MM in Retailing

Program Delivery: Bilingual

Taught by an international team of retail practitioners and academics
Fully paid international retail trip for programme participants to Malaysia to observe and learn about international retailing
Assessments by assignments with no examination
Recommended main retail textbook shall be provided free to students

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MM in Retailing

This unique and challenging MM in Retailing programme is designed to cater specifically for the retail industry. The programme offers a unique combination of general and business management skills and retail specific modules that are strategic to most retail businesses and it represents the ‘next step’ for managerial staff who are keen to develop their personal and professional profiles. The programme also offers considerable opportunities for personal advancement for career minded executives in the retail industry and distributive trade.

Why MM in Retailing?

Today’s retail business is getting more and more sophisticated and extremely competitive and retailers need to learn, acquire and master the modern retail management business knowledge and blend the art and science into the management and operation of their business.


Today’s retail business is getting more and more sophisticated and extremely competitive and retailers need to learn, acquire and master the modern retail management business knowledge and blend the art and science into the management and operation of their business.

Dr. Vincent Kong

Program Leader of MM in Retail at Kalbis Institute

For the first time in Indonesia, Kalbis Institute will offer an MM in Retailing programme to the retail management work force of the local industry. The MM in Retailing programme will entail core business modules and SIX highly specialised retail modules. This international unique and industry specific post-graduate programme is collaboration between Kalbis Institute, Peope Skills Asia, Singapore and the Asia Pacific Retail Academy of Malaysia. The special programme will be jointly taught by highly qualified and experience academics and retail industry practitioners outside of Indonesia.       

 

 

Programme Modules

Six Cores Business Modules
Retail Modules

C7: Retail Management, Theories, Concept, Application 

 The aim of this unit is to introduce the fundamental principles of retailing and the variety of decisions that retail managers make to satisfy customers’ needs. It also examine all type of retail formats and their respective business models. It will also examine how retailers use and coordinate multiple selling channels (stores, the Internet, catalogs) to interact with customers. 

C8: Retail Buying and Merchandising 

This module aims to give students an overview of the buying and merchandising process and to explain how merchandise decisions within retail organisations are made. Both strategic and operational issues are covered.

C9: Retail Strategy 

 The aim of this module is to examine the role of top management in setting the direction of a firm. It offers participants the opportunity of tackling the strategic issues and problems facing senior managers in retailing and wholesaling.

C10: Retail Marketing 

 This module aims to define the role of marketing within retail organisations. It explains what it means for a company to be marketing led and emphasises the need to integrate marketing policy with business strategy

C11: Retail Supply Chain Management 

 Supply chain management is becoming an increasingly important part of a retailer’s strategy. This module will introduce the basic supply chain concepts with relevant examples of retail companies. Major areas of the subject such as Supply Chain Network, Operation SCM, Warehousing, Inventory management, Information Management and Performances Measurement will be covered.

C12: International Retailing 

The aim of this module is to provide an understanding of the process management of international retailing. This is achieved through analysing the processes and companies involved as well as reviewing major retail areas of the world in a search for the effects of internationalisation.

Some of our Retail Visiting Faculty Members

 Associate Professor Teo Cheng Swee, Hemsdale College, Singapore
 Dr Richard Cubertson, Oxford University, UK
 Dr Vincent Kong, CEO, People Skills Asia (S) Pte Ltd
 Dr Leo Frederick, Leadership Consultant, Malaysia
 Dr Chin Tiam Pok, Supply Chain Consultant, Malaysia
 Dr Christine Chow, Retail Consultant, Malaysia
 Dr Balan Dass, HRM Consultant, Malaysia
 Dr Eddie Phun, Marketing Consultant, Malaysia Dr. Rod Alan, Business Consultant, Philippines
  Dr Eddie Phun, Marketing Consultant, Malaysia Dr. Rod Alan, Business Consultant, Philippines
 Dr. Peter Chong, Business Coach and Consultant, Malaysia
 Mr. Joseph Tan, Retail & Business Consultant, Singapore 
 Mr. Steven Lau, Retail and HRM Consultant, Singapore 
 Mr. Khoo Peng Hong, Financial Consultant, Malaysia 
 Ms. Vivian Chang, Retail Supply Chain Consultant, Malaysia 
 Ms. Sandra Tan, Digital Retail Marketing Consultant, Singapore

Testimonials

Prof. Dale Achabal, Santa Clara University, California, USA
Prof. Emeritus Peter Jones, School of Business University of Gloucestershire, UK

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