BUSI48Z15: GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN LEADERSHIP

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• Provide a multi-faceted perspective on how leaders make decisions in modern global supply chains.
• Introduce the theories and practices of leadership models and of their application to a supply chain scenario.
• Provide an overview of how decisions are made in complex supply chains and the role of leadership in strategically managing a global supply chain, with reference to real-life case studies.
• Provide a critical understanding of analytical methods of decision-making and introduce the students to managerial issues being faced by supply chains.

• Global Supply Chains and Leadership:
• Drivers for economic globalization (labour costs, resources, regulation, etc.)
• Corporate strategy
• Design of Supply Chains
• Impacts and Alternative Visions for Supply Chains
• Cultural impacts
• Human and environmental health impacts
• Decision Making and Operations:
• Outsourcing and Partnering decision making
• Conflict resolution in partnerships and contracts
• Inventory policy decisions
• Trademark, protection of intellectual property
• Litigation and dispute resolution across borders

Subject-specific Knowledge:

• By the end of the module, candidates will be able to demonstrate a critical understanding of:
• The key success factors and pitfalls in decision making issues at a supply chain level.
• The emerging trends in current and future global supply chain leadership.

Subject-specific Skills:

• Ability to identify the underlying assumptions and theoretical differences in different leadership strategies as applied to green supply chain management and logistics systems.

Key Skills:

• Written communication; planning, organising and time management; problem solving and analysis; interpretation of data; computer literacy.

• Lecture sessions: theory will be outlined together with the relevant research evidence to enable a critical and evidenced-based approach. Seminars will take the form of tutorials and site visits designed to facilitate students to reflect on and apply the knowledge gained of green legislation to real-life cases and industrial companies.
• These themes will be explored through a variety of media including videos, written cases and practical exercises. In this way each student will be challenged to apply the theoretical and evidence-based material from lectures and also gain an appreciation of the tools and techniques commonly used by leaders and followers.
• The summative written assignment (which will be topic or case based) will test students theoretical understanding, their knowledge of relevant evidence, and their ability to apply these to contemporary settings

A range of formative assessment methods will be used, including case-study based exercises, group presentations and group discussions, simulation exercises and business games.

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