Global Supply Chain and Network Management (5 cr)

Objective

The course helps participants to deepen their understanding of the key essence about managing global supply chain, business networks and strategic relationships in the value delivery network. The course starts by understanding basic concepts about supply chain management in the global business environment. In the beginning, participants will learn concepts and tools related to supply chain management. In the later part of the course, participants will learn the different kinds of networks and their significance in business life, how to coordinate them more effectively in order to achieve the strategic goals of the company. The participants will also understand the underlying logic of different types of strategic nets, learning and knowledge transfer within the network, potential sources of conflict and conflict resolution strategies. Finally, the participants will evaluate the impact of technology such as blockchain on supply chain.

Content

Management of supply chains and value delivery network in the global, digitalized environment.
Basic concepts of network and strategic thinking
Different kind of strategic nets, their management mechanisms and capabilities
Learning and knowledge in the network context
Sources of conflict in networks and conflict resolution

Evaluation scale

0 - 5

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Suomeksi
• Knowledge: demonstrates good ability to use and apply the concepts and theoretical framework learned in this course
• Skills: demonstrates ability to critically analyze, compare, combine and select information and present alternative practices using the acquired knowledge; demonstrate ability to work independently, responsibly, with initiative and flexibly in all learning and operational environments; demonstrate creative but realistic and pragmatic approach to problem solving
• Attitudes: work smoothly and professionally as a team to achieve common goals of the group by applying critical professional ethical principles; contributes excellent team work and output

Assessment criteria, good (3)

• Knowledge: demonstrates ability to systematically use the concepts learned in this course with ability to name, describe and give reasons for basic knowledge of the theories and concepts learned in this course
• Skills: demonstrates ability to select appropriate practices based on acquired knowledge and instructions and ability to work independently and responsibly completing different tasks in all learning and operational environments; demonstrates ability to apply techniques and concepts learned under minimal guidance in a reasonable manner to problem solving.
• Attitudes: works smoothly and professionally as a team to achieve common goals of the group according to ethical principles; demonstrates good team work and output

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

• Knowledge: basic ability to identify the main/individual concepts learned in the course and applies basic analysis using the concepts and theories learned from the course; ability to name and describe the concept.
• Skills: demonstrates ability to work in an appropriate manner with more guidance and supervision, though some uncertainty may be evident in the work; shows basic ability to use the techniques and models of the professional field in basic application
• Attitudes: demonstrates professional conduct in communication, updates, interactions within the team and with supervisor according to professional ethical principles; team work with peers is largely satisfactory

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Attendance and participation, Research assignment or Business projects, group work, presentation

Further information

Literature: Textbook and journal articles
3 TKI credits