Emerging Topics in Supply Chain Management
This subject will cover key and emerging topics in supply chain management. These include sustainable economic development, innovation management in SCM, globalisation impacts on SCM, sourcing from China and India, reverse logistics capabilities and needs, climate change impacts on SCM and new internet and other technological factor applications that impact on supply chains. Advanced readings and seminar discussions on these and other new and emerging topics will be used.
Further examples of emerging issues will be related to management of staff, employee relations, and organisational structures and governance systems to support supply chain excellence.
Objectives
- Students will understand the key challenges and opportunities facing executive managers of supply chains
- Ability to conduct strategic analysis of SCM issues
- Knowledge of sustainable development challenges and opportunities related to SCM
- Knowledge of transport industry and logistics key and current challenges and opportunities
- Ability to consider and analyse global frameworks for supply chain design
Subject Code
MGMT90124
Credit Points
12.5
Delivery Dates
9 - 13 May 2011
Mode of Delivery
1 intensive week
Contact Time
24 hours of lectures/seminars/workshops. In addition to face-to-face teaching time of 24 hours, students should expect to undertake a minimum of 120 hours research, reading, writing and general study to complete this subject successfully.
Assessment
20% - 1 hour exam, completed on the final day of delivery
30% - 1,500 word assignment, due four weeks after the delivery
50% - 3,000 word field project, due eight weeks after the delivery
Prescribed Texts
Nil