Course detail

Seminars in Logistics

FSI-SLO-AAcad. year: 2025/2026

A series of one-week seminars on a huge variety of different topics. 

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

25

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Prof. Arild Hoff

Department

Molde University College (HiMolde)

Entry knowledge

Not applicable.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Most seminars are evaluated by the same letter grade (A – F) as the regular courses. A few exceptions with pass/fail grading exist. Exact format of the exams varies a great deal. Some have a final written or oral exam. Others have several partial exams to be delivered during the seminar week, while others again are evaluated by an essay or final task to be delivered at the end of the seminar week.


All lectures are mandatory.

Aims

The aim of the course is to provide students with knowledge on different approaches to logistics problems and to differntiate skill of students. 


Learning outcomes substantially depend on the composition of the seminars chosen by a student. In general, the course is meant to extend and improve students' knowledge on the partiucular problematics within logistics. 

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

LONGSHORE, John M. a Angela L. CHEATHAM, 2022. Managing Logistics Systems: Planning and Analysis for a Successful Supply Chain. Routledge. ISBN 978-0367653316. (EN)
DUARTE, Abraham, Manuel LAGUNA a Rafael MARTI, 2018. Metaheuristics for Business Analytics: A Decision Modeling Approach. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018 edition. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-68117-7. (EN)
SIMCHI-LEVI, David, Xin CHEN a Julien BRAMEL. The Logic of Logistics: Theory, Algorithms, and Applications for Logistics Management. 3rd ed. Springer, 2014. ISBN 978-1493950218. (EN)

Recommended reading

MANGAN, John, Chandra LALWANI a Agustina CALATAYUD, 2020. Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management. 4th Edition. Wiley. ISBN 978-1-119-70299-3. (EN)
SMITH, Andrew, 2019. Consumer Behaviour and Analytics. Routledge. ISBN 978-1138592650. (EN)
VON NEUMANN, John a Oskar MORGENSTERN, 2021. Theory of Games and Economic Behavior. Interbooks. ISBN 978-8401848506.Zkopírovat citaci (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-LAN-A Master's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

156 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Prof. Arild Hoff

Syllabus

The one-week seminars are intensive courses with a mix of lectures, homework, discussions and student presentations. The most common format is lectures before noon and exercises/group work after noon. Seminar holders are mostly internationally recognized professors from universities abroad, but to some extent the staff at Molde University College also gives seminars on topics within their expertise. The course leader is Arild Hoff, who is a program coordinator for Master of Science in Logistics proram.

 Some seminars  cover themes that are important to logistics, but that for some reason have not been covered in other courses. Other seminars are very specialized, covering theoretical or practical aspects of themes already well covered in other courses. This way the seminar series brings both depth and width to the student's knowledge. Typical seminars are:

Exercise

130 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Prof. Arild Hoff