Procurement and Purchasing Management G

Course Level Postgraduate

Year

Area/Catalogue
MFET 5052

Course Level
Postgraduate

Offered Externally
No

Course ID
105238

Unit Value
4.5

University-wide elective course
No

Course owner
UniSA STEM

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Course aim

To provide students the concepts around major issues of procurement and purchasing management and the related strategies for planning, analysis, design and development of strategic procurement for supply chain management.

Course content

Purchasing scope and development, Strategic procurement and supply chain management, Outsourcing, Sourcing strategies and relationships, Price and total cost of ownership, International and global sourcing, Corporate social responsibility, E-procurement systems.

Textbook(s)

Kenneth Lysons and Brian Farrington, Purchasing and Supply Chain Management, 8th, Pearson

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Lecture	1.5 hours x 13 weeks
Tutorial	1.5 hours x 13 weeks
Case Study (Focussed Case Studies: to allow students to apply various theoretical concepts in a real-life, although truncated, setting, present their findings orally and get immediate feedback)	0.5 hours x 1 weeks
INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, KAPLAN HIGHER EDUCATION - SINGAPORE (INTENSIVE)
Lecture	17.5 hours x Block
Tutorial	2.5 hours x Block

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Assignment, Continuous assessment, Group project

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4C)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.