UseofProblem-based learning inteaching Logistics andInternational Operations

Problem-based learning (PBL) wasintroduced on Problem-based Learning (PBL) seemsanunavoidable and thedualawardsprogramme inInternational Businesssuccessful learning tool. Contrary totraditional learning Economics inEnglish attheFaculty ofInternational methods thefundamental principle behind PBLstands in Management andBusiness (FIMB), Budapest Business School theswapoforderof'lecture -*training/seminar' to in2002.ThedualawardsprogrammeatFIMB hasbeen 'problem -*training/tutor group-. lecture'. In the running withsuccesssince 1992withthecoresubjects taught'learing society', asthe21st century isoftenreferred to, withPBL since 2002.Thispaperfocuses on theapproachtheattitude tolearing, thestructure andorganisation ofthe Problem-based learning anditsusage inteaching Logistics andInternational Operations. Itwill also present theresult of learning process havebeenchanging. Theteaching-learning a student satisfaction survey carried outamongst the processmoves fromthe"product-based" to"process- Hungarian andinternational students studying onthedual based" learning, and, inparallel, both content andstructure awards programme. oflessons encourage students toengage inactive and meaningful learning. Thelearning environment facilitates I INTRODUCTION suchinstructional methods that require learners toactively gather andapply knowledge, therefore, takes another shape Hungary hasformanyyears nowbeenincreasingly open inwhichthestudent's aswellastheteacher's roles and tointernational influences inallspheres ofits education and duties alter. Consequently, thetraditional teaching-learning itseconomy'. Nowadays, Hungary needswell-qualified method hasrenewed inorder tomeetthenewrequirements experts whoarefamiliar withtheEuropean environment oftheprofession andthedemandofhigher education, andcanflexibly adapt themselves tothenewcircumstances notwithstanding thechallenges ofcomputer-based learning. andrequirements andwhoareopentonewmethods and Practical training andtutor groupsaswellaswork caneffectively apply them. Theprimary focus ofthedual placements getmeaningful andcentral roles inprofessional awards programme, setupbetween theBudapest Businesseducation andtraining. School's Faculty of International Management and Theapplication ofPBLonthedualawards course in Business, Budapest, Hungary andtheAvansHogeschool's English fulfills atriple goal. Students meetthechallenge to International School, Breda, theNetherlands, isthetraining becomelife longlearners; theygainanactive professional ofexperts who,equipped withtheoretical andpractical knowledge andareexposed tostudy professional subjects