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2015/2016  KAN-CCMVV2504U  Procurement Organization and Strategy

English Title
Procurement Organization and Strategy

Course information
Language English
Course ECTS 7.5 ECTS
Type Elective
Level Full Degree Master
Duration One Quarter
Start time of the course Second Quarter
Timetable Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk
Study board
Study Board for MSc in Economics and Business Administration
Course coordinator
  • Britta Gammelgaard - Department of Operations Management (OM)
Kontaktinformation: https:/​/​e-campus.dk/​studium/​kontakt eller Contact information: https:/​/​e-campus.dk/​studium/​kontakt
The course will be taught by international lecturers.
Main academic disciplines
  • CSR and sustainability
  • Globalization and international business
  • Supply chain management and logistics
Last updated on 11-08-2015
Learning objectives
To achieve the grade 12, students should meet the following learning objectives with no or only minor mistakes or errors: The overall aim of the course is to provide students with capabilities that make the value of strategic procurement visible to corporate management and further create the basis from changing the procurement organization from a tactical to a strategic level. Specifically, the learning objectives of the course are the following:
  • Explain how procurement knowledge and competences can be developed, managed and integrated into corporate strategy.
  • Apply relevant sourcing tools and processes and discuss its effects on supplier relationships and the sourcing process.
  • Explore change management concepts and theories in a procurement organization in order to resolve concrete development issues.
  • Reflect on leadership roles and values in strategic procurement.
  • Communicate results to stakeholders.
Examination
Procurement Organization and Strategy:
Exam ECTS 7,5
Examination form Oral exam based on written product

In order to participate in the oral exam, the written product must be handed in before the oral exam; by the set deadline. The grade is based on an overall assessment of the written product and the individual oral performance.
Individual or group exam Group exam, max. 2 students in the group
Size of written product Max. 5 pages
For 2 students: Max. 10 pages
Assignment type Synopsis
Duration
Written product to be submitted on specified date and time.
20 min. per student, including examiners' discussion of grade, and informing plus explaining the grade
Grading scale 7-step scale
Examiner(s) Internal examiner and external examiner
Exam period Winter and Winter
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
Course content and structure

The course sets out with a discussion of the paradigm shift in the prcurement literature towards strategic procurement and how that effects the procurement organization, its relationship to other functions, as well as the value creation provided by procurement. This requires development of organizational and individual skills which come next followed by a discussion of change management in relation to strategic procurement in particular. The course also touches upon the different ways of organizing the procurement function.The course concludes with a section on leadership issues including values, ethics and sustainability.
Teaching methods
Dialogue lectures and student presentations with focus on communication to management.
Further Information

The course is part of minor in Strategic Procurement.
Expected literature

  • Axelsson, B., Rozemeijer, F. and Wynstra F. (2005), Developing Sourcing Capabilities. Creating strategic change in purchasing and supply management. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

  • Choi, T. and Krause, D.R. (2006), “The supply base and its complexity: Implications for transaction costs, risks, responsiveness, and innovation”, Journal of Operations Management, 25(4), pp 637-652

  • Andersen, P. H.; Rask, M. (2003): “Supply chain management: new organisational practices for changing procurement realities” Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management, Mar, Vol. 9 Issue 2.

  • Handfield, R., Petersen, K., Cousins, P. and Lawson, B. (2009), "An organizational entrepreneurship model of supply management integration and performance outcomes”, International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Vol. 29 no. 1/2, pp. 100-126.

  • Giunipero, L.; Handfield, R.B.; Eltantawy, R. (2006), “Supply management's evolution: key skill sets for the supply manager of the future” International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Vol.26, no. 7, pp.822-844.

  • Garvin, D.A. 1998, "The Process of Organization and Management", Sloan Management Review, 39(4), pp. 33-50.Kotter, J.P. (1995/2007),”Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail”, Harvard Business Review, January 2007, pp. 96-103.

  • Kotter, J.P. and L.A. Schlesinger (2008),”Choosing Strategies for Change”, Harvard Business Review, July-August, pp. 130-139.

  • Smart, A. (2010),”Exploring the business case for e-procurement” International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, Vol.40(3), p.181-201

  • Grant, Trautrims and Wong (2013), "Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain Management" (selected chapters on procurement and ethics, Kogan Page)

    Principles and Practices for Sustainable Operations and Management

    Meehan, J. and Bryde, D. (2011),  “Sustainable procurement practice”, Business Strategy and the Environment, 20(2), pp 94–106
Last updated on 11-08-2015