PPMP20011 - Contract and Procurement Management

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This Contract and Procurement Management unit will equip you with the knowledge, skills, and techniques required for acquiring external products, results, and services to meet the needs of the company and to achieve the project goals. It also offers you the opportunity to identify, apply, and develop different negotiation strategies as well as assessing and responding to the potential risks encountered during the procurement. You will study contract types, procurement standards, legal and ethical aspects of commercial contracts as well as project tendering and awarding. On successful completion of this unit, you will have the capacity to apply the appropriate practices for managing contracts, conflicts, delays, claim, and disputes.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 9
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Co- requisites: PPMP20007

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Online Quiz(zes) 10%
2. Practical Assessment 40%
3. Group Work 50%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2021 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 4.8 (on a 5 point Likert scale), based on a 66.67% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: Moodle
Feedback
We enjoyed examples of teachers own professional experiences and that helped us in understanding the topics discussed each week easily
Recommendation
Keep the real life examples as case studies and ensure connecting with real life
Action Taken
The unit maintained the good practice offering real-life examples and case studies to ensure the linkage between the unit content and real life. The teaching team enjoys a wealth of industrial experience that enriched the unit and impacted the students.
Source: Moodle
Feedback
Keep the good practice. Kahoot was pretty good
Recommendation
Kahoot was a good engagement tool in online learning. Keep such engaging tools
Action Taken
Kahoot was used during the tutorial classes.
Source: Moodle
Feedback
The lecturer was always there to clarify questions in my assessment and I always received a reply within an hour
Recommendation
Maintain close liaison with the students
Action Taken
The low enrolment provided a good engaging opportunity.
Source: Moodle
Feedback
First assessment needs to be earlier
Recommendation
The announcement of first assessment starts in Week 2 now
Action Taken
The final assessment was made available to the students in Week 3 rather than week 6 so students can have more time to work on the assignment. This will continue in the next terms as well.
Source: In Class
Feedback
The E-reading list is very rich and has lots of easy access resources
Recommendation
Maintain the use of E-reading list and make it popular
Action Taken
The E-reading list includes a long list of resources that are made available to the students through Moodle site. More resources were added and updated.
Source: SUTE feedback
Feedback
Students appreciated the opportunity to develop in-depth knowledge of the unit.
Recommendation
Maintain good teaching practice and offer the students the opportunity to take part in the learning process through group discussions and to share the teaching team own experience with the students.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
The unit content allowed for a clear linkage with real-life projects.
Recommendation
Keep offering real-life examples and case studies in the unit content. The assessments are case studies based and this will continue to be the case.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
Written communication for assessment requirements was clear and concise.
Recommendation
Ensure the clarity of the assessment and provide enough time for the students to go through the assessment task by releasing the assessment as early as possible.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate an integrative understanding of the key theories and concepts underpinning buyer-contractor relationships as well as the concepts of project contracts and procurement standards
  2. Analyse different commercial negotiation strategies and demonstrate an ability to creatively negotiate project plans, conflicts, delays, and incentives in commercial projects
  3. Employ risk management planning and identification and assess the risk encountered over the procurement process
  4. Negotiate and analyse the principles of tendering, pricing and awarding techniques and to utilise the negotiation approaches in commercial contracts
  5. Evaluate and develop clear legal, financial and technical components of project contracts
  6. Develop a project budget and an expenditure forecast as control mechanisms and link time, cost and resources to the project framework.

The unit contributes to the required number of academic study units for students wishing to undertake profession certification with the Project Management Institute's (PMI) professional qualifications, such as CAPM or PMP.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Advanced Level
• Professional Level
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