Scott McDonald

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School: The Business School
Department: Logistics & Supply Chain Management
Position: Lecturer
Location: RMIT Saigon South
Email: scott.mcdonald@rmit.edu.vn
ORCID: 0000-0002-7811-7300

Scott has been teaching/coordinating courses in the Logistics and Supply Chain Management as well as Tourism and Hospitality Management programs since 2016. Prior to joining RMIT, Scott was Assistant to the President, Head of Extra-Curricular Activities, as well as taught Business Studies, English, and Science to high school students at Vietnam Australia International School since 2011.

Ph.D. from Nottingham Business School, MSc from U of Hertfordshire, MBA/BBA from Trinity College, and GCDTLT from RMIT.

Logistics and Supply Chain Management as well as Tourism and Hospitality Management

Learning & Teaching, Logistics & Supply Chain Management, Entrepreneurship, and Communications (soft skills).

Cluster alignment: Scholarship of Learning in Higher Education and Organisations, Logistics & Supply Chain, Skills Development, Upskilling the Workforce, and Communications.

  • 2021 - Ethnic Women in Sơn La Province, Northern Vietnam: The Entrepreneurial Landscape in the Asia-Pacific Social Science Review
  • 2020 - Transportation and Logistics for a Sustainable Fashion Sector in the Supply Chain Management and Logistics in the Global Fashion Sector: The Sustainability Challenge (Book chapter)
  • 2020 - Defining Student Learning Experience through Blended Learning in the Education and Information Technologies
  • 2019 - Information Sharing in Logistics Firms: An Exploratory Study of the Vietnamese Logistics Sector in the Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics
  • 2019 - A Broader Look at a Student Newspaper under Disruptive Changes in the Proceedings of the Informing Science and Information Technology Education Conference (InSITE 2019)
  • 2018 - Development of the Food Safety Labeling Technique for Applied Business in the Vietnamese Retail Food Industry in the Innovare Journal of Food Science
  • 2018 - Food Safety Labelling Management in the Green Supply Chain Management: A Direct Observational Study in the Vietnamese Retail Food Sector in the Journal of International Logistics and Trade
  • 2017 - Enhanced Critical Thinking Skills through Problem-Solving Games in Secondary Schools in the Interdisciplinary Journal of E-Skills and Lifelong Learning 
  • RMIT Internal ECR Grant - $3000 – 2018
  • RMIT Internal ECR Grant - $3000 – 2019
  • RMIT L&T Grant - $3000 – 2019
  • 2 Ph.D. candidates since 2016
  • Not currently supervising
  • 2020 RMIT Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning – Excellence in Learning & Teaching
  • 2018–Present: Logistics Consultant for EMI Asia Limited. Site selection, building construction and facility installations, machinery importations, government regulation processing, and other consultations as needed
  • 2016-Present – RMIT University – Lecturer/Coordinator
  • 2011-2016 – VAS International School – Assistant to the President, Head of ECA, and Teacher
  • 2004-2011 – Express Manufacturing - Project Manager
  • 1999-2004 – Alsius Corp. - Materials Manager/Purchasing Manager