MTL506 Transportation Policy, Strategy and Management

Instructor: Dr Leong Choon Heng

A survey course of current concepts, theory and issues in the strategic management of transportation organizations. Designed for graduate transportation, logistics, planning and engineering systems students. The objective of this course is to provide students with an overview of the operating context, leadership challenges, strategies and management tools that are used in today’s public and private transportation organizations.

As transportation operations occur within an environment where the roles of public and private organizations are often blurred, this course focuses on the patterns of conflict and consensus between government and industry involved in transportation. The following concepts, approaches and issues are presented: alternative models of decision making, strategic planning (e.g. use of S.W.O.T. analysis and scenario development), stakeholder valuation and analysis, government-business regulation and cooperation within the transportation enterprise, disaster communications, change management and the impact of globalization.