Learning Outcomes:
Upon completing this assignment, students should be able to:
develop understanding the role of transportation to facilitate trade in Oman and beyond;
apply analysis to respond critical assessment questions;
discuss contested transportation economic issues;
recommends strategies to improve Oman’s well-integrated modes of public transport;
researching and gathering suitable economic data/information related to the structure of business from a range of source;
develop communication, collaboration, decision making and solving problem skills and teamwork.
Learning Opportunities: Co-ordination and teamwork. Research skills and critical evaluation of data and information. Ability to prioritise and utilise information and data. Report writing, editing and review.
Modules Involved: Module Marks Weightage
PECON. II.I Transport Economics 20%
Submission Method: Typed report and presentation (hard and soft copy). Assignments will be uploaded via Turnitin, any assignment found to be plagiarised will not be corrected.
Referencing and Bibliography: Assignment must include in-text citations and bibliography.
Ethics and Academic Integrity: All work must conform to the expected levels of ethics and academic integrity as confirmed in class and the student handbook. Failure to do so may result in a 0 mark. Your report should not be unfairly prejudiced for or against someone or something.
Word Count: 700 words
Date of Submission: In week 9, LATE SUBMISSION WILL RESULT IN DEDUCTION OF MARKS.
Teacher: Dr. Adela
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completing this assignment, students should be able to:
develop understanding the role of transportation to facilitate trade in Oman and beyond;
apply analysis to respond critical assessment questions;
discuss contested transportation economic issues;
recommends strategies to improve Oman’s well-integrated modes of public transport;
researching and gathering suitable economic data/information related to the structure of business from a range of source;
develop communication, collaboration, decision making and solving problem skills and teamwork.
Learning Opportunities: Co-ordination and teamwork. Research skills and critical evaluation of data and information. Ability to prioritise and utilise information and data. Report writing, editing and review.
Modules Involved: Module Marks Weightage
PECON. II.I Transport Economics 20%
Submission Method: Typed report and presentation (hard and soft copy). Assignments will be uploaded via Turnitin, any assignment found to be plagiarised will not be corrected.
Referencing and Bibliography: Assignment must include in-text citations and bibliography.
Ethics and Academic Integrity: All work must conform to the expected levels of ethics and academic integrity as confirmed in class and the student handbook. Failure to do so may result in a 0 mark. Your report should not be unfairly prejudiced for or against someone or something.
Word Count: 700 words
Date of Submission: In week 9, LATE SUBMISSION WILL RESULT IN DEDUCTION OF MARKS.
Teacher: Dr. Adela
Assignment – LTM 2nd Year Semester 1 – 2021-2022
DECLARATION OF ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
Form Title
Declaration of Academic Integrity
Department
Academic Departments
Form Code
IMCO/QMS/AD/FORM
Issue Date
17/01/2016
Please sign to confirm that you have read and accepted the following statements. Your assessment will not be accepted without this signed declaration.
1. I confirm that I have read and fully understood IMCO’s policy on Academic Integrity, including practices that may lead to committing plagiarism and which I must avoid.
2. I confirm that in the attached assessment I have not presented or attempted to present anyone else’s work as my own, except where I have indicated. I confirm that I understand that doing so would mean I had committed plagiarism.
3. I confirm that I understand that, if I fail to comply with IMCO’s policy on Academic Integrity, IMCO will impose penalties which may in the most serious of cases result in termination of my studies at IMCO. I confirm that I understand that if I am judged guilty of plagiarism I will receive a score of zero and the other penalties indicated under IMCO’s policy on Academic Integrity in the Student’s Handbook will apply.
4. I agree to IMCO submitting my work to Turn-it-in or using any other source to verify whether my work contains plagiarised material.
The extent to which I have worked with others is as follows:
Programme:
Module Code:
Module Title:
Class:
Signature: Date:
See the Student Handbook for IMCO’s policy on Academic Integrity and Plagiarism before you sign
Assignment – PECON. II.I 60 Marks
Introduction
In the transportation business, efficiency in moving products is crucial. The continuity of technical progress and management principles can improve the movement of loads, speed of delivery, quality of services, costs of operations, the usage of transportation facilities and saving of energy. If there is no transportation, the business in logistics is impossible to organize, in this case, the role of transportation is significant in running the business in logistics. This assignment will help you to understand the importance and role of different modes of transportation to facilitate trade and to promote economic growth in Oman and beyond.
Part 1. Knowledge and understanding
Read the information below to helping you on building your knowledge in responding to the assessment questions provided.
In Freight service transportation, Transportation providers are required to meet the service requests of their numerous shippers. Service requests can be common requests about delivery time and may vary all the way to specific/customized requests. Consider that costs of transporting products determine the service required. The most common service characteristic for freight transport are: Transit time, Reliability, Accessibility, Capability and Security.
Transportation Passenger on the other hand, is a market composed of suppliers of transport services and users of these services. A well-functioning transport market should allow transport supply to meet the specific service demand of transport users so that transport needs for mobility are satisfied. At most passenger transport requires the following service components to ensure that users are happy: Destination – Schedules and speed – Costs – Equipment and attention – Terminals – Complaints and experience (Silva, 2019).
Your assessment tasks:
1. You are requested to explain at least three service characteristics of each of the following service provisions assessed below and give examples for each mode. Use the information above to organize your ideas. [12 marks]
1a. Service provided by freight transportation: (6)
1b. Service provided by passenger transportation: (6)
Part 2. Application
2. Oman is an example of a developing economy. Basically, your country is on its period of developing a state-of-the-art transport infrastructure and investment of modern transport modes such as buses and maritime transport. [22 Marks]
Give your responses to the following assessment questions that follow:
2a. Provide practical examples in justifying the need for a transportation policy for a developing economy such as Oman. (4)
2b. Provide a well outlined role and an additional two for explanations in relation to the following:
2bi. Oman’s National Competitiveness: (6)
2bii. Oman’s Cost of transport infrastructure (6)
2biii. Oman’s preventive measures on monopolies (6)
Part 3. Analysis/ evaluation
3. Transportation and logistics systems have interdependent relationships that logistics management needs transportation to perform its activities and meanwhile, a successful logistics system could help to improve traffic environment and transportation development. Research a medium scale logistics company in Oman and perform the following process provided below: [14 marks]
Assessment tasks:
3a. Using the information, you have gathered from the logistics company of your choice, justify the relationship between transportation and logistics. (3)
3b. Describe the business operations of the company. (3)
3c. How can this company’s logistical system help for the improvement of traffic environment?
(4)
3d. Outline the company’s transportation development. (4)
Part 4. Synthesis
As young Omani and at the same time student in Economics, asses the whole situation of Oman’s public transport services and design your own strategies or tactics to ensure your country’s successful transportation system. Present your answer in the form of a brief writing. Use 200 words. [12 Marks]