GRA 6723 Supply Chain Risk Management

GRA 6723 Supply Chain Risk Management

Course code: 
GRA 6723
Department: 
Accounting and Operations Management
Credits: 
6
Course coordinator: 
Lena Elisabeth Bygballe
Course name in Norwegian: 
Supply Chain Risk Management
Product category: 
Master
Portfolio: 
MSc in Business - Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Semester: 
2024 Autumn
Active status: 
Active
Level of study: 
Master
Teaching language: 
English
Course type: 
One semester
Introduction

Today’s turbulent environment has put supply chain risk management (SCRM) on top of the strategic agenda in many organizations across industries and sectors. As a result,  SCRM, and more recently the related term supply chain resilience, have become of one of the fastest growing research streams within the SCM field in recent years. Supply chains are increasingly complex, with many interdependent actors crossing organizational and national boundaries. The risk of disruptions increases and SCRM needs to include the whole, global supply chain. Furthermore, because of increasing uncertainty, SCRM depends on a fine balance between flexibility and stability, between various goals, such as social, environmental, and economical sustainability, and between the short and long term perspective. To cope with these challenges, collaborative strategies and practices are often reccommended. However, these come with their own costs and challenges. In other words, SCRM is not a straightforward task to be considered casually.

Learning outcomes - Knowledge
  • To understand and explain the importance of SCRM in an organization
  • To understand, explain, compare, and evaluate key SCMR concepts, models, and framework
Learning outcomes - Skills
  • To apply appropriate SCRM models, frameworks, and tools
  • To develop and implement appropriate SCRM strategies that support the organization’s overall strategy and sustainability
  • To communicate and behave in a professional manner
General Competence
  • To understand the role of SCRM for organizations in different contexts
  • To reflect on the relationship between SCRM and sustainability
Course content
  • Supply chain risk management (SCRM) – overall concept and framework
  • SCRM strategies – traditional and new approaches
  • SCRM tools and analytical models – quantitative and qualitative methods
  • SCRM in different types of contexts – applications and implications
Teaching and learning activities

The course combines theory and practical examples in lectures, group work, and discussions, and students are expected to actively participate, through preparations, and the group work and discussions in class. 

Software tools
No specified computer-based tools are required.
Additional information

Continuous assessment will no longer exist as an examination form from autumn 2023. For questions regarding previous results, contact InfoHub.

It is the student’s own responsibility to obtain any information provided in class.

Qualifications

All courses in the Masters programme will assume that students have fulfilled the admission requirements for the programme. In addition, courses in second, third and/or fourth semester can have specific prerequisites and will assume that students have followed normal study progression. For double degree and exchange students, please note that equivalent courses are accepted.

Disclaimer

Deviations in teaching and exams may occur if external conditions or unforeseen events call for this.

Required prerequisite knowledge

Minimum one course in logistics, operations, and/or supply chain management.

Assessments
Assessments
Exam category: 
Submission
Form of assessment: 
Submission PDF
Exam/hand-in semester: 
First Semester
Weight: 
60
Grouping: 
Group (2 - 3)
Duration: 
1 Semester(s)
Comment: 
Term paper.
Group size may vary depending on class size. In special cases, students can also write the term paper alone.
Exam code: 
GRA 67236
Grading scale: 
ECTS
Resit: 
Examination when next scheduled course
Exam category: 
Submission
Form of assessment: 
Submission PDF
Exam/hand-in semester: 
First Semester
Weight: 
40
Grouping: 
Individual
Duration: 
3 Hour(s)
Comment: 
Digital home-exam
Exam code: 
GRA 67237
Grading scale: 
ECTS
Resit: 
Examination when next scheduled course
Type of Assessment: 
Ordinary examination
All exams must be passed to get a grade in this course.
Total weight: 
100
Student workload
ActivityDurationComment
Teaching
24 Hour(s)
Student's own work with learning resources
54 Hour(s)
Submission(s)
60 Hour(s)
Group work / Assignments
22 Hour(s)
Sum workload: 
160

A course of 1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 26-30 hours. Therefore a course of 6 ECTS credits corresponds to a workload of at least 160 hours.