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Please note that this Unit Profile is still in progress. The content below is subject to change.Overview
This unit is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills necessary to achieve excellence in procurement practices including sourcing, tendering, contract management, buyer-supplier relationship management, and the crucial elements of probity and integrity. You will gain valuable insights into effective strategies and processes, all while maintaining a commitment to ethical governance and sustainable procurement. Unlike traditional units on procurement, we prioritise the often-overlooked aspects of integrity and fairness, alongside harnessing innovative technologies to revolutionise procurement practices, offering a rare chance to develop a holistic understanding of the field. The unit allows you to embrace the evolving landscape of procurement, where fairness and ethical governance are paramount, and you will explore how fair and ethical dealing benefits both public and private sectors. You will also uncover the pivotal role fair dealing plays in accountability, transparency, economic participation, competitiveness, market engagement, buyer-supplier relationships, and innovation partnerships that drive organisational growth and success.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
There are no requisites for this unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2025
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 12-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 25 hours of study per week, making a total of 300 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of 'pass' in order to pass the unit. If any 'pass/fail' tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully ('pass' grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the 'assessment task' section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
- Apply a thorough understanding of best practices in procurement, focusing on sourcing, contracts, ethics, and technology to build strong buyer-supplier relationships
- Evaluate the multifaceted implications of fair and ethical dealing and socially and environmentally sustainable procurement practices in both public and private sectors, emphasising its impact on accountability, transparency, and economic participation
- Explore strategies and innovative technologies for cultivating mutually beneficial buyer-supplier relationships, recognising their significance in achieving procurement excellence
- Integrate procurement excellence ethical practices, innovation, technology, and sustainability into procurement processes, from sourcing to contract management and buyer-supplier relationships.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Practical Assessment - 25% | ||||
| 2 - Group Discussion - 25% | ||||
| 3 - Report - 50% | ||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | ||||
| 2 - Communication | ||||
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | ||||
| 4 - Research | ||||
| 5 - Self-management | ||||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | ||||
| 7 - Leadership | ||||
| 8 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||