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Objective

The role of purchasing in organizations is increasingly significant. Organizations concentrate in their core competences and activities. They purchase more and more materials, products and services. Value for the customers is created together with the suppliers. At the same purchasing management controls a huge portion of the total costs in one's business. The success of the organization can be improved through the professional purchasing management.

During the course you will learn to observe and understand the possibilities and challenges of the purchasing. You will learn to improve organization's business and operations through the professional purchasing initiatives. You will be able to act as a person responsible for purchasing in an organization – planning, implementing, analyzing and developing purchasing as a part of the business activities.

Content

The main themes in the course will be purchasing management, purchasing process, analyzing and developing purchasing and a selected special topic in purchasing management.

Location and time

Study material and course literature will be given during the course

Materials

Study material and course literature will be given during the course

Teaching methods

This is a virtual course. Course consists five different subjects and every subject has its own assignment. You will study all subjects independently through given materials.

Completion alternatives

Accreditation procedure is described in study guide. Course teacher will give additional information of other possible methods to take this course.

Student workload

This is a nonstop course. Student may enroll to the course during 1.8.-31.5. There are three (3) different time periods inside the nonstop course:

- Course studied by 10.12.

- Course studied by 31.5.

- Course studied by 31.7.

Student chooses the time period in the virtual study environment. Time period should be selected based on students enrollment and study right time. Student can create own time schedule for the assignments and tasks within the selected time period.

If the virtual study environment has not opened for you within 2 weeks after enrollment, please contact the course teacher.

The calculated workload is the number of credits times 27 hours.
In the 5 credit course, the workload is 135h.

Further information

Open UAS: 30
CampusOnline: 60

Evaluation scale

Pass/Fail

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

You observe and understand the possibilities and challenges of the purchasing. You can improve organization's business and operations through the professional purchasing initiatives. You are be able to act as a person responsible for purchasing in an organization – planning, implementing, analyzing and developing purchasing as a part of the business activities.

Qualifications

Bachelor degree