Logistics Study Course
Study Modules Delivered in English (Autumn semester)
The course is designed for undergraduate students who study full time or come on exchange programmes to the Faculty of Business. Exchange students may choose complete study module or separate subjects according to the needs of their study plans.
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| 4 | 50% – Mid-semester tests; 50% – Seminars/ Project
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The aim of the course to provide students with knowledge of the logistics system and its functioning, basic theoretical and practical knowledge on managing the logistics process, and develop students’ ability to apply it in practice. The course teaches to use the basic principles of managing the logistics process, helps understand the structural parts of the logistics system, acquaints with the trends in the EU internal market and develops the ability to assess their impact on the company’s logistics processes. | Place of transport in the logistics system. Road transport. Rail transport. Air transport. Maritime and inland waterway transport. Selection of transport. Cargo parameters. | Juras Tamelis |
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| 5 | 50% – Mid-semester tests; 50% – Seminars/ Project | The aim of the course to provide students with knowledge of the logistics system and its functioning, basic theoretical and practical knowledge on managing the logistics process, and develop students’ ability to apply it in practice. The course teaches to use the basic principles of managing the logistics process, helps understand the structural parts of the logistics systems. | Conceptions of logistics (analysis of practical examples). Logistics system and its management. Logistics of supply chain. Production logistics. Distribution logistics. Logistical cooperation. | PhD Mindaugas Samuolaitis |
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| 3 | 50% – Mid-semester tests; 50% – Project | The aim of the course to develop the ability communicate in a technical foreign language. | Logistics terms in English. Transport modes, containers, air transport. Logistics services. Documentation for shipping and finance. Incoterms. | Simona Jankauskaitė |
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| 6 | 50% – Mid-semester tests; 50% – Seminars/ Project | The course provides theoretical knowledge about the activities of transport and logistics companies; the impact of transport activities on the national economy; different types of transport, their similarities and differences; the peculiarities of an organisation of transport business.
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Modes of transportation, their advantages and disadvantages, technological differences. Multimodal transportation of passengers and freight. General provisions of the EU Transport Policy. CMR Convention. Shipping documents for transportation of goods/passengers on domestic and international routes. International Road Transport Union (IRU), TIR Carnet. |
Juras Tamelis |
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| 6 | 50% – Mid-semester tests; 50% – Seminars/ Project
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The course provides theoretical knowledge about the freight forwarding and logistics companies; applicability of passenger and freight transport technologies to individual modes of transport, their similarities and differences; the peculiarities of an organisation of transport business and develops practical skills in the field of study. | Cargo terminals and technological processes. Shipping freight in containers, technological peculiarities.Organising partial and full cargo transportation. Freight forwarding Certificates and permits for transportation of goods to third countries. Quality and control process for freight transport. Factors affecting cargo during transport, prevention of cargo damage. Responsibilities of the consignor/carrier/consignee. |
Indra Mūgienė |
Free Electives:
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After completing this course, students will be able to understand and realize the importance of Intercultural Communication in a global world, to understand basic communication process, models, types and principles, to understand the concept of culture and its influence in both verbal and non-verbal communication, to understand and identify the intercultural situations, to understand intercultural relationships, to realize and understand the importance of intercultural communication in business, to understand the barriers to effective intercultural communication, and gain knowledge about other cultures. | Essence of communication process and its models; Verbal and Non-verbal Communication; Basics of business communication and its importance; Cultural Understanding; Cultural Differences In Communication; Intercultural Communication in Business; Intercultural sensitivity & Communication; Communication and Intercultural Competence; Communicating in Intercultural relationships; Prevention of Conflicts in Intercultural Communication. | Wilfred Tchasse |
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| 3 | 60% – Mid-semester tests; 40% – Case analysis (project) | After completing this course, the student will be able to identify environmental issues, sustainable development, and social responsibility in society. | Waste management; Sustainable Development Goals; Business Social Responsibility; Lithuania’s priority areas for sustainable Development; Sustainability. | Gintarė Žilinskienė |
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| 3 | 50% – Mid-semester tests; 50% – Case analysis (project) | The aim of the study subject is introduce the students with the basic principles and differences of management and leadership. This subject is designed to help students to develop their personal leadership skills.The course provides theoretical basics of leadership: management and leadership of organizations, personal leadership effectiveness, the methods to get high performance in leading people and transformational results. The students would learn to inspire and lead others by understanding themselves, they would know how you relate to other people of the work team and the leadership challenges they might get. | The concept of leadership. Leader’s personality; Skills for the efficient time use; Typical leader’s traits and personal qualities. Leader’s behaviour; Differences of male and female leadership; Leaders’ types using personal powers; Charismatic leadership; Machiavelism; Leader’s image and public speaking skills; Case analysis (project). | Lect. Danguolė Krasauskienė |
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| 6 | 50% – Mid-semester tests; 50% – Project |
The aim of the study subject is clear out the concept of marketing and marketing planning. After the completion of the subject students will be familiar with the principles of consumer behaviour, would know the marketing planning process, the key concepts of customer-oriented marketing. They would know how to make a segmentation and to find out the target audience of the market also they would be able to adapt marketing mix decisions in marketing planning. | The concept of marketing, its aims, tasks and philosophy. The activities and functions of companies’ marketing; Marketing mix and its surrounding. Segmentation and target market selection; The marketing planning; The pricing policy. The methods and strategies of its detection. The selection of delivery channel. The global (international) marketing; Promotion: communicational process, advertising, personal selling, sales promotion, public relations; The nature of marketing strategy. The development of the strategy of an enterprise marketing and the management of its implementation; The regulatory control of marketing; Project. |
Wilfred Tchasse |
* if the student choses a complete module (15 ECTS)
** if the student choses a separate subject
For more information, please, contact:
Kristina Kavaliauskaitė, International Coordinator
Faculty of Business, KK
Pramonės pr. 20, LT 50468, Kaunas, Lithuania
E-mail: kristina.kavaliauskaite@go.kauko.lt ; Phone: +370 37 75 11 46
