Department CatalogOpportunities in Global Supply Chain Management
Welcome. This webpage is designed to disseminate valuable information for the students who are majoring in (or are considering to major in) Supply Chain Management at the College of Business and Economics at CSUN. In this web site you will find information on internship/job opportunities, upcoming workshops/seminars/conferences in global supply chain management as well as information on professional and academic organizations in the field along with their activities and the schedule of their monthly meetings.
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Global Logistics Management Project
Dear Students,
It is with great pleasure to report to you that the United States Department of Education has awarded the College of Business & Economics at California State University, Northridge a $165,000 grant to improve the academic teaching of the global supply chain management curriculum at CSUN, as well as to conduct outreach activities to local businesses in the San Fernando Valley by assisting them to become more competitive in exporting their goods or services.
Among other activities, the grant will support the following initiatives:
Practical Learning and Networking Opportunities:
Including Internships and Jobs
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Cross Cultural Understanding of Business:
Another curriculum related goal of the project is to dramatically expand students' cross-cultural understanding and experience of business. In collaboration with the College of Humanities , the grant supports the development of courses in culture, language and business in two regional areas: Latin America and Asia.
Field Trips to China and Mexico:
To enhance the classroom experience, the grant provides generous subsidies to undergraduate students to travel during their spring break as part of a faculty led tour to Mexico and China . These tours would combine cultural emersion and field visits of facilities and businesses involved in global logistics.
The Global Supply Chain Management Program staff will be delighted to assist you in learning more about these and other opportunities offered by the program. Please stop by our office located on the fourth floor of the College of Business in room JH 4130, or call us at (818) 677-6211.
Warm regards,
Dr. Rafi Efrat,
Accounting and Information Systems Dept., CSUN
Dr. Ali Behnezhad,
Systems and Operations Management Dept., CSUN
For more details please refer to the newspaper article here.
