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RAIL29014 OPS1 - Introduction to Rail Operations Management

Course details

This course aims to provide broad, systematic, and multidisciplinary awareness for people engaged in railway operations activities. This will provide the foundation on which the remaining courses will build. Attention will be focused on the principles of rail operation as well as the current business, legislative, industrial, environmental, and social environment of the rail industry and the demand for quality and safety management practices in the running of train services. In addition, students will be introduced to basic analysis and analytical tools in rail operation such as demand and performance analysis and public, private, and PPP financing. Further more, the importance of human factors and people skills in rail operations will be examined, particularly in the context of industrial process and change management.


Course at a glance
Career: Postgraduate
Credit points: 8
Requisites: This course has no pre/co-requisites
Student Contribution Band: 2
EFTSL: 0.16667
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2012 Term One FLEX
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