Key words
Purchase function, purchase process, purchase skills, IWETO code S190 business management, IWETO code S191 marketing
Objectives
Students must get a clear picture of how a purchase function is filled in various organisations and they have to train themselves in knowledge, skills and professional attitudes of a purchaser.
Topics
1. Purchasing as a business function
1.1. Purchaser function: notion, importance, views on purchasing, recent developments
1.2. Relations with other functional spheres
1.3. Purchasing and ICT
2. Purchasing skills related to the purchasing process
2.1. Specifying
2.2. Quoting and selecting
2.3. Negotiating
2.4. Contracting
Prerequisites
Knowing concepts and strategies of purchasing (business-to-business marketing)
Final Objectives
Knowledge:
Job-related:- Knowing developments in purchase management·
- Knowing "purchasing as a business function"
- Knowing terminology
Skills:
General and job-related:- Being able to argue
- Being able to execute simple executive tasks
- Being able to negotiate with suppliers
- Coordinating and managing a team
Job-related:- Being sociable to customers, co-workers and external suppliers
- Leading a team directly
- Purchasing skills: specifying, quoting and selecting, negotiating and contracting
Materials used
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Course book and /or syllabus
Study costs
Course book at the normal price
Photocopies at the current Hogeschool Gent rate
Expenses linked with lectures and possible extra muros activities
Study guidance
Teaching Methods
Lecture, class exercises, readings
Assessment
- First exam session: 100% written examination
- Second exam session: 100% written examination
Lecturer(s)
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