BUSADMIN 766 : Supply Chain Management

Business and Economics

2020 Quarter Three (1206) (15 POINTS)

Course Prescription

Creating value through effective and efficient operating and information systems in both product and service-based firms. Emphasises process inter-relationships and infrastructural requirements.

Course Overview

Supply Chain Management deals with the processes through which supply chains create and distribute goods and services using resources and inputs such as labour, materials, equipment, capital, information, and technology. These processes must be designed and maintained to meet a variety of performance objectives in the presence of variability and conflicting incentives of different supply chain members. This course supplies students with fundamental knowledge of supply chain management. Further, it enables students to solve common supply chain management problems. However, the ultimate goal of the course is to inspire students to learn more about supply chain management and the evolving challenges it faces.

Course Requirements

Prerequisite: BUSADMIN 763 Restriction: BUSADMIN 776

Capabilities Developed in this Course

Capability 1: Disciplinary Knowledge and Practice
Capability 2: Critical Thinking
Capability 3: Solution Seeking
Capability 4: Communication and Engagement
Capability 5: Independence and Integrity
Capability 6: Social and Environmental Responsibilities

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
  1. Explain and apply disciplinary knowledge in supply chain management. (Capability 1, 2 and 6)
  2. Demonstrate reasoning and decision making under uncertainty (Capability 1, 2 and 3)
  3. Communicate across cultural boundaries. (Capability 2, 4.1 and 4.2)
  4. Demonstrate analytical excellence in problem solving. (Capability 1, 2 and 3)
  5. Apply Project based learning (Capability 1, 2, 3, 4.2, 5.1 and 5.2)

Assessments

Assessment Type Percentage Classification
In class Group Project 10% Group Coursework
Group Project 20% Group Coursework
In class Individual Project 20% Individual Coursework
Individual Project 30% Individual Coursework
Continuous Evaluation 20% Individual Coursework
Assessment Type Learning Outcome Addressed
1 2 3 4 5
In class Group Project
Group Project
In class Individual Project
Individual Project
Continuous Evaluation

Workload Expectations

This course is a standard 15 point course and students are expected to spend 150 hours (10 hours per point) involved in each 15 point course that they are enrolled in.

A total of 30 hours are delivered in class (one evening per week), leaving a total of 120 hours for independent study. These activities include carrying out the required readings and assignments, viewing video material, reflecting on the material, participating in the simulations, and preparing for the tests.

Learning Resources

The following text books are optional:
Chopra, S., and Meindl, P. 2019. Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and Operation. Sixth Edition, Pearson. The supplementary readings: Cachon, G., and Terwiesch, C. 2013. Matching Supply with Demand: An Introduction to Operations Management (3e). McGraw-Hill Education: NY.
Cases, articles, and chapters provide fundamentals, applications, illustrations, and extensions.   Information on assignments, copies of lecture slides, case studies, sample questions, worked examples, and course readings will be distributed electronically on CANVAS.

Digital Resources

Course materials are made available in a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas which also includes reading lists and lecture recordings (where available).

Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.

Academic Integrity

The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. This requirement also applies to sources on the internet. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against online source material using computerised detection mechanisms.

Inclusive Learning

All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.

Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website at http://disability.auckland.ac.nz

Special Circumstances

If your ability to complete assessed coursework is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due.

If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page: https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html.

This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.

Student Feedback

At the end of every semester students will be invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions.

Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students.

Class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.

Student Charter and Responsibilities

The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter (https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/forms-policies-and-guidelines/student-policies-and-guidelines/student-charter.html).

Disclaimer

Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about the course will be available for enrolled students in Canvas.

In this course you may be asked to submit your coursework assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations for this course online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. The final decision on the completion mode for a test or examination, and remote invigilation arrangements where applicable, will be advised to students at least 10 days prior to the scheduled date of the assessment, or in the case of an examination when the examination timetable is published.

Published on 29/06/2020 09:38 a.m.