Curriculum development of SCM master’s degree program in Turkey
Özdemir, Anil (2018)
Pro gradu -tutkielma
2018
School of Business and Management, Kauppatieteet
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The purpose of this research aims to demonstrate how to develop SCM master’s degree program in Turkey. The SCM and logistics master’s degree programs through chosen case universities which are Atilim University in Turkey and Cranfield School of Management in the UK in which current level of SCM and logistics related contents in their curriculums will be analyzed in a comparative qualitative method. Through utilization of academic literature covers existing contents and subjects in case universities’ curriculums and also educational development of these main concepts in the academic literature which will be discussed in order to provide an understanding of the main concepts and also possibilities for improvement suggestions with aggregated outcome of the empirical part of this thesis.
There are four major perspective in the literature in understanding and evaluating of logistics and SCM concepts. One of these four perspectives is “traditionalist view”. Based on traditionalist view, SCM is considered to be evolved from logistics as a discipline and believed as a part of logistics concept and even considered as a subset of the whole logistics discipline. Therefore logistics hires supply chain analyst to focus on cross functional, inter-organizational issues in that perspective. This statement is held to be true when assessing the current perspective in Turkey and also at Atilim University as well. Therefore SCM and its importance and functionality is generally neglected in curriculum at Atilim University and SCM –related courses are given in the basic level and therefore there is no intermediate and upper level of course content including emerging topics such as sustainability and concept of green in logistics and SCM, future estimations of supply chains, technology, total quality management, lean and agile supply chain systems, network designs and policy and strategies. Furthermore, the connection between logistics and SCM are neglected to be explained in the curriculum of Atilim University.
The findings of the empirical part of the thesis highlight that the main importance and priority should be given to the subject of SCM at Atilim University which is based on “unionist view” as it is explained as the main approach and vision of the Cranfield School of Management in this thesis. It also emphasizes that a holistic approach and wider context of SCM that cover logistics, procurement, warehousing, transportation and distribution subjects within should be developed and logistics as a discipline should be given under the umbrella of SCM in details in the curriculum of Atilim University.
There are four major perspective in the literature in understanding and evaluating of logistics and SCM concepts. One of these four perspectives is “traditionalist view”. Based on traditionalist view, SCM is considered to be evolved from logistics as a discipline and believed as a part of logistics concept and even considered as a subset of the whole logistics discipline. Therefore logistics hires supply chain analyst to focus on cross functional, inter-organizational issues in that perspective. This statement is held to be true when assessing the current perspective in Turkey and also at Atilim University as well. Therefore SCM and its importance and functionality is generally neglected in curriculum at Atilim University and SCM –related courses are given in the basic level and therefore there is no intermediate and upper level of course content including emerging topics such as sustainability and concept of green in logistics and SCM, future estimations of supply chains, technology, total quality management, lean and agile supply chain systems, network designs and policy and strategies. Furthermore, the connection between logistics and SCM are neglected to be explained in the curriculum of Atilim University.
The findings of the empirical part of the thesis highlight that the main importance and priority should be given to the subject of SCM at Atilim University which is based on “unionist view” as it is explained as the main approach and vision of the Cranfield School of Management in this thesis. It also emphasizes that a holistic approach and wider context of SCM that cover logistics, procurement, warehousing, transportation and distribution subjects within should be developed and logistics as a discipline should be given under the umbrella of SCM in details in the curriculum of Atilim University.