What are we teaching our procurement students?
Abstract
Like other areas of supply chain management, there is a talent gap in the procurement career field. Some of this gap may be the result of internal training within companies; however, part of it can be traced to what future supply chain managers and procurement professionals are learning or not learning while studying at colleges and universities. The goal of this paper is to look at what procurement professionals are expected to know, what hiring officials are looking for, and what is being taught at the college and university level. Based on this, recommendations are made on how to improve the quality of academic programmes to improve the quality of our procurement professionals.
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Author's Biography
Joseph Walden CPIM-F has over 40 years’ supply chain experience as a soldier, consultant and educator. He has worked as the architect of the US Army’s US$6.2bn Long Range Research, Development and Acquisition Program contracts, served as a selection official for several large (greater than US$250m) Department of Defense contracts, and has taught procurement at graduate and undergraduate levels. His educational background includes an MBA with a focus in logistics, an MS in systems management, an MA in strategic planning, an MS in engineering management and an EdD in curriculum and teaching. He is the author of numerous papers, three books on supply chain leadership and five textbooks on supply chain management.
Citation
Walden, Joseph (2023, March 1). What are we teaching our procurement students?. In the Journal of Supply Chain Management, Logistics and Procurement, Volume 5, Issue 3. https://doi.org/10.69554/IJQU4823.
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