New York City's Brooklyn Bridge, overseen by the New York City Department of Transportation. (Image courtesy of the Sandia National Laboratories.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Joseph Coughlin
MIT Course Number
1.223J / ESD.203J
As Taught In
Fall 2004
Level
Graduate
Translated Versions
Course Description
Course Description
This class surveys the current concepts, theories, and issues in strategic management of transportation organizations. It provides transportation logistics and engineering systems 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. The following concepts, tools, and issues are presented in both public and private sector cases: alternative models of decision-making, strategic planning (e.g., use of SWOT analysis and scenario development), stakeholder valuation and analysis, government-based regulation and cooperation within the transportation enterprise, disaster communications, systems safety, change management, and the impact of globalization.