MBA in Port Management

Description & Goal

Port economy configures a great deal of maritime economy and sea transportation. Rate of growth, development, performance, and productivity of ports are known as main indicators of evaluating the economic performance of any country. Focusing on new functional approaches and standard methods on port improvements are game changers at expanding the capacity level of imports and exports of countries and it plays a key role on formal international communications.

Graduates of MBA course are acquainted with port management as well as new approaches of leadership, organizational development and marketing based on standard approaches on both “structural and operational” dimensions, executive standards and port evaluating index. Graduates will be acquainted with the aforementioned topics using analytical and management methods for the sake of improving productivity of port resources such as docks, port waterways, safety equipment of port terminals and etc, under national and international standards.

Advantages

Personal

  • 1-Enhencement of working knowledge on management level
  • Business development (programing capability)
  • Increasing efficiency in consequence of increasing self-confidence
  • Knowing personal qualifications and working opportunities for more progress
  • Management skills and the using and development of knowledge

Organization

  • Business development (programing capability)
  • Generating the ability of planning/pondering and strategic movements
  • Management skills and the using and developing knowledge
  • Understanding present challenges
  • Approved ability of creating solution of working challenges
Job Opportunities
  • Top and middle port managers
  • Technical port managers
  • Top and middle managers of port service provider companies
  • Top and middle managers of port service contractor companies
  • Managers of passenger, container, fishing, and oil port terminals
  • Consultants of port service developing companies
Duration

Duration of study is 1 year and 2 months which is classified as 1 year intended to theoretical and practical courses, and 2 months for delivering the final project.

Contents

 

General Management

Row

Topic

Hours

Total

1

Principles of Management and Organization

48

184 Hours

2

Management and Leadership New Topics48

3

Project

64

4

Workshops

24

MarketingSales

5

Business Environment Analysis

32

176 Hours


6

E-business Management

32

7

Sales & Marketing Management

40

9

Project

64

10

Workshops

8

Maritime Trading & Law

11

Maritime Supply Chain Management

32

192 Hours

12

International Maritime Law

32

13

International Economics and Trade

40

15

Project

64

16

Workshops

24

Port Management

 17

Principles of Commercial Shipping

16

224 Hours

 18

Harbor Operation and Service

48

19

Ports and Port-Maritime Quality

32

20

Maritime Port Management

48

21

Project

64

22

Workshops

16

 

Certificate

Upon successful completion of the MBA course at Syraf Maritime Academy (SMA), graduates will receive their transcript, provided projects, recommendation letters, as attachments to their final certificate.