The Strathclyde MBA in Shipping Programme Content
The Strathclyde MBA in Shipping Programme Content has 4 modules comprising 15 subjects, 2 workshops and a project (masters’ dissertation).
In particular for the MBA in Shipping there will be additional Face-to-face teaching (approx.. 60 hours) with special marinised content in key topics as follows :
| Module | Marinisation of Business modules |
| Operations Management | Shipping operations management, shipping industry and market environment, shipping industry supply chain management, inventory control, production control, and quality and lean operation in shipping, shipping performance measurement, chartering and charter party analysis, shipping insurance aspects |
| Managing People in Organisations | Managing people in organisations/HR in shipping, shipping company organisational structure for on-shore and seagoing personnel, crew and HR management, managing organisational performance/evaluation and rewards within a shipping company, shipping organisational change, managing conflict within a shipping context |
| Analytical Support for Decision Making | Relevance and importance of shipping information statistics and decision making in shipping, business analysis and forecasting, making sense of shipping data and information, quantifying uncertainty and trade-offs of shipping information |
| Comparative Corporate Governance | Shipping corporate governance (CG), shipping CG principles and models, effective shipping CG framework, shipping organisation shareholders, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in shipping, maritime law, maritime legal aspects and business implications |
| Financial & Management Accounting | Financial concepts and techniques used within the shipping industry, financial stakeholders interaction in shipping (managers, directors, auditors), shipping company performance and financial position, interpreting financial statements in shipping affecting decision making in shipping (balance sheet, cashflow statement, Annual report, etc.) |
| Finance & Financial Management | Shipping financial market and institutions, raising shipping capital, shipping financial decisions and value of money, investment criteria (Net Present Value, Internal rate of return, etc.), capital budgeting, capital structure and the use of debt financing, shipping company shares and company valuation |
| Making Strategy | forming a strategy making team within shipping, stakeholders being involved, shipping strategic issue management; shipping business models |
| Workshops | Marinisation of workshops – at the delivery with a shipping orientation |
| Strategic Consulting in Practice |  Detailed elaboration and examination on a particular shipping company/organisation case study employing theories learnt so far, shipping strategy review, shipping company/organisation uncertainties, presentation of the case study results to shipping companies senior personnel |
| The Learning Manager | Shipping managerial learning, group interaction, team building and team-working, influencing style and influencing others within a broader company and shipping context |
| Entrepreneurial Management & Leadership | Shipping entrepreneurial management, shipping corporate entrepreneurship, building an entrepreneurial shipping team and capability |
