301316 (v.2) Contract and Procurement Optimisation 501

Area:

Graduate School of Business

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Workshop:

1 x 1 Days Once-only

Seminar:

2 x 2 Days Once-only

Syllabus:

This unit focuses on the area of strategic procurement examining contracting process, risk management, the interface with project management, and an overview of current trends and future directions in this field. Through the presentation of various theoretical perspectives, case study analysis and journal work, students will be encouraged to build on their own industry experience by developing a strategic position toward contract and procurement with a goal of optimising results.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

080300 Business and Management (Narrow Grouping)

Funding Cluster:

02 - Accounting, Administration, Economics, Commerce

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2006	Perth City Campus	Trimester 1	Y
2006	Perth City Campus	Trimester 2			Y		Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External