

1.8 JNB161 Air Transport
This unit covers a wide range of topics such as the management and organisation of airlines, marketing and pricing strategies, fleet planning, scheduling, and management, cargo handling and terminal management, which will give students a holistic picture of the air transport industry. Both management and operational issues of air transport will be covered. Similar to other transport modes, the discussion of air transport will include freight and passenger of both domestic and global markets. The unit will also introduce students to policies and regulations related to the air transport industry.

2.1 JNB251 International Business Management
This unit introduces the concepts, application and practice of management in the context of contemporary international business. It involves a study of management fundamentals with a focus on the current global economic, political, socio-cultural, legal and technical environment within which international businesses operate.

2.2 JNB252 Analytical Methods for Decision-making
This unit introduces students to both quantitative and qualitative methods and their application in business management. The unit covers techniques such as data presentation, estimation and hypothesis tests, linear regression, forecasting, decision making under uncertainty, linear programming, scenario analysis, focus-group interviews and case studies

2.3 JNB226 Financial Management
Financial Management is concerned about making decisions such as operation, investment and financing decisions. The aim of this unit is to introduce you to the type of financial information that you, as a manager, can expect to receive and the techniques that you can use to analyse this information for decision making and control purposes. This unit also introduces you to how financial management decisions impact/enhance the wealth of the organisation’s stakeholders.

2.4 JNB223 Economics for Transport Managers
This unit of study provides students with the fundamental principles of microeconomics and macroeconomics. Microeconomics is concerned with the behaviour of a firm in an industry/market, especially its decisions regarding production, competition and the management of limited resources. Macroeconomics is more concerned with issues related to the economy as a whole, including inflation, unemployment, growth and the role of the government in addressing those issues. Given the fact that a firm itself is an active agent in its market/industry and at the same time is affected by changes in the national economy (interest rate, inflation rate, economic booms and busts, etc), economics is an essential subject for business students.

2.5 JNB2XX Logistics Management
An introduction to the discipline of Logistics and the part the maritime sector plays in successful business enterprise; a sufficient knowledge of logistics operations and practices to function effectively in the commercial shipping arena.

2.6 JNB2XX Marketing
A framework to understand and apply the principles of service marketing within the maritime transport industry

2.7 JNB250 Chartering and Broking
Chartering and Broking provides a basic knowledge of the principles and practice of international ship broking and chartering. It builds upon student’ prior knowledge of the shipping industry developed in the first year units Introduction to the Maritime Industry and Ship Operations Management. Chartering and Broking concentrates on freight markets, cargo-related documents, charter-parties, freight calculations, ship procurement and agency work.

2.8 JNB229 Electronic Commerce & IT (On-line delivery)
Elements of E-Commerce and Information Technology and their role in management of the maritime and transport industries.

3.1 JNB3XX Managing People for Competitive Advantage
This unit explores the employment relationship and the importance of strategically managing people within this relationship from their initial selection through to their retirement or termination. In working through this unit, it should become evident that effective human resource management is an important means of creating value and developing, through employees, a competitive advantage for organisations in the 21st century.
3.2 JNB328 Maritime Economics
This unit provides students with a basic understanding of the organisation and operation of the maritime industry. Students will study the behaviour of shipowners, shippers and other relevant stakeholders in the industry from the economic perspective, and in this way, gain essential knowledge of shipping business.

3.3 JNB327 Maritime Law
Australian domestic maritime law (which operates in an international law context) is the basis of the unit. Topics addressed by the unit include the scope and purpose of sea carriage documents; the role of international maritime transport regimes; the changing laws with respect to intermodal transport; the long-standing laws of general average and salvage; the particular laws with respect to marine insurance and the special body of laws in relation to ships (admiralty law).

3.4 JNB331 Business Research
Development of the knowledge and skills necessary to undertake the research process.

3.5 JNB325 Ports and Terminals Management
The modern port, port policy, ownership of ports and terminals, developments world wide and port and terminal performance.

3.6 JNB414 Strategic Management in Networked Industries
This unit provides students with the theory and practice of strategic management emphasising application to the maritime and logistics industry. The unit focuses on strategic thinking and decision making whilst analysing the strategic management process. Examples are provided to demonstrate how the process works in practice. The knowledge and skills learned will serve as a solid foundation for further learning.

3.7 JNB225 Supply Chain Management
Techniques for developing better management of the supply chain to ensure customers are serviced more effectively and the costs of providing this service are reduced.

3.8 JNB415 Maritime and Logistics Management Project/Transport Research Project
The basic requirements of applied research; applying this knowledge to the research of a ‘real world’ problem.

Note : Modules could be changed at the discretion of the University

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