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Cluj-Napoca, RO-400951
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DETAILED SYLLABUS
Purchasing management
1. Information about the program
1.1 Higher education institution
1.2 Faculty
1.3 Department
1.4 Field of study
1.5 Study cycle
1.6 Specialization/Program of study
Babes-Bolyai University
of Economics and Business Administration
of Management
Management
Bachelor
Management
2. Information about the discipline
2.1 Discipline title
Purchasing Management
2.2 The holder of the course activities
Assist. Prof. Ovidiu BORDEAN, PhD
2.3 The holder of the seminar activities Assist. Prof. Ovidiu BORDEAN, PhD
2.4 Year of study
2.7 Discipline regime
2 2.6 Type of assessment SE
3 2.5 Semester
C
3. Total time estimated (hours per semester of teaching)
3.1 Number of hours per week
3.3 seminar/laboratory
2 From which: 3.2 course
2
3.4 Total hours of curriculum
3.6 seminar/laboratory
36 From which: 3.5 course
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Time distribution
Study after textbook, course support, bibliography and notes
Additional documentation in library, on specialized electronic platforms and on the field.
Preparing seminars/laboratories, essays, portfolios and reports.
Tutoring
Examinations
Others activities...................................
3.7 Total hours for individual study 64
3.8 Total hours per semester
100
3.9 Number of credits
4
1
12
Hours
16
14
26
4
4
4. Preconditions (if necessary)
4.1 Of curriculum
4.2 Of skills
 Management
 Not applicable
5. Conditions (if necessary)
5.1. For conducting
the course
• Students are not allowed to take part in classes or to attend courses and laboratories with their
mobile phones being switched on.
• No late coming will be tolerated during courses and laboratories.
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5.2. For conducting
seminar/laboratory
• The deadline for the final project is established by the course instructor together with the
students. No delays will be admitted unless there is a good reason for that.
• The students who are late in handing in their final projects will be fined with 0.1 points for every
day of delay. The projects that are handed in after 5 days of the deadline will not be considered
for assessment.
6. Specific skills acquired
Professional
skills
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Transversal
skills
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Knowing the terminology used in Purchasing Management;
Demonstrating the capacity of proper using of different concepts from Purchasing Management;
Understanding the importance of case studies in studying Purchasing Management;
Demonstrating abilities to analyze and react in different situations, when dealing with suppliers;
Adopting a general strategy for evaluating pros and cons in different contexts;
Adopting the necessary skills for using the instruments of critical thinking;
Demonstrating abilities for identifying, evaluating and implementing solutions to specific issues of
Purchasing Management.
Demonstrating an interest for improving the results of professional activity by assuming different
tasks and different job roles in a team;
Assuming the involvement in research activities, like for example reading, literature review, essay
writing, or even scientific articles;
Taking part in scientific projects in order to demonstrate their capacity for identifying opportunities
for their future career.
7. Course objectives (arising from grid of specific skills acquired)
7.1 General objective Familiarize students with general principles and fundamental practices of Purchasing
of the discipline
Management
7.2 Specific
• Understand different perspectives of Purchasing Management, like the aim and its functions;
objectives
• Develop purchasing strategies;
• Analyze purchasing from the point of view of its role, position and importance within business
environment;
• Develop the oratories skills of students.
8. Contents
8.1 Course
Teaching
methods
Lecture
Lecture
Lecture
Lecture
Lecture
Lecture
Observations
2 lectures
Introductory elements of Purchasing Management
Purchasing and companies strategy
2 lectures
Purchasing procedures
2 lectures
International purchasing
2 lectures
Public purchasing
2 lectures
Retail purchasing
2 lectures
Bibliography:
1. Baily, P., Farmer, D., Jessop, D., Jones, D., 1998, Purchasing Principles & Management. Pitman Publishing,
England.
2. Cavinato, J., 2006, The Supply Management Handbook, 7th Edition, McGraw-Hill, USA.
3. Chopra, S., Meindl, P., 2001, Supply chain Management. Strategy, Planning and operation. Prentice Hall.
4. Farmer, D., Van Weelw, A., (eds), 1995, Gower Handbook of Purchasing Management. Gower Publishing Ltd,
England.
5. Guenes, J., Pardalas, P., Romeijn, E., (eds), 2002, Supply Chain Management. Models, Applications, and Research
Directions. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrech.
6. Steel, P., Court, B., 2000, Profitable Purchasing Strategies, McGraw-Hill, USA
7. Van Weele, A. J., (2010), Purchasing & Supply Chain Management, 5th edition, Cengage Learning EMEA.
8. 2 Seminar/laboratory
Teaching methods
Observations
Organization of the purchasing department Case study – structures in purchasing department
1 seminar
Management of suppliers
Case study – specific issues in management of suppliers
2 seminars
Negotiations in purchasing
Game role – negotiation process (simulation)
1 seminar
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Exercise – ABC method
Debate – challenges and opportunities in international
purchasing
Stock management
International purchasing
1 seminar
1 seminar
Bibliography:
1. Leenders, M., Johnson, F., Flynn, A., Fearon, H., 2005, Purchasing and Supply Management, Mc Graw Hill, USA.
2. Lysons, K., Farrington, B., 2006, Purchasing and Supply Chain Management, Prentince Hall, USA.
3. Monczka, R., Handfield, R., Giunipero, L., 2008, Purchasing and Supply Chain Management, South Western
College, USA.
9. Corroboration / validation of the discipline content according to the expectations of the epistemic community
representatives, of the ones of the professional associations and also of the representative employers of the
corresponding program.
 In order to develop the course content and teaching/learning techniques, the course instructor had several meetings
with specialists from purchasing management domain. He also discussed with other professors from different
business schools that have similar teaching and research interests. These meetings were meant to identify employers’
needs and expectations and to coordinate with other similar course from other business schools.
10. Evaluation
Type of
activity
10.4 Course
10.1 Evaluation criteria
10.2 Methods of assessment
• Knowing the specific concepts from Purchasing The final exam will consist of both
Management;
multiple-choice questions and opened
• Ability to adequate use of concepts, methods and questions. The exam will assess not
procedures specific to Purchasing Management; only the level of knowledge, but also
students’ creativity. In order to consider
• Understand the importance of case studies in
the grade from the seminar, students
Purchasing Management;
• Develop pros and cons arguments for distinctive have to score at least 5 (five) at the final
exam.
situations.
10.5 Seminar/ • Understand the concepts discussed during course Students are obliged to actively take
laboratory
and laboratories;
part in all classes, involve in case study
• Ability to explain and use correctly the specific discussions during seminars. Students
will have to solve a final project for
concepts in Purchasing Management;
• Ability to take decisions based on the analysis of which they will also prepare a MS
Power Point presentation.
a given situation;
• Assessment of own or other peoples arguments;
• Ability to develop pros and cons arguments.
10.6 Minimum standard of performance
• It is necessary to obtain a minimum grade of 5 (five) in order to pass this subject;
• The grades being granted are between 1 (one) and 10 (ten);
• Students must approach each element (question, problem) within the exam sheet;
• The exam is written and takes approximately 120 minutes;
• Know the main concepts used in Purchasing Management;
• Ability to develop a strategy for the Purchasing department;
• Ability to make rational decisions based on an analysis of given situation.
10.3 Share in
final grade
60%
40%
Date of completion
Signature of the course holder
Signature of the seminar holder
1.04.2014
Assist. Prof. Ovidiu Bordean, PhD
Assist. Prof. Ovidiu Bordean, PhD
Signature of the Head of the Department Professor Răzvan Nistor, PhD
Approval date by department ............................................
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