SCM702 Purchasing and Supply Theory (Autumn 2020)

The course presents a broad scope of issues within purchasing and inter-organizational theory:

• industrial buying behaviour
• supply chain management
• transaction costs theory
• principal-agent theory
• resource-dependence theory
• relational contracting theory

Participation of students through questions and comments in the classroom is important and recommended for enforced learning and making a good atmosphere of learning in the classroom.

The relationship between relevant purchasing and supply theories and the analysis of purchasing and supply problems is an important issue and the course aims at improving the students’ ability to apply relevant theory in their master theses.

After having completed the course, the candidate should:

• have knowledge about purchasing and inter-organizational theory and the organization of business-to-business relationships upstream.
• have insight and knowledge about current theory and literature within the purchasing and supply field and
• know how purchasing firms are to perform economic transactions with their suppliers and will elaborate the conditions for efficient organization of supplier-buyer relationships.

• Form of assessment: Written school assessment
• Proportion: 100%
• Duration: 4 Hours
• Grouping: Individual
• Grading scale: Letter (A - F)
• Support material: Calculator that may contain data + general dictionary in mother tongue/Norwegian/English in paper version