Research On Core Competence Of Maritime Universities

With the rapid development of the world economic integration, international economy and trade is mounting up with full speed, which accelerates mostly the development of shipment and seafarers. The supply of seafarer from developed shipping country decreases apparently, and the developed country enrolled seafarer from the developing shipping country. This trend prompts the international exchange and the international labor market for seafarers. China is the biggest developing country in the world, which is rich in the resource of labor. With the great chance, the maritime education must be analyzed to improve the core competence of the maritime universities.Core competence theory is one of organization, popular in the western management and economics in 1990s.Core competence theory caters to directing and instructing the enterprises to face exterior competition and to achieve interior progress, which has been significantly proved by many enterprises.In this thesis, core competence theory is applied into the use of research of maritime education. According to this theory, this research puts forward the connotation and the features of the core competence of colleges and universities. The factors and their interactions influencing the core competence of the maritime universities has been analyzed.These factors are: discipline construction, academic echelon, finance, personnel training, research achievement, admissions. This thesis selects Dalian Maritime University (DMU) as a case study, makes use of SWOT AHP analyze DMU's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. At last, some suggestions to enhance the maritime universities' core competence are put forward.