University of South Africa, UNISAUniversity of South Africa, UNISA

The aim of this programme is to provide qualifiers with graduate-level knowledge, specific skills and applied competence that provide opportunities for continued personal intellectual growth, gainful economic activity and valuable contribution to society in a new strategic and integrated approach to the field traditionally associated with the procurement of materials and services in manufacturing and non-manufacturing organisations.

Type: undergraduate degree

Duration: 3 years part time

Compulsory Subjects

First year subjects:
  • Introduction to the economic and management environment
  • Business management
  • Accounting concepts, principles and procedures
  • Accounting reporting
  • Economics
  • Commercial law
  • Psychological processes in work context
  • Personality in work context
  • Introductory financial mathematics
Second year subjects:
  • General management
  • Purchasing management
  • Supply chain management
  • Financial management
  • Production and operations management
  • Industrial marketing management
  • Organisational psychology
  • Cost accounting and control
Third year subjects:
  • Strategic management
  • Strategic sourcing
  • Supply chain alignment
  • Supplier relationship management
  • Contemporary issues in supply management
  • Production and operations management
  • Total cost management: a supply perspective

Careers: supply chain planning analyst, supply and demand forecaster, strategic sourcing manager, supply chain relationship manager, channel and distribution manager.

Source: www.unisa.ac.za