AGRIBUS 7056 - Management and Performance of Global Food Chains
North Terrace Campus - Trimester 2 - 2018
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General Course Information
Course Details
Course Code AGRIBUS 7056 Course Management and Performance of Global Food Chains Coordinating Unit Centre for Global Food & Resources Term Trimester 2 Level Postgraduate Coursework Location/s North Terrace Campus Units 3 Contact Week long intensive Available for Study Abroad and Exchange Course Staff
Course Coordinator: Garry Griffiths
Name: Professor Garry Griffith, PhD Role: Course Coordinator Location: TBA Telephone: 0459 806 148 Email: ggriffith@unimelb.edu.au Course Timetable
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Learning Outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes
This course will demonstrate how economists tackle a range of business issues that are relevant to food, fibre and beverage value chains. We use microeconomic principles to do this. Microeconomics deals with how individuals and firms choose to allocate scarce resources, how markets work and how government intervention may affect market processes and firms in the market.
Economic principles and concepts are useful for analysing and comparing the pros and cons of alternate ways of organising and operating value chains. Basic theoretical tools are introduced as required to deal with the issues being discussed. In the process students are exposed to a large number of economic concepts and analytical tools, and to the “language” of economists. After learning the “basics”, these new skills are utilized to examine the potential economic impacts of different options that might be considered to improve the performance of food, fibre and beverage value chains. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to professionally communicate with other economists in a variety of situations, for example when they are working with government officials, as consultants, or as participants in these value chains.
On successful completion of this course students will be able to:
1. Apply the main concepts of value chains and relevant tools for mapping and analysing value chains
2. Illustrate the relationship between value chain decisions and strategic fit to overall firm success
3. Identify and explain the drivers of value chain performance including measurement
4. Use conceptual and problem solving skills to analyse how value chain decisions impact agribusiness, markets and society
5. Identify and evaluate options for agribusiness firms when faced with a changing external environment, and explain options to managers and other decision-makers
6. Use written and oral communication skills to work effectively in an agribusiness environmentUniversity Graduate Attributes
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:
University Graduate Attribute Course Learning Outcome(s) Deep discipline knowledge
- informed and infused by cutting edge research, scaffolded throughout their program of studies
- acquired from personal interaction with research active educators, from year 1
- accredited or validated against national or international standards (for relevant programs)
1,2,3 Critical thinking and problem solving
- steeped in research methods and rigor
- based on empirical evidence and the scientific approach to knowledge development
- demonstrated through appropriate and relevant assessment
1,2,4,5 Teamwork and communication skills
- developed from, with, and via the SGDE
- honed through assessment and practice throughout the program of studies
- encouraged and valued in all aspects of learning
1,2,3,4,5,6 Career and leadership readiness
- technology savvy
- professional and, where relevant, fully accredited
- forward thinking and well informed
- tested and validated by work based experiences
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Learning Resources
Required Resources
Lecture notes, reports and related materials will be posted on the course MyUni website.
There will be no alternative resources for students who are absent (e.g. taping lectures, wireless network, pod-casts, etc. will not be used).
No textbook is required for this course. However, use will be made of a particular text: Chopra, S. and Meindl, P. (2013), Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning and Operations, (5th edition), Pearson Global Edition, New Jersey.Recommended Resources
Journal articles, newspaper articles and research centre working papers are excellent sources of information. We plan to draw on these sources extensively. Suggested readings will be provided on MyUni, and citations will be given for other related materials.
Study/essay writing/referencing guides that may be available at the Discipline/School/Faculty level. There are often particular Discipline-related conventions for the presentation of work.
MyUni will be used to post all class materials, and any announcements.
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Learning & Teaching Activities
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Assessment
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- Assessment must maintain academic standards.
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Course Grading
Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:
M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme) Grade Mark Description FNS Fail No Submission F 1-49 Fail P 50-64 Pass C 65-74 Credit D 75-84 Distinction HD 85-100 High Distinction CN Continuing NFE No Formal Examination RP Result Pending Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.
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