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Master of Supply Chain Management (MC-SCM150) // Attributes, outcomes and skills

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Intended learning outcomes

Knowledge

  • Identify supply chain problems and opportunities.
  • Design key supply chain elements and strategies.
  • Explain classic supply chain models.

Skills

  • Critically evaluate classic supply chain models.
  • Analyse supply chain decisions and frameworks.

Application of knowledge and skills

  • Develop quantitative models for analysing supply chains.
  • Evaluate and execute supply chain performance metrics.
  • Evaluate and design for supply chain effectiveness and sustainability.
  • Evaluate and develop resilient framework for managing supply chain risks
  • Identify and recommend contemporary technologies for managing supply chains.

Generic skills

  • Problem-solving: to engage with unfamiliar problems and identify relevant solution strategies.
  • Critical thinking: to identify, evaluate and resolve complex problems.
  • Analytical thinking: to construct and express logical arguments and to work in abstract or general terms to increase the clarity and efficiency of analysis.
  • Collaboration: to engage effectively in cohorts and networks.
  • Communication: to convey ideas effectively in both written and oral formats.
  • Responsible leadership: recognising and understanding the ethical responsibilities of individuals and organisations in society.

Graduate attributes

Academically excellent
Our graduates will be expected to 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; and
  • Analytical in all aspects of Supply Chain Management.

Knowledgeable across disciplines
Our graduates will be expected to be:

  • Intellectually curious, creative and independent in thought.

Leaders in communities
Our graduates will be expected to be:

  • Professional in their approach to Supply Chain Management;
  • Effective team members and collaborators;
  • Effective communicators of key ideas and theories within the discipline areas; and
  • Ethical in their behaviour in leadership and organisation of Supply Chain Management.

Last updated: 10 November 2023