The Postgraduate certificate in Strategic Port Planning is a program oriented towards the acquisition of fundamental skills in profitable ports, redistribution of resources between ports and brand image. All this, from a theoretical-practical approach, complemented by the experience of an excellent teaching team in the port sector. 

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Syllabus

The program consists of 300 teaching hours, positioning the graduate to opt for the best positions in their professional profile, according to the different challenges that exist in Strategic Port Planning. Therefore, they will acquire unique knowledge and technical skills in the field of port spaces and infrastructure connectivity. 

With this Postgraduate certificate, the entrepreneur will delve into the planning of a port system, considering these infrastructures as strategic enclaves of great relevance for economic and social development. In this way, it will address the complexity of the operation of ports in all its aspects: infrastructure, service provision, environment and sustainability, security, digitalization, innovation and globalization. 

In addition, graduates will analyze the practical application of strategic planning at the port level, and then develop specific HR management as an essential element for the adequate provision of services. Land and sea management, transport intermodality, port traffic, investments, economic-financial management, HR, sustainability and the environment are interconnected subjects. 

In this way, graduates will obtain a solid knowledge base in the redistribution of resources between ports and the use of investments in infrastructures. This is a program that is supported by high quality multimedia content and a 100% online modality. In this way, TECH offers the most complete update, guaranteeing the best educational results.

This Postgraduate certificate takes place over 12 weeks and is divided into 2 modules.

Module 1. Strategic Port Planning

Module 2. Port business plan and HR management

Where, When and How is it Taught?

TECH offers students the opportunity to take this Postgraduate Certificate in Strategic Port Planning entirely online. Throughout the 12 weeks of the program, the students will be able to access all the contents at any time, which will allow the students to distribute their study time. 

Module 1. Strategic Port Planning

1.1. Port System 

1.1.1. Port Authorities Coordination 
1.1.2. Economic Outlooks 
1.1.3. Environmental Outlooks 
1.1.4. Social Perspective 
1.1.5. Criteria for action

1.2. Economically profitable ports 

1.2.1. Financing 
1.2.2. Budgeting 
1.2.3. Prices associated with the port reality 
1.2.4. Redistribution of resources between ports

1.3. Port space management 

1.3.1. Port space performance 
1.3.2. Port space at the service of the general interest 
1.3.3. Port space Digitalization 

1.4. Infrastructures. Demand-oriented investments 

1.4.1. Leveraging infrastructure investments 
1.4.2. Economically and socially profitable infrastructures 
1.4.3. Infrastructure connectivity 
1.4.4. Respect for the environment 

1.5. Provision of services oriented to customers and society as a whole 

1.5.1. Competitive services at the service of the general interest 
1.5.2. Efficiency in the provision of services 
1.5.3. Monitoring of the provision of services 
1.5.4. Simplification of bureaucratic procedures 

1.5.4.1. Border Controls and inspections 
1.5.4.2. Agility in bureaucratic procedures 

1.6. Innovation and Digitalization of ports 

1.6.1. Electronic administration 
1.6.2. Digital ports 
1.6.3. Stimulating Innovation 
1.6.4. Innovation at the service of the general interest 

1.7. International projection 

1.7.1. International Relations 
1.7.2. Brand Image 
1.7.3. Competitiveness of ports in the International Context 

1.8. Environmental Sustainability 

1.8.1. Environmental Management 
1.8.2. Quality and environmental measurements 
1.8.3. Consumption and waste management 
1.8.4. Sustainable mobility 
1.8.5. Climate Change 
1.8.6. The port and the citizen 

1.9. Security/Safety 

1.9.1. Industrial Safety 
1.9.2. Port security 
1.9.3. Cybersecurity 

1.10. Ethical corporate culture and human capital 

1.10.1. Ethical Codes 
1.10.2. Supervision and Control 
1.10.3. Transparency 
1.10.4. Organizational Structure 
1.10.5. Equality 
1.10.6. Training and Career 
1.10.7. Communication and participation

Module 2. Port business plan and HR management

2.1. Port's Business Plan as a Planning Instrument  

2.1.1. The Business Plan as a concretion of the global strategy of a port system  
2.1.2. The Business Plan as a coordinating element of planning
2.1.3. SWOT  
2.1.4. Strategic Map  
2.1.5. Other planning instruments of the Port   

2.2. Perspectives of a Port's Business Plan  

2.2.1. Port traffic  
2.2.2. Inversions  
2.2.3. Economic and financial
2.2.4. Human resources
2.2.5. Environment and sustainability  

2.3. Management control through the Business Plan  

2.3.1. Monitoring of objectives  
2.3.2. Evolution of management ratios  
2.3.3. Corrective Actions  

2.4. Human capital  

2.4.1. Social and labor context of the Ports  
2.4.2. HR planning within the global and port strategy  
2.4.3. Labor relations and negotiation  

2.5. Need for change Professionalization of the Ports  

2.5.1. Resistance to Change  
2.5.2. How to Manage Changes  
2.5.3. Professionalizing ports  
2.5.4. Transparency and communication  

2.6. Management by competences as a facilitator of change  

2.6.1. Knowledge competences  
2.6.2. “Soft" competences  
2.6.3. The different aspects of management by competences  

2.7. Job positions  

2.7.1. Specification of the jobs  
2.7.2. Job evaluation  
2.7.3. Job classification and organizational structure  

2.8. Training Plan  

2.8.1. Port system training plan  
2.8.2. Port level training plan  
2.8.3. The "corporate university”  
2.8.4. Virtual Classrooms  

2.9. Compensation system  

2.9.1. Compensation system  
2.9.2. Compensation Structure  
2.9.3. Performance assessment and variable compensation  

2.10. Prevention of Occupational Hazards

2.10.1. Prevention reports. Prevention Strategy  
2.10.2. Occupational risks Prevention at a port  
2.10.3. Psychosocial Risks

This academic itinerary is exclusive to TECH and you will be able to develop it at your own pace thanks to its 100% online Relearning methodology"

With this program, graduates will achieve their professional goals with the best results. Through the acquisition of high quality knowledge, the businessman will delve into the essential aspects of Strategic Port Planning. To this end, TECH will provide students with technological tools for the successful achievement of their professional objectives. At the end of this degree, they will have acquired specific competences and developed skills in infrastructure connectivity and environmental management. All this in only 6 weeks, with unlimited access to the virtual platform, wherever and whenever you want, with no time restrictions.

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The Postgraduate certificate in Strategic Port Planning will enable students to:

1. Conceptualize logistics and place it in the current economic environment
2. Conceptually define the processes that compose it and that give rise to the different types of logistics
3. Understand what each of these processes consists of and the purpose for which they were conceived
4. Substantiate the importance of maritime transport in globalization
5. Examine the main maritime traffics and transport vessels 
6. Delve into the main maritime traffics 
7. Specify the international legislation in maritime transport 
8. Examine the alternative of port infrastructure specialization as a way of adapting to the demands of logistics chains
9. Analyze the latest innovation trends  
10. Define a future port model in a context of in-depth and global transformation
11. Analyze with maximum objectivity these aspirations, from a technical point of view
12. Identify the importance of consensus, communication and transparency in the process of formulating the strategy of a port system that has important repercussions on society as a whole, both economically and socially