# BMGT20150

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Academic Year 2025/2026

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#### Sustainable Operations & Supply Chain Management (BMGT20150)

Subject:
:   Business Management

College:
:   Business

School:
:   Business

Level:
:   2 (Intermediate)

Credits:
:   5

Module Coordinator:
:   Dr Heletje Van Staden

Trimester:
:   Spring

Mode of Delivery:
:   On Campus

Internship Module:
:   No

How will I be graded?
:   Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

Operations and supply chain management play a key role in executing an organisation's business strategy and achieving sustainability goals. These functions create, manage, and improve manufacturing and service processes, and oversee the flow of goods and services. This module equips students with key concepts, tools and techniques to design, manage, and optimize operations and supply chains through a sustainability lens. Students will build in-demand skills to drive operational and sustainable excellence, enabling them to thrive in roles across operations, supply chain, and consulting. Through exercises and cases, they will gain hands-on experience solving real-world operations and supply chain challenges, identifying root causes, exploring sustainable alternatives, and implementing impactful improvements. They will also learn how to leverage emerging technologies and harness data to unlock innovations that benefit the environment and society. This module prepares students to drive sustainable operational and supply chain excellence and strategic impact in their future careers.

## About this Module

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### What will I learn?

###### Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:\
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1. Explain and apply key concepts, theories, and practices in sustainable operations and supply chain management.\
2. Assess the environmental, social, and economic impacts of operational and supply chain decisions.\
3. Analyse the relationships and trade-offs between sustainability principles and operations and supply chain management strategies.\
4. Apply sustainable operations and supply chain management theories to address practical challenges in various contexts.\
5. Collaborate effectively in teams to solve complex sustainable operations and supply chain problems.\
6. Communicate sustainable operations and supply chain management concepts and recommendations clearly and professionally.\

### How will I learn?

###### Student Effort Hours:

| Student Effort Type | Hours |
| --- | --- |
| Specified Learning Activities | 36 |
| Autonomous Student Learning | 75 |
| Lectures | 24 |
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| Total | 135 |

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###### Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

Lectures; peer and group work; critical writing; reflective learning; problem-based learning; peer review

### Am I eligible to take this module?

###### Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.

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###### Module Requisites and Incompatibles

**Incompatibles:**\
BMGT20010 - *Ops and SCM*, BMGT20200 - *Studies in Global Operations*\
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### How will I be assessed?

###### Assessment Strategy

| Description | Timing | Component Scale | Must Pass Component | % of Final Grade | In Module Component Repeat Offered |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Assignment(Including Essay): Each student must submit a comparative report reflecting on their group work. | Week 12 | Graded | No | 20 | No |
| Group Work Assignment: Student groups must design a game that effectively teaches players about an assigned topic from the module. | Week 7, Week 12 | Graded | No | 40 | No |
| Quizzes/Short Exercises: The quiz will test students' grasp of the quantitative component of the module. | Week 7 | Graded | No | 30 | No |
| Quizzes/Short Exercises: Short in-class pop quizzes to assess grasp of module content. | Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Week 6, Week 8, Week 9, Week 10, Week 11 | Graded | No | 10 | No |

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###### Carry forward of passed components

No

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### What happens if I fail?

| Resit In | Terminal Exam |
| --- | --- |
| Autumn | No |

*Please see [Student Jargon Buster](https://www.ucd.ie/students/services/ucdstudentjargonbuster/) for more information about remediation types and timing.* \

### Assessment feedback

###### Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Group/class feedback, post-assessment\

###### How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Class discussion

### Associated Staff

| Name | Role |
| --- | --- |
| John Kelly | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
| Dr Heletje Van Staden | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |

### When is this module offered?

**Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.**

|  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Spring | Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Wed 13:00 - 14:50 |
| Spring | Lecture | Offering 2 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Wed 16:00 - 17:50 |
| Spring | Lecture | Offering 3 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Wed 11:00 - 12:50 |

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