Course Title: Manage strategic contracts

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C6101

Course Title: Manage strategic contracts

Portfolio: BUS

Nominal Hours: 60.0

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
BUSM7881C	City Campus	TAFE	650T TAFE Business	Face-to-Face	Term1 2014

Course Contact: Tim Wallis

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 5423

Course Contact Email: timothy.wallis@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

This course is suited to those in specialist procurement and contracting roles, and will allow learners to manage contract establishment, performance and evaluation in order to meet an organisation’s core objectives.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	PSPPROC607A Manage strategic contracts
Elements:	2. Manage contract performance
	3. Manage contract evaluation
	1. Manage contract establishment

Learning Outcomes

This unit covers the competencies required to manage contracts for strategic purchases, to effectively minimise risks and achieve value for money to meet an organisation’s core objectives. It includes managing the establishment, performance and evaluation of strategic contracts.

Overview of Assessment

Students must demonstrate an understanding of all elements of a particular competency to be deemed competent. Assessment methods have been designed to measure achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over a range of assessment tasks.

Assessment will incorporate a variety of methods including assignments, journals, presentation and written or test. Students are advised that they are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate their assessment work to their teacher to ensure that the relevant competency standards are being met.