COURSE: BCOM IN STRATEGIC SUPPLY MANAGEMENT

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

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