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Overview
Key facts
The MBA Essentials offers block-teaching modules that fits busy schedule and will support managers with their career prospects, either in their own organisation or moving elsewhere.The MBA Essentials – Strategic Procurement and Supplier Management is an investigation of ‘best practice’ procurement, contracting and supplier management. First, the module explores the different theories informing the broad subject area. These concern concepts such as trust, opportunism and power, and we look at how such concepts affect the way procurement and supplier management is both studied and practiced.
University of Birmingham's MBA Essentials - Strategic Procurement and Supplier Management programme will teach you more about this topic.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Understand, and have opinions on, the key debates within the field of strategic procurement, contracting and supplier management
- Demonstrate an appreciation of the issues surrounding the management of the procurement operation
- Undertake a rigorous make-buy analysis for an area of third-party expenditure
- Understand the constraints on effective organisational buying behaviour
- Understand the key criteria that should inform supplier selection decisions
- Calculate buyer-supplier power relations
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 4 days
Start dates & application deadlines
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Language
English
Credits
10 alternative credits
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
Business Administration Supply Chain Management & Logistics View 209 other Short Courses in Business Administration in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Student insurance
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Other requirements
General requirements
- A good Honours degree (or equivalent), or equivalent professional qualification
- Five years work experience with evidence of extensive managerial experience or professional responsibility. Three years exceptional work experience meeting this criteria will also be considered
Tuition Fee
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International
2625 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 2625 GBP for the full programme during 4 days. -
National
2625 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 2625 GBP for the full programme during 4 days.
Living costs for Birmingham
765 - 1134 GBP /month
Living costs
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