Course title: Contract Management in Supply Chain
Course code: CMS401F
Department: Logistics and supply chain management, School of Economics and International Business
Course conducting:
Credit hours: 3
Prerequisite(s): Principles of Logistics & SCM (PLS301F), International Transport Management (ITM301F), Warehouse & Distribution management (WDME301), Global Purchasing Management (GPM301F)
- COURSE OBJECTIVES
The course provides general information and concepts about the different types of contracts in the supply chain, how to manage them, and analyzes the role of contract management in adding value to supply chains/enterprises. Furthermore, the course provides knowledge of the stages of the contract management process as well as how to define the basic criteria for contract performance. Last but not least, the course also introduces tools and techniques to monitor the performance of the obligations of the related parties in a contract.
- COURSE CONTENTS, TEACHING METHOD AND SCHEDULE
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No. |
Content |
Time Allocation |
Contribution to CLO |
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Hour(s) on the class |
Essays, exercise, Assignments… |
Self-study with teacher’s tutorials |
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Lecture |
Practice, Seminar… |
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1 |
Chapter 1- Introduction to Contract Management |
3 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
CLO 1,2,3,4 |
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2-3 |
Chapter 2- General Matters in Contract Management Chapter 3: Contract Management Team Formation |
5 |
1 |
3 |
11 |
CLO 1,2,3,4 |
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4 |
Chapter 4 – Developing a Contract Management Plan |
2 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
CLO 2,4,6,7 |
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5 |
Chapter 5 – Supply Information |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
CLO 5,6,7,8,9 |
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6-7 |
Chapter 6 – Pre-Qualifications of Vendors and Suppliers and General Matters Mid-term exam |
6 |
0 |
3 |
11 |
CLO 5,6,7,8,9 |
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8-9 |
Field trip, Seminar with experts |
0 |
6 |
3 |
11 |
CLO 5,6,7,8,9 |
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10-11 |
Chapter 7 – Managing Risks Chapter 8 – Tender Evaluation & Measuring Performance |
6 |
0 |
2 |
11 |
CLO 5,6,7,8,9 |
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12-13 |
Chapter 9 – Administration of Contract Chapter 10 – Relationship, Disputes and Termination of Contract |
6 |
0 |
4 |
11 |
CLO 5,6,7,8,9 |
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14-15 |
Group presentation |
0 |
6 |
4 |
10 |
CLO 5,6,7,8,9 |
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Total |
30 |
15 |
25 |
80 |
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- COURSE ASSESSMENT
– Score scale: 10
– Type of assessment
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Form |
Content |
Criteria |
CLO |
Proportion |
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Formative |
Attendance |
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The number of attendances and participation in lesson |
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 |
10% |
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Oral presentation: content (40%), teamwork (10%), present (10%), ask (20%), answer questions (20%) |
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Homework assignments: cases |
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Quizzes: multiple choice, sort answer |
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Self-assessment: case study |
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In-class discussions: discuss cases and solution |
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Essay/Summaries |
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Summative |
Mid-term |
Individual or group assignment and/or presentation
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Evaluation criteria for assignment and/or presentation: – Clear, relevant background for the chosen topic – Clear, relevant practical evidences to iddentify the presented issues – Clear, logical analysis and/or suggestions of the mentioned issues. |
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 |
30% |
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Multiple-choice and/or short answer test |
– Clear, correct answers to multiple-choice questions. – Clear, correct answers to short-answer questions. |
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Final term |
Individual or group assignment
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Evaluation criteria for assignment and/or presentation: – Clear, relevant background for the chosen topic – Clear, relevant practical evidences to iddentify the presented issues – Clear, logical analysis and/or suggestions of the mentioned issues. |
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 |
60% |
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Multiple-choice and/or short answer test |
– Clear, correct answers to multiple-choice questions. – Clear, correct answers to short-answer questions. |
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Total: |
100% |
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Evaluation criteria:
- Criteria for evaluating Individual and group assignment content:
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Criteria |
Proportion |
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– Identify clear, reasonable and feasible problems, and determine appropriate research methods |
15% |
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– Overview of the research situation related to the research problem and clearly written, clearly analyzing research gaps |
20% |
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– The content is consistent with the topic name, completely solving the research problem |
55% |
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– Documents using appropriate, diverse, honest and transparent data sources |
5% |
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– Presentation format, language, tables, citations of reference documents |
5% |
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Total |
100% of midterm or final test |
- Criteria for evaluating Group assignment content and group presentation:
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Criteria |
Proportion |
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– Identify clear, reasonable and feasible problems, and determine appropriate research methods |
10% |
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– Overview of the research situation related to the research problem and clearly written, clearly analyzing research gaps |
10% |
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– The content is consistent with the topic name, completely solving the research problem |
30% |
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– Documents using appropriate, diverse, honest and transparent data sources |
5% |
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– Presentation format, language, tables, citations of reference documents |
5% |
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– Good presentation content |
10% |
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– Good presentation skills and answering critical questions |
20% |
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– Well-prepared slides |
5% |
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– Comply with prescribed presentation time |
5% |
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Total |
100% of midterm or final test |
- Criteria for evaluating writing and MCQ test:
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Criteria |
Proportion |
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– Answer clearly and deeply the essay/multiple choice questions |
50% |
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– Analyze specifically the solution to the situational question |
50% |
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Total |
100% |