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BUSI4ZF15: PURCHASING AND SUPPLY MANAGEMENT

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Type Open
Level 4
Credits 15
Availability Not available in 2024/2025
Module Cap
Location Durham
Department Management and Marketing

Prerequisites

  • None.

Corequisites

  • None.

Excluded Combinations of Modules

  • None.

Aims

  • To enable students to acquire a specialist knowledge and understanding of the tools and techniques for effective and efficient purchasing and supply management.

Content

  • Definition of terms
  • Vision and strategy in purchasing and supply management
  • 7-Step-Purchasing-Process and category strategy formulation
  • Global supply organisation
  • Supplier relationship management
  • Supply performance management
  • Operative procurement process

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:

  • Upon successful completion of the module, the students will:
  • have developed the capability to differentiate varying perceptions of the roles and tasks of purchasing and supply management.
  • have a critical understanding of the role of purchasing and supply management within different types of organisations.
  • have a critical appreciation of the advantages and disadvantages of different types of supply organisations within global organisations.
  • have a critical understanding of the necessary preconditions for the successful implementation of comprehensive category strategies.

Subject-specific Skills:

  • Upon successful completion of the module, the students will:
  • have an advanced understanding of, and the ability to apply, the specialist tools and techniques for supply market analyses, supplier selection and supply performance measurement
  • be able to develop comprehensive category strategies

Key Skills:

  • Written communication; planning, organising and time management; problem solving and analysis; using initiative; computer literacy.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

  • Learning outcomes will be met through a combination of lectures, group work, case studies, class exercises and discussions, supported by guided reading.
  • The assessment of the module by written assignment is designed to:
  • Test the acquisition and articulation of knowledge and critical understanding
  • Test skills of application and interpretation

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

ActivityNumberFrequencyDurationTotalMonitored
Full-day sessions combining lectures, group work, case studies, class exercises and discussions.28Yes
Preparation and Reading122 
Total150 

Summative Assessment

Component: Written AssignmentComponent Weighting: 100%
ElementLength / DurationElement WeightingResit Opportunity
Written Assignment4,000 words (max)100 

Formative Assessment

Classroom-based exercises involving individual and group analyses and presentations on specific business situations/problems relevant to the learning outcomes of the module. Oral and written feedback will be given on a group and individual basis as appropriate.

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