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Riverside Community College District
Integrated Course Outline of Record

Business 87


COURSE DESCRIPTION
87 Introduction to Purchasing Units: 3.00
 
Prerequisite: None.
 
Study of basic purchasing functions including establishing requirements and quantities, developing policies and procedures for purchasing, making purchasing decisions, receiving acceptable goods, arranging packaging and shipping, and managing inventory levels. 54 hours lecture.
 
SHORT DESCRIPTION FOR CLASS SCHEDULE
Study of basic purchasing functions including establishing requirements and quantities, developing purchasing policies and procedures, receiving acceptable goods, arranging for packaging and shipping and managing inventory control.
 
ADVISORY ENTRY SKILLS
None.

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
 Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:

1.   Formulate requirements and quantities.

2.   Explain purchasing policies and procedures.

3.   Formulate purchasing decisions.

4.   Arrange to receive acceptable goods.

5.   Demonstrate packaging and shipping methods.

5.   Calculate and analyze inventory levels.
 
COURSE CONTENT
  TOPICS
 

1.   The purchasing function
2.   Establishing requirements and quantities
3.   Purchasing policies and procedures
4.   Acceptable deliveries
5.   Packaging and shipping
6.   Managing inventory levels
 
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION
 Methods of instruction used to achieve student learning outcomes may include, but are not limited to:

  • Facilitate discussions regarding relevant current issues in business to encourage students to make appropriate connections to the course content.
  • Present lectures to describe the essentials of purchasing management concepts and their applications to business.
  • Develop and assign exercises to reinforce concepts and encourage students to apply them to current purchasing management trends and events. 
  • Create and have students participate in cooperative learning tasks such as small group exercises to identify issues that relate to course content and utilize the content to offer opinions, solutions and analysis with respect to those issues.
  • Present case studies to provide students with the opportunity to utilize concepts learned in class to analyze purchasing management situations. 
  • Develop and assign tasks/activities such as presentations in order to assess students understanding of purchasing management concepts. 
  • Instruction may take the form of online, hybrid, TV or other distance learning format.  
 
METHODS OF EVALUATION
 Students will be evaluated for progress in and/or mastery of learning outcomes by methods of evaluation which may include, but are not limited to:

  • Individual or class projects designed to evaluate the application of purchasing management principles to simulations of real business situations.
  • Individual, small group, or paired activities designed to allow students to demonstrate understanding of basic purchasing management concepts. 
  • Quizzes and in-class participation demonstrating proficiency in the subject matter. 
  • Quizzes designed to assess the student learning outcomes. 
  • Written reports designed to assess the application of purchasing management principles. 
  • Individual web projects designed to assess student proficiency in achieving the student learning outcomes. 
  • Examination designed to provide objective evidence that students have attained the level of understanding expected in the areas detailed in the Student Learning Outcomes.  
ASSIGNMENTS

Required Reading Assignments


Required Writing Assignments


Other Outside-of-Class Assignments
 
COURSE MATERIALS
 All materials used in this course will be periodically reviewed to ensure that they are appropriate for college level instruction. Possible texts include:

  • Leenders, Fearon, Flynn & Johnson. Purchasing & Supply Management. 13th ed. Irwin-McGraw Hill, 2006.
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