Course Code: EAS101
Synopsis
The course serves to provide a general introduction to the different areas of business and organizational management, using the aerospace industry’s specific needs as case studies.
Level: 1
Credit Units: 5
Presentation Pattern: EVERY REGULAR SEMESTER
Topics
- Airworthiness Principles
- Chicago Convention, Air Nav Act and Singapore Airworthiness Requirements
- Fundamentals of Contract & Tort Law
- Fundamentals of Air commercial law, Montreal & Warsaw Conventions
- Financial Accounting Principles
- Financial Ratios and airline performance metrics
- Human Resources Management
- Aviation Safety and Safety Management System
- Aviation Marketing & Customer Experience
- Leadership
- Aviation Sustainability
- Digitalisation in Aircraft Hangars
Learning Outcome
- Describe the principles of airworthiness and the global regulatory frameworks that govern aviation operations
- Explain how contract and tort laws, as well as international conventions, apply to airline and airport operations
- Apply basic financial and accounting principles and performance metrics to assess the financial health of aviation-related organisations
- Illustrate the role of human resource strategies in managing personnel, training, and compliance in the aviation industry
- Identify different marketing and customer experience approaches adopted by airlines to gain market advantage
- Interpret leadership behaviours and crisis management techniques relevant to aviation business environments
- Implement Safety Management Systems (SMS), and cybersecurity practices in aviation
- Discuss sustainability challenges and strategies adopted by aviation stakeholders in response to environmental and regulatory pressures
- Comment how digitalisation enables access to data and tools that support Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) operations in sustaining aircraft availability, cost-effectiveness, and regulatory compliance