Graduate Diploma in Supply Chain Management (GD-SCM) // Attributes, outcomes and skills

Intended learning outcomes

1. Learning Goal

Graduates of this degree will be knowledgeable of all aspects of the supply of goods and services, including procurement, transformation operations and transport/ distribution including the management of information in these areas.

Learning objectives to achieve these goals

On successful completion of this course, students should be able to:

• Understand and apply the supply chain management (SCM) body of knowledge that includes the understanding of recent developments in a discipline and/or area of professional practice;
• Apply cognitive skills to demonstrate mastery of theoretical knowledge in SCM and to reflect critically on theory and professional practice or scholarship;
• Use cognitive, technical and creative skills to generate and evaluate complex ideas concepts at an abstract level, associated with supply chains and their ability to achieve effective business/organisational outcomes.

2. Learning Goal

Graduates of this degree will be professional in their approach to Supply Chain Management.

Learning objectives to achieve these goals

On successful completion of this course, students should be able to:

• Apply technical and communication skills to design, evaluate, implement, analyse, theorise about developments that contribute to high levels of supply chain performance outcomes;
• Demonstrate and use cognitive, technical and creative skills to generate and evaluate complex supply chains at an abstract and at a practical level;
• Effectively investigate SCM problems and opportunities, using communication and technical research skills to justify and interpret theoretical propositions, methodologies, conclusions and professional decisions to specialist and non-specialist audiences;
• Use cognitive, technical and creative skills to investigate, analyse and synthesise information, problems, concepts and theories.

3. Learning Goal

Graduates of this degree will be analytical in all aspects of Supply Chain Management.

Learning objectives to achieve these goals

On successful completion of this course, students should be able to:

• Apply a body of knowledge that includes the understanding of recent developments in analysing and optimising supply chain designs and their impact on business strategies;
• Apply cognitive skills to demonstrate mastery of SCM theories and when to choose and use various analytical approaches to underpin judgement;
• Apply technical and communication skills to design, evaluate, implement, analyse, theorise about new and emerging developments in SCM and the analysis of SCM problems and opportunities;
• Analyse SCM with creativity and initiative especially in new situations of professional practice.

Graduate attributes