'Internationalisation' and ''Globalisation' may appear to be terms which are contemporary. However internationalisation has been a key issue in international business research for many years. Internationalisation by implication means a changing state and, therefore, dynamic change. This module aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of more recent, and emerging, concepts and developments in international supply chains and the role of e-commerce, the supplier, producer and customer, ethics and culture in the process. The following issues may be addressed during the course of module delivery:

- The emergence and development of supply chain concepts; from logistics/distribution to value chains/value streams and the strategy/technology/organisation of supply chains.
- `Globalisation and its discontents'.
- Evaluation of integrated supply chain models and the internationalisation process, including physical and informational developments of the international supply chain and the emergence of the extended enterprise.
- `Knowledge management' in International supply chains.
- Ownership and control: from vertical integration to vertical co-ordination to virtual integration.
- Global co-ordination, service and local management - an analysis of roles and measures of supply chain performance in relation to: network structuring; IS development and control; sourcing and inventory positioning, trade off analyses and risk management.
- The quick response movement/lean chain approach and its critics - strategic lead time management and customer order cycles; process innovation and the supply chain.
- Analysis of leverage and power and power blocs in the international supply chain.
- Managing services, products and supply chains across cultures.
- Emerging markets in a service and supply chain context.

20% of the assessment weighting will be based on oral presentations by small groups of participants or individual student. (Group size will be determined by the number of participants studying the module.) Presentations will have specific briefs, which will normally be case-study based associated with other `stimulus' material, e.g. research papers. This part of the assessment will also require a written synopsis of the presentation (750-1,000 words maximum). (LO 1, 3 and 4)

80% of the assessment weighting will consist of a fully referenced individual management report which will be based on pre-issued case study(s), papers, issues raised by visiting lecturers or work based. You will be given a choice of at least five issues for your assignment (a multiple choice assignment).The word count will be 2,500 excluding diagrams, tables and appendices. (LO 1, 2, 3, 4)
Students must obtain at least 30% in all of the assessments.

Mentzer, J. T. (Ed) (2001), 'Supply Chain Management', Sage Publications.
Wang, W. Y. C., Heng, M. S. H., and Chau, P. Y. K. (2007), 'Supply Chain Management: Issues in the new era of collaboration and competition', Idea Group Publishing, London.
Akkermans, H., Bogerd, P. and Vos, B. (1999) Virtuous and Vicious Circles on the Road to International Supply Chain Management. International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Vol. 19, No. 5/6, pp 565-581.
Dawar, N. and Frost, T. (1999) Competing with Giants: Survival Strategies for local Companies in Emerging Markets. Harvard Business Review, March-April, pp119-129
Ghemawat, P. (2001) Distance still matters: The Hard Reality of Global Expansion. Harvard Business Review, September.
Lindsay, V., Chadee, D. Mattson, J., Johnston, R. and Millet, B. (2003) Relationships: The role of Individuals and Knowledge Flows in the Internationalisation of Service Firms. International Journal of Service Management. Vol. 14 No 1 pp7-35.
Nohria, N., Joyce, W. and Robertson, B. (2003) What Really Works. The Harvard Business Review, July, pp 42-52
Palmer, M., (2005), Retail multinational learning: a case study of Tesco, International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp 23-48

Use of the internet for electronic journals. The module tutor will provide you with a complete list of journal papers, as you will be expected to undertake secondary research beyond the essential texts.

This module will be both eclectic and strategic in both delivery and content. A variety of visiting lecturers, from academia and commerce will assist in delivering the module. The total contact hours (36) of the module will consist of a combination of conventional lectures by visiting lecturers and module tutors (approximately 60%) and participant-led tutorials (approximately 40%), which are assessed and have a 20% weighting (see assessment). All participants will be provided with a module handbook, which introduces the `agenda' for lectures and seminars and provides detailed presentation briefs, including additional `stimulus' material and directed readings.
The independent learning hours (114) will be occupied with:
1. Independent reading and additional secondary research for preparation of participant seminars/presentations and the production of a presentation synopsis (30 hours);
2. Wider secondary and primary research in order to address and produce the main assignment (81 hours).