Overview:
- Credits:
- 10.0
- Level:
- 4
- Semester:
- Spring
- Subject:
- Business Management
- School:
- Business
- Coordinator:
- Professor Mark Pagell
BMGT44280 Supply Chain Sustainability
Academic Year 2020/2021
This course provides a detailed review and analysis of the environmental and stakeholder management tools and techniques used by supply chain managers. The course considers how these techniques fit together to form supply chain management systems and examines their underlying assumptions, approach and role in managerial decision-making. Topics include models of sustainable or responsible supply chain management, the role of management systems in creating more sustainable operations, how to source in a more sustainable fashion, the role of logistics in creating more sustainable supply chains, managing supply chains that engage with or contain social enterprises, NGO’s and regulators, and circular models of supply chain networks.Show/hide contentOpenClose All
Curricular information is subject to change
Learning Outcomes:
On completing this module, students will be expected to:
1. Critically appraise the current theory and performance of supply chain sustainability
2. Display the ability to assimilate and explain supply chain sustainability concepts
3. Professionally present findings on supply chain sustainability topics both written and oral
4. Prepare supply chain sustainability case study reports
5. Engage in learning using different learning strategies including discussion, group work, and presentations
Topics include models of sustainable or responsible supply chain management, the role of management systems in creating more sustainable operations, how to source in a more sustainable fashion, the role of logistics in creating more sustainable supply chains, managing supply chains that engage with or contain social enterprises, NGO’s and regulators, and circular models of supply chain networks.
| Student Effort Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Lectures | 36 |
| Specified Learning Activities | 200 |
| Total | 236 |
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Not applicable to this module.
Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
| Remediation Type | Remediation Timing |
|---|---|
| Repeat (CFP) | Within Three Semesters |
Feedback Strategy/Strategies
• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Peer review activities
How will my Feedback be Delivered?
Not yet recorded.
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Dr Steve New | Subject Extern Examiner |
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