Marine Operations Management MSc

Course content

What will you study on the MSc Marine Operations Management?

This course includes essential management content, building upon your existing technical knowledge and practical competence. This delivers knowledge and tools to help progress your career to the next level. The programme consists of three compulsory core modules which cover technical elements and higher level management and strategic thinking. The project allows you to apply these new skills in a research context to a particular issue or area of interest to you.

The MSc has an emphasis on understanding, responding to and shaping the dynamic and changing nature of business within the global business environment, and as such incorporates a broad based education in all the key areas that a manager at, or approaching, senior level will need. To this end, you will study relevant key areas such as strategy, human resources and operations in a context that is relevant to the sector.

What will you gain?

As a specialist graduate you will be able to demonstrate a broad, analytical and integrated study of business and management coupled with a deep knowledge and understanding of your specialist subject area set within a wider organisation and contextual framework. You will develop your understanding of professional concepts and techniques in marine operations fields and will be ale to lead innovation in marine organisations’ operations and outputs. Your decision-making and technical skills and knowledge will also be developed and expanded so you can demonstrate change management and deploy resources in efficient and effective ways. Finally, you will use your professional skills and knowledge to support the development of the organisational capability of marine operations organisations.

This module introduces the key concepts and techniques required to make a positive strategic difference in your practice. This will be practiced by working with clients, partners, principals and co-workers, and understanding how their different roles impact strategic imperatives, especially market standing and profitability.

The modern maritime industry is highly complex and at the cutting edge of technology. The challenges facing the industry revolve around advancements in material science set against an industry context where environmental protection is increasingly a key operational consideration. The globalisation of the business means that standards, regulations and compliance must also be set at globally agreed minimum standards. The management of the owners’ asset is also a challenge as the on-board management team are tackling technical, cultural, human element and operational issues on a daily basis. As owners must comply with increasing legislation, the choice between shore-based and ship-based management for the seat of the decision-making process is challenging.

This module will focus upon the development of shipping within the logistics supply chain. In particular this module will explore the role of research and development in the advance of historic, contemporary and future operations and technologies, define and delineate the key principles of maritime logistics, evaluate the need for innovation in the constant management of change, integrate and apply the principles of project mastery in attaining and sustaining operational and technical leadership in the maritime supply chain.

This project module seeks to provide an opportunity to synthesise knowledge and skills developed during the programme, and apply that understanding and increased ability to the formulation, design, execution and analysis of implications of an original research project addressing a substantive marine surveying problem. In particular, the module aims to provide a structure within which you can apply your understanding of a selected topic in the field of marine surveying to a genuine, practical, professional question or issue.

You can find more information about this course in the programme specification. Module and programme information is indicative and may be subject to change.