APCL mapping document
PD2: Corporate and Business Strategy
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PD2: Corporate and Business Strategy
CIPS Learning outcomes
Qualification and
awarding institution
Relevant unit/units
Relevant section (i.e.
learning outcome and/ or
from your programme,
week no, subject heading)
Assessment
methods
Year of study
Learning
hours
1. Understand the concept of strategy in organisations in supply chains (Weighting: 25%)
1.1 Evaluate
the
main
characteristics
of
strategic
decisions in organisations in
supply chains
1.2 Differentiate
between
corporate,
business
and
functional levels of strategy in
organisations in supply chains
1.3 Evaluate the main models for
the development of strategy in
organisations in supply chains
1.4 Evaluate
the
relationship
between the supply chain
function and the achievement of
Leading global excellence in procurement and supply
PD2: Corporate and Business Strategy
CIPS Learning outcomes
Qualification and
awarding institution
Relevant unit/units
Relevant section (i.e.
learning outcome and/ or
from your programme,
week no, subject heading)
Assessment
methods
Year of study
Learning
hours
corporate objectives
2. Understand the main elements of strategy formulation and implementation that impact on supply chains (Weighting: 25%)
2.1 Critically compare the main
sources of competitive advantage
for organisations in supply chains
2.2 Critically assess the main
approaches to conducting analysis
of the strategic position for
organisations in supply chains
2.3 Evaluate how corporate and
business strategic decisions impact
on supply chains
2.4 Evaluate how a designed
strategy can be implemented by
organisations in supply chains
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PD2: Corporate and Business Strategy
CIPS Learning outcomes
Qualification and
awarding institution
Relevant unit/units
Relevant section (i.e.
learning outcome and/ or
from your programme,
week no, subject heading)
Assessment
methods
Year of study
Learning
hours
3. Understand the implementation of strategies in supply chains (Weighting: 25%)
3.1 Analyse the relationship
between strategy and corporate,
business and functional structures in
organisations in supply chains
3.2 Analyse how to manage
resources
to
support
the
development and implementation
of strategy in
organisations in
supply chains
3.3 Assess methods of achieving the
commitment to strategic change by
achieving cultural acceptance of
strategies in organisations in supply
chains
3.4 Evaluate how to use change
management processes to address
resistance to change and the causes
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PD2: Corporate and Business Strategy
CIPS Learning outcomes
Qualification and
awarding institution
Relevant unit/units
Relevant section (i.e.
learning outcome and/ or
from your programme,
week no, subject heading)
Assessment
methods
Year of study
Learning
hours
of strategic drift in organisations in
supply chains
4. Be able to develop a plan for the development of the supply chain functional strategy (Weighting: 25%)
4.1 Review the organisation’s
corporate and business strategies to
inform the development of the
supply chain functional strategy
4.2 Develop a plan for the supply
chain function that:
 Shows how the supply chain
strategy
supports/complements the
corporate objectives
 Explains
the
potential
impact of corporate and
business strategic decisions
on the supply chain
 Indicates the necessary
resources and how they will
be managed
 Evaluates how commitment
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PD2: Corporate and Business Strategy
CIPS Learning outcomes

Qualification and
awarding institution
Relevant unit/units
Relevant section (i.e.
learning outcome and/ or
from your programme,
week no, subject heading)
Assessment
methods
Year of study
Learning
hours
to strategic change will be
achieved
Indicates
how
change
management processes can
be used to address any
resistance to change
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