Establishing an international MBA program for shipping executives: Managing OR/MS foundation towards a unique curriculum design

Author

Celik, M. ; Cicek, Kadir ; Cebi, Selcuk

Author_Institution

Dept. of Maritime Transp. & Manage. Eng., Istanbul Tech. Univ., Istanbul, Turkey

fYear

2009

fDate

6-9 July 2009

Firstpage

459

Lastpage

463

Abstract

This paper addresses a methodological approach based on fuzzy axiomatic design (FAD) principles to establish an internationally recognized shipping MBA program on Operational Research and Management Science (OR/MS) foundation. Adopting of an OR/MS philosophy into different modules of shipping MBA programs ensure more scientific base and a unique curriculum with a high eligibility. Particularly, an illustrative curriculum design practice on one of the probable modules for shipping executives who are the key target group of program is given. In conclusion, the proposed methodology can originally guide for maritime institutes to redesign and accredit the syllabus of current shipping MBA programs in accordance with the expectations of global maritime community.

Keywords

continuing professional development; educational courses; fuzzy set theory; management education; marine engineering; Operational Research and Management Science foundation; fuzzy axiomatic design principles; global maritime community; illustrative curriculum design practice; international MBA program; shipping MBA program; shipping executives; unique curriculum design; Business communication; Communication industry; Design engineering; Design methodology; Engineering management; Fuzzy systems; Marine transportation; Qualifications; Shipbuilding industry; Standards organizations; OR/MS; axiomatic design; curriculum design; fuzzy; information axiom; maritime business administration; shipping MBA;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2009. CIE 2009. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Troyes

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4135-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4136-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCIE.2009.5223818

Filename

5223818