Course description
MBA Essentials – Strategic Procurement and Supplier Management (Corporate Training)
Taught over four days, our MBA Essentials course is made up of 'unbundled' modules from our full Executive MBA degree. The MBA Essentials offers block-teaching modules that fits busy schedule and will support managers with their career prospects, either in their own organisation or moving elsewhere.
The MBA Essentials – Strategic Procurement and Supplier Management is an investigation of ‘best practice’ procurement, contracting and supplier management. First, the module explores the different theories informing the broad subject area. These concern concepts such as trust, opportunism and power, and we look at how such concepts affect the way procurement and supplier management is both studied and practiced.
Second, the module focuses on organisational context and considers the management of the procurement operation. Here we look at procurement transformation, the alignment of procurement with organisational strategy, procurement technology and the internal marketing of the procurement function.
Third and influenced by our exploration of theories and organisational context, the module discusses how managers might start to think about the implementation of their strategic procurement, contracting and supplier management activities. The key implementation issues covered in the module are: the make-buy decision; organisational buying behaviour; supplier and relationship selection; supplier performance and relationship management; contracting; and conflict management.
By the end of the module you should be able to:
- Understand, and have opinions on, the key debates within the field of strategic procurement, contracting and supplier management
- Demonstrate an appreciation of the issues surrounding the management of the procurement operation
- Undertake a rigorous make-buy analysis for an area of third-party expenditure
- Understand the constraints on effective organisational buying behaviour
- Understand the key criteria that should inform supplier selection decisions
- Calculate buyer-supplier power relations
- Understand the key issues related to supplier performance and relationship management
- Be familiar with key global sourcing risks and be able to take a view on managing them
- Recognise the hazards and management options relating to contracting
- Demonstrate an appreciation of the principles of conflict management.
We are offering up to15 £1,000 scholarshipsfor learners studying an MBA Essentials short course.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
In order to be accepted onto theMBA Essentials – Strategic Procurement and Supplier Management, you must possess:
- A good Honours degree (or equivalent), or equivalent professional qualification
- Five years work experiencewith evidence of extensive managerial experience or professional responsibility. Three years exceptional work experience meeting this criteria will also be considered
International Students
IELTS 6.5 (with no less than 6.0 in any band).
IELTS 6.5 with no less than 6.0 in any band is equivalent to:
- TOEFL: 88 overall with no less than 21 in Reading, 20 in Listening, 22 in Speaking and 21 in Writing
- Pearson Test of English (PTE): PTE Academic 67 with no less than 64 in all four skills
- Cambridge English (exams taken from 2015): Advanced – minimum overall score of 176, with no less than 169 in any component
If you are currently studying at a Chinese university, please view ourspecific entry requirements including our list of acceptable universities for further study at Birmingham.
Please note we will also consider candidates without a first degree or professional qualification but with at least ten years’ work experience including significant managerial responsibility.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
What will you receive?
Our MBA Essentials – Strategic Procurement and Supplier Managementwill allow you to focus on specific areas in order for you to develop your career in the way that you want to. Each course is designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge of project management which will meet the needs of a wide range of learners and organisations.
- 10 UK Credits at Postgraduate level from University of Birmingham
- A Postgraduate Microcredential certificate from University of Birmingham
Certification of UoB academic credit for PG Microcredential courses is through production of an official University of Birmingham Microcredential certificate and transcript managed by UoB Student Records.
Training Course Content
By the end of the module you should be able to:
Understand, and have opinions on, the key debates within the field of strategic procurement, contracting and supplier management
Demonstrate an appreciation of the issues surrounding the management of the procurement operation
Undertake a rigorous make-buy analysis for an area of third-party expenditure
Understand the constraints on effective organisational buying behaviour
Understand the key criteria that should inform supplier selection decisions
Calculate buyer-supplier power relations
Understand the key issues related to supplier performance and relationship management
Be familiar with key global sourcing risks and be able to take a view on managing them
Recognise the hazards and management options relating to contracting
Demonstrate an appreciation of the principles of conflict management.
Course delivery details
The MBA Essentials offers block-teaching modules.
Mode: Face-to-face
Expenses
£2,537 - Scholarships available
We are offering up to15 £1,000 scholarshipsfor learners studying an MBA Essentials short course.
University of Birmingham
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