Overview
This unit provides an understanding of the wider international trade and transport economics theories, specifically in the Asia Pacific region, that affect supply chains of a business. You will review supply channels from the perspective of varying levels of infrastructure development in countries of the region to identify preferred locations for developing business relationships and alliances. The unit identifies techniques for analysing trade activities across national borders and developing interaction between trade management, finance and logistics departments to reduce the range of risks.
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Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
There are no requisites for this unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
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Recommended Student Time Commitment
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Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
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- Assess and discuss the major factors in international trade and transport routes to identify how they affect supply chain decisions in an organisation.
- Analyse relevant industry-based procedures and principles in the Asia Pacific region and their influence on design of supply chains best practice.
- Compare and contrast groups of countries in the region with reference to their logistics infrastructure development.
- Critically analyse approaches to transport network design, including intermodal locations and transport optimisation.
- Evaluate transport economics and international trade theory to identify their value in design of supply chains.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
1 - Written Assessment - 40% | |||||
2 - Written Assessment - 20% | |||||
3 - Examination - 40% |
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
1 - Communication | |||||
2 - Problem Solving | |||||
3 - Critical Thinking | |||||
4 - Information Literacy | |||||
5 - Team Work | |||||
6 - Information Technology Competence | |||||
7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||||
8 - Ethical practice | |||||
9 - Social Innovation | |||||
10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures |
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
1 - Written Assessment - 40% | ||||||||||
2 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||||||
3 - Examination - 40% |
Textbooks
Transportation: A Global Supply Chain Perspective
Edition: 9 (2018)
Authors: Robert A. Novack, Brian Gibson, Yoshinori Suzuki and John J. Coyle
Cengage Learning
Boston Boston , MA , USA
ISBN: 9781337406642
Binding: Paperback
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: American Psychological Association 6th Edition (APA 6th edition)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
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Module/Topic
Global Supply Chains: The Roles and Importance of Transportation
Chapter
Chapter 1 (Novack, R. A. et al., 2019 - Global Supply Chain & Trade)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Transportation and the Economy
Chapter
Chapter 2 (Novack, R. A. et al., 2019 - Global Supply Chain & Trade)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Transportation Technology and Systems
Chapter
Chapter 3 (Novack, R. A. et al., 2019 - Global Supply Chain & Trade)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Costing and Pricing for Transportation
Chapter
Chapter 4 (Novack, R. A. et al., 2019 - Global Supply Chain & Trade)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Modes of Transportation: Motor Carrier
Chapter
Chapter 5 (Novack, R. A. et al., 2019 - Global Supply Chain & Trade)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Modes of Transportation: Railroads and Airlines
Chapter
Chapter 6 & 7 (Novack, R. A. et al., 2019 - Global Supply Chain & Trade)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Modes of Transportation: Water Carriers and Pipelines
Chapter
Chapter 8 (Novack, R. A. et al., 2019 - Global Supply Chain & Trade)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Third Party Logistics
Chapter
Chapter 9 (Novack, R. A. et al., 2019 - Global Supply Chain & Trade)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Transportation Risk Management
Chapter
Chapter 10 (Novack, R. A. et al., 2019 - Global Supply Chain & Trade)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Global Transportation Management
Chapter
Chapter 11 (Novack, R. A. et al., 2019 - Global Supply Chain & Trade)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Governmental Roles in Transportation
Chapter
Chapter 12 (Novack, R. A. et al., 2019 - Global Supply Chain & Trade)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Issues and Challenges for Global Supply Chains
Chapter
Chapter 13 (Novack, R. A. et al., 2019 - Global Supply Chain & Trade)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Review of Global Supply Chain and Trade
Chapter
Chapter 1-13 (Novack, R. A. et al., 2019 - Global Supply Chain & Trade)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Written Assessment
The assessment is designed for students to apply global supply chain management concepts, methods and tools. The assessment involves writing a 2000-word business report responding to assessment questions related to specific topics and/or case material. Submit your 2000-word report through Turnitin in Moodle, with a cover sheet showing the unit name and number, assessment number, your name and student number. Assessment details, case material and guidance will be provided on the unit website.
You can discuss your assessment ideas in the unit Discussion Forum #1, before you complete and submit the assessment.
Week 5 Thursday (11 Apr 2019) 3:00 pm AEST
Week 6 Thursday (25 Apr 2019)
5:00PM
Your report analysis, recommendations and presentation will be assessed according to the following criteria:
Thorough understanding of relevant global supply chain management concepts, principles, theories, tools and models and the questions posed: 60%
Appropriate and well structured, concise and clear expression of global supply chain management arguments: 10%
Clear flow of thought throughout the paper with a clear and succinct purpose described in the introduction and a clear and succinct conclusion: 10%
Critical analysis and integration of relevant academic and professional literature. Insights from a minimum of ten (10) academic journals must be incorporated in your critical analysis: 10%
Appropriate in text referencing and reference list. Adherence to APA Reference Style: 5%
Clarity of expression, grammar, spelling and business report format (see below): 5%
Report length 2000-words. Submissions must be in Business Report format in Word with 1.5 line spacing and Times Roman 12 point font.
Late submissions will also be penalised at the rate of "five per cent of the total marks available for the assessment each calendar day (full or part) it is overdue" (Policy: Assessment of Coursework section 3.2.4)
- Assess and discuss the major factors in international trade and transport routes to identify how they affect supply chain decisions in an organisation.
- Analyse relevant industry-based procedures and principles in the Asia Pacific region and their influence on design of supply chains best practice.
- Compare and contrast groups of countries in the region with reference to their logistics infrastructure development.
- Critically analyse approaches to transport network design, including intermodal locations and transport optimisation.
- Evaluate transport economics and international trade theory to identify their value in design of supply chains.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
2 Written Assessment
The assessment is designed for students to apply global supply chain management concepts, methods and tools. The assessment involves writing a 1500-word business report responding to assessment questions related to specific topics and/or case material. Submit your 1500-word report through Turnitin in Moodle, with a cover sheet showing the unit name and number, assessment number, your name and student number. Assessment details, case material and guidance will be provided on the unit website.
You can discuss your assessment ideas in the unit Discussion Forum #2, before you complete and submit the assessment.
Week 9 Thursday (16 May 2019) 3:00 pm AEST
Week 11 Thursday (30 May 2019)
5:00PM
Your report analysis, recommendations and presentation will be assessed according to the following criteria:
Thorough understanding of relevant global supply chain management concepts, principles, theories, tools and models and the questions posed: 60%
Appropriate and well structured, concise and clear expression of global supply chain management arguments: 10%
Clear flow of thought throughout the paper with a clear and succinct purpose described in the introduction and a clear and succinct conclusion: 10%
Critical analysis and integration of relevant academic and professional literature. Insights from a minimum of ten (10) academic journals must be incorporated in your critical analysis: 10%
Appropriate in text referencing and reference list. Adherence to APA Reference Style: 5%
Clarity of expression, grammar, spelling and business report format (see below): 5%
Report length 1500 words. Submissions must be in Business Report format in Word with 1.5 line spacing and Times Roman 12 point font.
Late submissions will also be penalised at the rate of "five per cent of the total marks available for the assessment each calendar day (full or part) it is overdue" (Policy: Assessment of Coursework section 3.2.4)
- Analyse relevant industry-based procedures and principles in the Asia Pacific region and their influence on design of supply chains best practice.
- Compare and contrast groups of countries in the region with reference to their logistics infrastructure development.
- Critically analyse approaches to transport network design, including intermodal locations and transport optimisation.
- Evaluate transport economics and international trade theory to identify their value in design of supply chains.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Ethical practice
Examination
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