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Level 5 Diploma in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Supply Chain Leadership and Strategic Change

LSC505 · Principles and Concepts of Supply Chain Management — Week 11 of 16

CourseLSC505
Week11 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Supply Chain Leadership and Strategic Change

  1. Strategic, tactical, and operational leadership roles
  2. Leading virtual and cross-organisational teams
  3. Overcoming resistance to digital supply chain transformation
  4. Managing ethical dilemmas and crisis resilience
  5. SC3x Live Digital Transformation with Alexis Bateman and Maria Jesus Saenz
  6. W6: L30: Strategy for preparing workers for Smart Manufacturing and Smart Supply Chain and Logistics
  7. Change Management vs. Change Leadership — What's the Difference?

What you will be able to do

  • 5.1 Differentiate between levels of leadership in a supply chain.
  • 5.4 Examine the challenges faced by leaders in a supply chain.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: differentiate between levels of leadership in a supply chain.

Study materials

Videos

  • SC3x Live Digital Transformation with Alexis Bateman and Maria Jesus Saenz · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 51 min · for registered students
  • Change Management vs. Change Leadership — What's the Difference? · YouTube · Dr. John Kotter · 5 min · for registered students
  • A Conversation on Digital Supply Chain Transformation · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 62 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Risks and Global Supply Chains: What We Know and What We Need to Know · PDF · NBER, article · for registered students
  • Principles of Marketing, ch. 17.7: Ethical issues in supply chain management · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 597–601 · for registered students
  • Mastering Strategic Management, ch. 2: Leading Strategically · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 37–70 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Fundamentals and Strategic Importance of SCM
  • Week 2: Supply Chain Models and Logistics Interfaces
  • Week 3: Supply Chain Flows and Mapping
  • Week 4: Assessment and Optimisation of SCM Flows
  • Week 5: Barriers to Effective SCM and Organisational Impact
  • Week 6: Internal and External Challenges in Modern SCM
  • Week 7: Commercial Relationship Typologies and Value Creation
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Portfolio Analysis of Supply Chain Relationships
  • Week 10: Multi-tier Supply Chain Stakeholder Engagement
  • Week 11: Supply Chain Leadership and Strategic Change
  • Week 12: Applying Principles and Concepts of Supply Chain Management…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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