Humanitarian Logistics Management

The Humanitarian Logistics Management module provides the essential framework required for the management of humanitarian logistics in disaster and related situations. It will provide an excellent platform for graduates interested in humanitarian relief career and enhance opportunities for professionalism and employability in the Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management industry. The module will explore humanitarian problems caused by a range of disasters such as migration, floods, earthquakes, wars, desertification resulting from drought and deforestation, chemical and biological weapons victims needing humanitarian aid, and global inequality. The module will help learners to develop critical thinking skills required for managing crisis in disaster situations.

At the instance of humanitarian disaster, rescue and resources are rapidly and effectively deployed to the affected scene of occurrence. The module will deliver robust discourse on theories of agile supply chains processes that can respond rapidly to unpredictable events. It will provide education in humanitarian logistics planning, decision making and donor policy, crisis management, disaster response law and international conventions, inter-agencies partnerships building, technology and disaster management, and the role of National governance in disaster relief operations and management.

At the end of this module, the student will be able to:

• Understand the general concepts of humanitarian logistics management.
• Develop the ability to perform advanced assessments appropriate with different types of disasters and respond to unpredictable events at event locations.
• Learn and understand the key Logistics and Supply Chain management processes and professional competences critical to the delivery of relief materials at the right time to disaster victims at the right locations.
• Understand the necessity for humanitarian relief organisations, be they international, national, or local, to collaborate for the deliver the best relief assistance to disaster victims.
• Gain outstanding learning skills through high level participation in lectures, tutorials, group work and class presentations, and where practicable industry visits/placements, throughout the trimester this module is being taught. 

This is an SCQF Level 11 module, and upon successful completion, participants will be awarded 20 credits.

 

Delivery 

This module will be delivered every Monday 9-11am at the Paisley campus.  Tutorials will take place at either 11am-12pm or 12-1pm.

 

Course presenter

This module will be delivered by Dr. Adebisi Adewole.

 

Funding

This course may be available on a fully funded basis to some delegates.  Further details, including regarding eligibility, are available under Funding Support.

If you have any questions, please contact us at cpd@uws.ac.uk   

 

NOTE: This is a university module and upon approval of your application, you will be invited to register and then supported to complete enrolment. To enrol on the university system, the first step involves security set-up using the Microsoft Authenticator app; you will need to ensure that you have a compatible smartphone.

Further information is available at the Student Information Portal.

To access this module via the CPD route, individuals should be ordinarily resident in Scotland.  If you do not meet this criteria, please enquire here.

 

MSc Logistics & Supply Chain Management

In addition to being available on a CPD basis, this module is part of our MSc Logistics & Supply Chain Management.

Our MSc Logistics and Supply Chain Management course provides you the opportunity to study all aspects of logistics and supply chain management, covering the range of activities associated with the efficient flow and storage of goods, services and related information. It equips you with the specialist knowledge and training to design and manage effective logistics and supply chain systems, creating managerial opportunities in the public and private sectors.

Modules available through the UWS CPD Centre include:

• Humanitarian Logistics Management
• Logistics Resilience and Optimisation