Business Process and Supply Chain Management – (M.Sc.)

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The programme is organized by the Faculty of Business, Economics and Design and is offered by the School of Management and Economics.

A program coordinator is responsible for the program. There is also a programme
council, consisting of students and the programme coordinator. A programme group, consisting of the programme teachers, is also linked to the programme.

Programme overview

The structure is based on the integration of second level courses from management
accounting, the management of processes within and between companies with courses in logistical flows and supply chain management. All courses are at the second level and are given in English.

Programme courses

Year 1:

* Introduction to Business Process and Supply Chain Management, 15 higher education credits, level A1N (mandatory), *
* Processbased Management Control, 15 higher education credits, level A1F, (mandatory), *
* Logistics Management in Supply Chains, 15 higher education credits, level A1F (mandatory), *
* Qualitative and Quantitative Methods and applications I, 15 higher education credits, level A1F (mandatory), *

Year 2:

* Business Process and Supply Chain Management, 15 higher education credits, level A1F (mandatory), *
* Qualitative and Quantitative Methods and Applications II, 15 higher education credits, level A1F (mandatory), *
* Degree project, 30 higher education credits, level A2E, (mandatory), *

* belongs to the main field of study business administration

The courses can be offered in an alternative order.

Community contacts

The programme has clear ties to industry in that it chiefly builds on empiricallybased research traditions in the relevant knowledge areas, which capture very well current trends and changes in the management and development of business and other processes.

Studies abroad

Study abroad can be included in the programme following consultation with the
programme coordinator. The students can make use of existing agreements with
international universities maintained by Linnaeus University. The students are also
encouraged to find universities outside the existing contracts.

Scope of programme

Working with diversity means making use of and evaluating the diversity prevailing
among colleagues, students and other cooperation partners. This becomes a matter of course in a programme like this which is open to international students. Equal
opportunities may be viewed as an aspect of diversity. In connection with the
consequences of business process management, especially in the courses “Processbased Management Control” and “Logistics Management in Supply Chains”, issues concerning sustainable development and ethics are discussed.

Quality Development

The programme has a programme coordinator, a programme council and a programme group. The programme coordinator has the main responsibility for the administration, quality development and quality management of the programme. The programme coordinator maintains a continuous dialogue with the programme group, i e the involved teachers.

The courses are continuously evaluated by the students in writing. The evaluations are compiled and distributed according to current routines. The current student influence policy means that students are represented in every decisionmaking
body. Reflections and experience are followed up within a year by at least one meeting in the programme council where course changes, course integration and pedagogical and cognitive development are discussed between students and the teacher team in the programme group.