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BMGT45640

Academic Year 2024/2025

Sustainable Procurement (BMGT45640)

Subject:
Business Management
College:
Business
School:
Business
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
10
Module Coordinator:
Professor Donna Marshall
Trimester:
Autumn
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

This module aims to provide advanced insights into the theory, practices, processes, and current thinking in Sustainable Procurement. Procurement cannot exist in the current times, with climate chaos, environmental destruction and unimaginable inequality, without embedding Sustainability into all decisions and actions. Therefore, this module will introduce you to the key concepts in Procurement while providing guidance and advice on embedding Sustainability in all Procurement activities.

This is a skills-based module, where, like Procurement Managers, you learn by discussing key issues in Sustainable Procurement; work with other members of the class to demonstrate leadership and management skills; provide feedback to other; advise companies on the latest developments in Sustainable Procurement issues; present and communicate complex ideas to multiple stakeholders in a variety of ways; and demonstrate your foundational knowledge of Sustainable Procurement. Throughout the trimester, we will explore the latest issues in Sustainable Procurement.

You will learn all about Sustainable Procurement starting from the basics of Procurement and delving much deeper into the Sustainable Procurement knowledge you will need for a successful career in Procurement. We will explore the latest issues in Sustainable Procurement including Strategy, Strategic Sourcing, Outsourcing, Relationship Management, International Developments, Ethical Issues in Procurement and Supplier Management, Information and Disclosure in Procurement and Sustainable Procurement.

This list is subject to change as we design the module.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

On completing the module students will be expected to: • display creative-thinking skills including critical analysis of theory and integrating differing streams of knowledge; • discuss and provide solutions for Sustainable Procurement; • acquire an in-depth knowledge of the Sustainable Procurement field; • have a strategic focus and the ability to apply concepts operationally; • work in teams as well as communicate effectively to multiple audiences.

Indicative Module Content:

The module content will include key ideas relating to Sustainable Procurement. Some examples of content are Basics of Procurement, Procurement Function, Strategy, Sourcing, Outsourcing, Relationship Management, International Issues, Risk, Information, Disclosure, Sustainability, Purposeful Procurement, Future of Procurement.

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Specified Learning Activities

160
Autonomous Student Learning

30
Lectures

33
Total

223

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Teaching and learning will involve but not limited to active/task-based learning; peer and group work; peer review, seminars; workshops; games; critical writing; reflective learning; enquiry & problem-based learning; presentations.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Quizzes/Short Exercises: These quizzes are to see how much information you can recall from the module. If you are approached by senior management or stakeholders to talk about key points, recall is important. Week 6, Week 11 Graded Yes

20

 Yes
Group Work Assignment: The group project will be completed in a group chosen by the module coordinator. Week 12 Graded Yes

30

 Yes
Individual Project: The individual project will be related to a major issue in Sustainable Procurement. Week 14 Graded Yes

30

 Yes
Participation in Learning Activities: You will have multiple chances to participate in class. Participation will be graded. Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Week 6, Week 7, Week 8, Week 9, Week 10, Week 11, Week 12 Graded Yes

20

 Yes

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 

Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

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
• Online automated feedback
• Peer review activities
• Self-assessment activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

COURSE MATERIALS
TEXTBOOKS
There is no textbook for this course. We want you to be reading the latest research and theory, and as the field of Sustainable Procurement is developing so rapidly, we do not have a textbook for this module. However, if you have not done a course on Procurement, Sourcing or Purchasing before or feel more comfortable with an additional text, try any of these:

• Burt, D. N., Dobler, D. W., & Starling, S. L. (latest edition) World Class Supply Management: The Key To Supply Chain Management, McGraw− Hill. Irwin, New York, NY
• Chick, G., Handfield, R.(latest edition) The Procurement Value Proposition: The Rise of Supply Management, Kogan Page: London.
• Cousins, P., Lamming, R., Lawson, B., & Squire, B. (latest edition) Strategic Supply Management: Principles, Theories and Practice. Pearson Education.
• Monczka, R., Handfield, R., Giunipero, L., & Patterson, J.(latest edition) Purchasing and Supply Management, Cengage.
• van Weele, A. & Rozemeijer, F. (latest edition) Procurement and Supply Chain Management, Cengage.

Please note these textbooks are focused on US-North-West Eurocentric ideas and principles of procurement, sourcing and supplier management and are all written exclusively by men, so for a more nuanced, multicultural or wider view of procurement, please use a diverse range of sources.

JOURNAL ARTICLES
Journals articles are a key source of the latest research and ideas and are produced quarterly, unlike trade magazines that appear monthly or weekly. Good journals are peer-reviewed meaning that the journal articles have all been reviewed by experts to ensure the quality of the article. Most are available in the UCD e-library.

Examples of good journals include (this is not an exhaustive list):

• Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management
• International Journal of Operations and Production Management
• Supply Chain Management: An International Journal
• Journal of Supply Chain Management
• Journal of Operations Management
• Production and Operations Management
• International Journal of Operations and Production Economics
• International Journal of Operations and Production Research
• Journal of Business Logistics
• African Affairs
• Asia Pacific Journal of Management
• Sloan Management Review
• California Management Review
• Harvard Business Review
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