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Mode of teaching and Learning:Please note this is not a distance learning programme, and you must attend the two weekend modules near Heathrow airport. The programme is delivered via what is known as the 'executive' model. This allows busy executives to attend limited, intensive face-to-face sessions with much of the learning taking place between and after those face-to-face sessions. It is vital that participants have daily access to the Web and email. Much of the group learning takes place in the virtual community created and maintained via the Webucate system. For more information about this student support system click here. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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have been rated as one of the top Business Schools for teaching
quality. A report by the Times Higher Education Supplement puts
Glamorgan up there alongside Warwick and Cranfield and London Business School.
....and from the university's website: Research inspired purchasing & supply activity permeates through to the School’s quality of teaching. The Glamorgan Business School is the largest Business School in Wales, 16th largest in the UK and is among only 20 UK Business Schools to have received Excellent ratings from the Government's Teaching Quality Assessment body. The Times Good University Guide 2001 names the School in the top five in the country for Business Studies. The outstanding reputation of our Business School is based on our three consecutive ‘excellent’ ratings in the national assessments of teaching quality, which have contributed to the Daily Telegraph classification of the University of Glamorgan as a ‘first division university’. The University was categorised as being in the top six UK Universities in the field of purchasing and supply chain management. The University is also a CIPS approved centre. |
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| (Extracts from University of Glamorgan website. Please note that in 1998 the aims of the programme were predominantly regional, but the success of the course has led to the University offering the same programme to a national and international audience and it now includes e-procurement modules) |
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Purchasing and supply is a growth area both in terms of academic study, research output and consultancy. ....There is a particular need to support and contribute to the economic success of SMEs through applied purchasing and supply research and the development of flexible education, training and development opportunities. There is also a need to understand the forces of globalisation that are impacting on employers internationally, nationally and regionally.
Research within the Business School focuses on SME purchasing strategies. The need for strategic purchasing is naturally endorsed by those within the function but seldom espoused with any real sincerity by others. An opportunity for competitive advantage is being missed. An academic discipline in purchasing must therefore provide the practitioner with quantitative data as well as conceptual food for thought. This data must be in the form of practical tools and techniques, contained within a framework of concepts and principles. Purchasing can be seen as a resource management function. External resources are just as important as internal resources. Management of external resources is intrinsically strategic. Strategy is usually formulated to gain competitive advantage at some point in the value chain. If purchasing is to be seen as a strategic subject, then clearly the study and development of purchasing strategies needs to be undertaken. As a subject, within the discipline, inter-organisational relationships overlap purchasing strategy, but have interesting linkages with technology issues - technology management, innovation, information systems and e-commerce. The overall aim of purchasing and supply research activity within the school is to work together, with both large purchasers and SME suppliers, to contribute to local economic development and provide everyone in the supply chain with an opportunity for competitive advantage.
Staff involved in applied purchasing and supply research are currently working closely with the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) on projects focusing on developing SME purchasing strategies.
Examples of funding include:
 | 1997/98 development in SMEs. Business Link Suffolk. £30,000. |
| 1998 Supplier development and supply chain Management Attitude
survey. Business Link Suffolk. £15,000. |
| 1998/99 Strategy usage in SMEs: Creating World Class Suppliers, Suffolk TEC. £40,000. |
The University of Glamorgan Bosch Chair in Purchasing & Supply became operational on 30th November 1998, with a mission to promote and deliver purchasing and supply management, and education and training to meet the needs of .... employers, employees and other individuals. A prime aim of the Chair is to secure a specialist research base related to understanding and responding to the needs of small and medium size organisations......
To meet this need a research unit has been established at the University of Glamorgan Business School. ......The unit's mission is to support and contribute to the economic success of small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) .... through applied purchasing & supply research and the development of flexible education, training and development opportunities. The research unit aims to:
| Be recognised as a research resource of international standing for
the delivery of relevant and useful research to support and contribute
to the economic success of ..... SMEs. |
| To contribute to the portfolio of qualificatory purchasing &
supply management programmes that facilitate access to lifelong
learning and development opportunities for individuals in ..... SMEs. |
| To contribute to the portfolio of seminars and workshops that
provide opportunities for individuals in SMEs to effectively address
the challenges they face. |
| To be, in partnership with others, a resource for the provision of information and advice for individuals in SMEs. |
PASARU's research encompasses a wide span of specialist areas including purchasing & supply, supply chain management, procurement, marketing, strategy, human resource management. PASARU is dedicated to helping small and medium size organisations achieve world class performance. Research is carried through to pilot implementation and the results disseminated to business and policy makers though networks of organisations and high quality academic and professional publications. PASARU has the ability to develop cross-functional research teams capable of solving business problems, teaching advanced students and contributing to the leading edge of relevant academic and professional disciplines. Above all PASARU will provide conceptual rigour and practical relevance.
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