Design of a Company-Engagement Model for Procurement and Supply Management Classes

Remko van Hoek () and Dominique Lebigot
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Remko van Hoek: Sam M. Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA
Dominique Lebigot: Moet Hennessy, 75007 Paris, France

Logistics, 2023, vol. 7, issue 1, 1-12

Abstract: Background: There are opportunities to enrich procurement and supply management classes to be more international and to engage with industry more deeply. Methods: Using a design science method this paper develops a course design for teaching procurement that enriches existing approaches to company engagement in courses. Results: Beyond the use of stand-alone guest lectures, case studies, or in-company projects, the design involved semester-long collaboration around core topics for the course, involving company lectures and multiple student projects aligned with the course topics, engaging multiple levels of managers from around the globe. Based upon an evaluation of the first-year collaboration, improvements were identified that were implemented in year two of the collaboration. Conclsuions: The design brings course learning into a real-world context and supports student skill development through project work.

Keywords: education; collaborative learning; guest lectures; company engagement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L8 L80 L81 L86 L87 L9 L90 L91 L92 L93 L98 L99 M1 M10 M11 M16 M19 R4 R40 R41 R49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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