TROY UNIVERSITY
MASTER SYLLABUS
SORRELL COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
MKT 4465
Supply Chain Management
Prerequisites
MKT 3300
Description:
A study of the procurement, warehousing, and transportation activities related to distribution
system design, operation, and control.
Objectives
Upon completion of the course, the student should be able to:
1. Explain supply chain management concepts, principles and practices.
2. Explain the importance of an efficient and effective supply chain system to a firm’s overall
business performance, and a nation’s economy.
3. Design a supply chain system to achieve a firm’s logistics and marketing objectives.
4. Evaluate the performance of a firm’s supply chain system.
Purpose
To provide in-depth knowledge of supply chain management functions in marketing
management. This course covers the theories, concepts and practices of supply chain
management, and fosters the development of the skills necessary to management efficient and
effective supply chain systems. Marketing concentration elective.
Master Syllabi are developed by the senior faculty in each business discipline. This Master Syllabus must be used as the basis for developing the
instructor syllabus for this course, which must also comply with the content specifications outlined in the Troy University Faculty Handbook.
The objectives included on this Master Syllabus must be included among the objectives on the instructor’s syllabus, which may expand upon the
same as the instructor sees fit. The statement of purpose seeks to position the course properly within the curriculum and should be consulted by
faculty as a source of advisement guidance. Specific choice of text and other details are further subject to Program Coordinator guidance.
1 August 2005
Master Syllabus: MKT 4465
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Approved Texts
Bowersox, D. J., Closs, D. J., & Cooper, B. M. (2012 or current). Supply Chain Logistics
Management (4th ed.). Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill/Irwin.
Murphy, Paul R. Edition: (2010 or current). Contemporary Logistics (10th ed.). Upper Saddle
River, NJ: Prentice Hall, Inc.
Troy University Faculty Handbook (2010): Section 3.9.2.8 [extract] — essential elements of the syllabus (somewhat modified for space):
1. Course title
2. Course number +
section
3. Term
4. Instructor
5. Prerequisites
6. Office hours
7. Class days, times
8. Classroom
location
9. Office location +
e-mail address
10. Office telephone
11. Course
description,
objectives
12. Text(s)
13. Other materials
14. Grading methods, 16. General supports
criterion weights,
(computer works,
make-up policy,
writing center)
mid-term grade
17. Daily assignments,
reports
holidays, add/drop
15. Procedure, course
& open dates, dead
requirements
day, final exam
18. ADA statement
19. Electronic device
statement
20. Additional
services,
statements
21. Absence policy
22. Incomplete-work
policy
23. Cheating policy
24. Specialization
requirements
(certification,
licensure, teacher
competencies)