History And Academic Discipline of America In Logistics

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· 발행기관 : 한국물류학회
· 수록지 정보 : 물류학회지 / 18권 / 4호 / 375 ~ 390페이지
· 저자명 : 김동호, 박정섭

초록

The importance of logistics in contemporary business, global, and educational environment is no longer a contentious issue. Logistics currently receives greater attention from both the business industry and academia. The field of logistics is exploding so fast, it is difficult for researchers and practitioners to keep up with new paradigms and it is a wide open academic discipline that invites many scholars from different disciplines to enter into.
Logistics education in colleges and universities is not popular as other disciplinary fields, such as marketing, economics, business management, etc. While the commercial sector welcomes and recognizes logistics programs and its practicability, the program development in universities regarding logistics is not a simple task because it is still new academic discipline and many faculties and scholars not recognize the importance of logistics education in academia.
The purpose of this article is to analyze and evaluate logistics based on both definition and elements of an academic discipline to validate logistics discipline in academia.
Based on the content analysis of logistics history, thoughts, theory development, and education, logistics can be described as an academic discipline, and it fits and includes both definition and elements of an academic discipline. However, significant challenges and obstacles exist for logistics discipline to become a sound academic discipline.

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