Module manager: Deepak Arunachalam
Email: d.arunachalam@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2024/25
This module is approved as a discovery module
Globalisation is a topic that students are interested in to discover and it is important to learn how it affects business operations, economies and societies. This 10-credit module equips students with a broad understanding of global issues of value chains. A value chain is a network of companies that are directly or indirectly interlinked and interdependent in providing products and services. It comprises producers, vendors of raw materials, warehouses, manufactures, and retailers that bring products and services to end-consumers. Value chains put emphasis on creating and delivering value for end consumers in a sustainable way in contrast to supply chains that emphasis the physical distribution of products. Managing value chains represents an innovative way to think about companies and enterprising. Learning how effectively manage the value chain is critical when creating a new venture or scaling up a business. The right value chain supports the development of new products and enables a company to offer value-added services to customers with optimal results. Teaching is by traditional lectures and small-group seminars. On completion of this module, students will possess valuable skills currently much sought after by businesses with purchasing departments, sourcing companies and consultancies and governmental organisations.
After completing this module, students should have a broad understanding of logistics and distribution systems from the perspectives both of society and of the freight industry.
On completion of this module students will be able to:
- Analyse and describe value chains and contemporary logistics and distribution systems
- Assess and critically evaluate how Globalization affects value chains
- Analyse and synthesise a number of key themes in value chain management
- Explain how global value chains interrelate with society, economy and the environment
- Demonstrate how global value chain knowledge applies in the creation a new venture or expansion of an existing business
- Globalization and value chains
- Global production and services / offshoring
- Global sourcing
- International purchasing
- Offshoring / Reshoring
- International trade and value chains
- Digital Technologies in Global Value Chains
- Sustainability in Global Value Chain
- Current Challenges in Global value chains (uncertainty, lean)
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture | 11 | 1 | 11 |
| Seminar | 11 | 1 | 11 |
| Private study hours | 78 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 22 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 100 | ||
This could include a variety of activities, such as reading, watching videos, question practice and exam preparation.
Your teaching methods could include a variety of delivery models, such as face-to-face teaching, live webinars, discussion boards and other interactive activities. There will be opportunities for formative feedback throughout the module.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Assignment | 3,000 words | 100 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
The resit for this module will be 100% by 3,000 word coursework.
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 5/13/2024
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