Purchasing and Supply Chain Management

Learning Outcomes

• Course Learning Outcomes
  The aims of this course (for students) are to:
  
• understand the core concepts of purchasing and supply chain management;
  
• apply the theoretical concepts in analysing business cases;
  
• enhance the level of critical thinking.
  
  Learning Objectives, BCom
  To achieve the learning outcomes, the course objectives (for students) are to:
  
• explain the basic concept, importance, origin and foundation of purchasing and supply chain management
  
• understand importance of strategic fit in supply chain.
  
• explain the internal and external integration, and the role of cross functional sourcing teams
  
• understand the concept and reasons for firms outsourcing, along with its benefits and pitfalls
  
• demonstrate the importance of logistics in supply chain and be able to explain the value added role of logistics on both macro and micro level.
  
• explain the importance of building resilience in supply chain
  
• understand category strategy and its development process.
  
• understand the steps in supplier evaluation and selection process, and key supplier evaluation criteria.
  
• demonstrate negotiation framework in supply chain and importance of negotiation planning.
  
• explain the importance of information to supply chain management and be able to understand the role of information technology in the supply chain.
  
  B.Com Learning Goals
  1. Graduates can demonstrate advanced knowledge of their selected subject major, informed by the broader context of commerce.
  
• The assignment, test and exam are opportunities to demonstrate advanced knowledge in Purchasing and Supply chain management.
  2. Graduates are able to use analytical thinking and problem-solving skills to address specific problems.
  
• The assignment, test and exam all require application of theories to analytical thinking
  3. Graduates can understand issues from a range of ethical, global and multicultural perspectives.
  
• The test and exam require the understanding of global issues in supply chain management
  4. Graduates are able to communicate effectively both orally and in written form.
  
• Written communication assessed in this course through the assignment.
  
  For quality assurance purposes the School is required to hold on record a number of assessment pieces as examples of differing standards of work. If you have any objections to the school holding your assessment for this purpose then email the course coordinator to ensure your assignment is not used for this purpose.

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

	Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.
	Employable, innovative and enterprising Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.
	Engaged with the community Students will have observed and understood a culture within a community by reflecting on their own performance and experiences within that community.
	Globally aware Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.

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Equivalent Courses

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