The Study of the Differences between the Practitioner’s Skills Trained by Academics and the Demand from International Logistics Industry

• Main Authors: Yu-Mei Chiang, 江育美
• Other Authors: Tao Chen
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2006
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/99060957503300703027

碩士 === 開南管理學院 === 航運與物流管理系碩士班 === 94 === The emergence of e-commerce and globalization have forced the enterprise has no choice but to provide efficient international logistics service to meet the demand of major customers, moreover, quick respond to the market. As a consequence, the competitive advantages of international business have become the effectiveness and efficiency of supply chain, and the synergy to be enjoyed in related logistics activities. The quick development in international logistics industry has, as a consequence, widened the gap between the skills and professional knowledge of the practitioners educated by academics and the demand of the industry. This study tries to quantify the differences between them, and provide advices to narrow the gap. The first step of research is literature review, to collect the courses provided by academics. These courses are further divided into groups, to design the questionnaire to be answered by senior managers. Analytic Hierarchy Process has been used to quantify the answers collected from the questionnaires. The differences between the industry and academics are found and the results could be good references for the academics to design the courses to meet the demand of international logistics industry.