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Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences
Study Guide 2024
Logistics Department
Purchasing Management II Full-time
BIC2000/2230
Compiled by: Ms A. Mavela
CONTENT PAGE
1. Details of the lecturer
2. Purpose of the module
3. Module outcomes
4. Prescribed text book
5. Units of learning
6. Learning outcomes
7. Teaching strategies
8. Semester planner
9. Calculation of the final mark
10. General rules for teaching and learning
11. Enrolment key
12. Assessment criteria
13. General information
1.
DETAILS OF THE LECTURER
Lecturer: Ms A. Mavela
Office: Room 135, First floor, 2nd Avenue Campus
E-mail: amavela@mandela.ac.za
2.
PURPOSE OF THE MODULE
This module aims to provide a clear understanding on, and importance of the
concepts, tools and applications in the field of purchasing management, as well as to
integrate theory with practice.
3.
MODULE OUTCOMES
After completion of this module the learner will be able to:
• Demonstrate knowledge and terminology relating to purchasing management
•
Conceptualise the processes, operations and management of the purchasing
function in practise
•
Apply and integrate purchasing management skills to ensure an optimum supply
chain performance
• Demonstrate a clear understanding of the challenges and current issues and how
it impact on purchasing management
4.
PRESCRIBED TEXTBOOK
Purchasing and Supply Chain Management
7th Edition
Author: Arjan J. van Weele
5.
UNITS OF LEARNING
•
The role of purchasing in the value chain
•
Industrial buying behavior: decision making in purchasing
•
The purchasing management process
•
Buying business services
•
Contract management for complex projects
•
Outsourcing and risk management
•
Purchasing, innovation and quality management

Purchasing, logistics and supply chain management

Organisation and structure of purchasing

Buying and supply management in retail
ASSESSMENT
1 x 3 hour examination, 40% class mark + 60% examination mark
MODERATION
Internal
PRE-REQUISITES FOR THIS MODULE
Purchasing Management I (BIC1110/1120)
Introduction to Logistics (BLG1102)
6.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Objective lists will be provided to students for each of the units (chapters) in the
module. Voice-over power-points will be placed on the Moodle platform for online
lectures, in the week as scheduled in the study guide. Questions posed in the
assessments will be scenario and/or case study-based. As the student’s
knowledge and application of the module content will be tested, the
questions/instructions posed in the assessments may not be worded or structured
as it appears on the objective list However, the questions/instructions will relate
directly or indirectly to the module objectives.
7.
TEACHING STRATEGIES
The following strategies will be used during the course for this semester.
8.

Hybrid – face-to-face and online teaching and learning and/or

Scenarios/Case studies - application
YEAR PLANNER – Full-time
WEEK OF
CHAPTERS
TEACHING METHOD
12 Feb - 16 Feb
Introductory lecture
Face-to-Face
19 Feb - 23 Feb
Chapter 1
Face-to-face
26 Mar - 1 Mar
Chapter 1
Face-to-face
04 Mar - 8 Mar
Chapter 2
Face-to-face
Tutorial
Online
Chapters 1 & 2
In class (face to face)
25 Mar - 29 Mar
Tutorials
Online
29 Mar - 7 Apr
RECESS
08 Apr - 12 Apr
Chapter 3
15 Apr - 19 Apr
Chapter 3
Online
22 Apr - 26 Apr
Chapter 4
Face-to-face
29 May - 3 May
Chapter 4
Online
6 May - 10 May
Chapter 5
Online
Test 2: 15 May
Chapters 3 & 4
11 Mar – 15 Mar
TEST 1: 20 Mar
Wednesday
Face-to-face
Face-to-face
Wednesday
20 May - 24 May
Tutorial
27 May - 31 May
Study period
03 June - 24 June
Exam period
25 June - 19 Jul
RECESS
22 Jul – 26 Jul
Chapter 8
Face-to-face
Face-to-face
Test 3 : 31 Jul
Chapters 5 & 8
In class (face-to-face)
Wednesday
5 Aug - 09 Aug
Chapter 10
Face-to-face
12 Aug - 16 Aug
Chapter 10
Online
19 Aug - 23 Aug
Chapter 11
Face-to-face
Test 4: 28 August
Chapters 10 & 11
In class (face-to-face)
Wednesday
Sick-
All Chapters
In class (Face-to-face)
Tutorials on all chapters
F2F and Online
test/Supplementary
test : 4 September
Wednesday
October
9.
CALCULATION OF THE FINAL MARK
Four class tests will be written. Should a student fail to write a test because of
illness, a valid medical certificate needs to be submitted. This medical certificate is
to be emailed to the lecturer. A student that misses a test will write the Sick Test
which will cover all the work. This sick test will be written before the fial exam.
Students will NOT be excused from more than one scheduled class test.
The weights for each test and the calculation of the final mark for this module is
as follows:
Assessment 1: Weighted 10%
Assessment 2: Weighted 10%
Assessment 3 : Weighted 10%
Assessment 4 : Weighted 10%
EMA/Final Assessment: Weighted 60%
The final mark of 100% comprises out of the three assessments. The first two
assessments contribute 40% towards the final mark and the third assessment
60%. A combined final mark of 50% is required to pass this module. It is the
student’s responsibility to check that his/her assessment marks are correct on the
NMU database system.
Kindly note that the requirement of having a minimum year of 40% is no longer a
requirement to write the Final Examination. All students registered for the module
will thus be allowed to write the Final Examination for the module, irrespective the
year mark they obtained.
10.
GENERAL RULES FOR ONLINE TEACHING AND LEARNING
Students are to take note of the following for online teaching and learning:

Voice-overs have been added to the power points to enable students to gain a
better understanding of the work content..
 Moodle
training
is
essential,
and
students
must
access
http://getdigiready.mandela.ac.za/ for the actual training
11.
ENROLMENT KEY
Students can self enrol on the Moodle site for BIC2000 – no enrolment key needed.
12 ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
The assessments will focus on testing the ability of the student’s knowledge of
the content and application of the syllabus. Please note that the assessments
will include scenarios-type questions/instructions and/or case studies.
The questions/instructions in the assessments will be linked to the module
objectives and unit content discussions covered in the voiced-over power point
13 GENERAL INFORMATION
Should you experience any problem(s) with this module, please feel free to contact
your lecturer on e-mail: amavela@mandela.ac.za
.
Line of reporting

Students are to please take note of the protocols pertaining to the line of
reporting incidents and concerns –

Should you wish to query or report an incident pertaining to your module,
please ensure that you contact your LECTURER as the first port of call.

Should your lecturer be unable to assist you or fails to respond to your
query/concern, then you should contact your HOD.

Should your HOD be unable to assist you or fails to respond to your
query/concern, then you should contact your Director of School.

Contacting the deputy dean or dean should only be regarded as a last
resort.

Please ensure a 24-hour period for a response to your query/concern
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR STUDIES