POST GRADUATE PROGRAMME IN MANAGEMENT

Academic Year 2018-2019 | Term VI

SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Credits: One
Course instructor: Amulya Gurtu
Email: gurtua@uwgb.edu | Phone: +1 (920) 465-2509
Consultation hours: Contact via email.

Course Introduction:
Supply chain management function continues to be evolved for the last two decades and has
become very challenging in the current global business context. This course is aimed at
discussing the role of next generation of professional in making supply chains sustainable and
the conundrum in making global supply chains sustainable.

Course Objectives:
Providing an overview of sustainable supply chain management in the context of triple bottom
line.
Challenges in implementing triple bottom line in supply chains.
Approaches to overcoming these challenges for improving the sustainability of supply chain
management.

Pedagogy:
Contrasting commitment and challenges of corporate leaders on sustainability and discussing
potential solutions.

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Course material (to be provided through email):
Gurtu, A., Searcy, C., & Jaber, M. Y. (2017). Sustainable Supply Chains. In M. Khan, M.
Hussain, & M. M. Ajmal (Eds.), Green Supply Chain Management for Sustainable Business
Practice (1st ed., pp. 1–26). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0635-5.ch001
Koh, S. C. L., Birkin, F., Lewis, L., & Cashman, A. (2007). Current issues of sustainable
production, eco-supply chains and eco-logistics for sustainable development. International
Journal Of Global Environmental Issues, 7(1), 88–101.
https://doi.org/10.1504/IJGENVI.2007.012077
Srivastava, S. K. (2007). Green supply-chain management: A state-of-the-art literature review.
International Journal of Management Reviews, 9(1), 53–80. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-
2370.2007.00202.x
WCED. (1987). Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development: Our
Common Future. United Nations.

Course prerequisites:
Mandatory: None
Desired: an undergraduate course on supply chain management.

Evaluation scheme:
Participation and summary of the discussion (Session 3) – 50% of the course
Evaluation Component Type (Individual/Group) Weightage Remarks, if any
Format Individual
Participation in the group/class Individual 50% Participation
discussion and the quality of during the entire
discussion session
Academic writing* Group 25% A written
Quality of contents* Group 25% summary of the
discussion.
* Only one member of the team/group will submit it through email.
Final exam – 60 minutes – 50% of the course *
Evaluation Component Type (Individual/Group) Weightage Remarks, if any
Format Individual
Academic writing Individual 40%
Comprehensiveness of the issues Individual 60%
and the logic behind the
proposed solutions
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* Final exam is an open book exam. One can use a laptop for writing the final exam and sending
the final file in MS Word format through email.

Attendance requirement:
100% attendance is required for the course. A student not meeting the attendance requirement will
not get credit for the course. Under specified exigent circumstances, the programme committee
can waive off attendance up to 25%.
Session-wise course outline:
Session Topics covered Case (if Pre-class readings
Number any) (preferred)
1 Details of the course, introducing the Gurtu, Searcy, & Jaber,
topic and expectations in the final exam (2017)
2 Sustainability Srivastava, (2007)
WCED, (1987)
3 Discussion on issues/challenges
4 Sustainability issues in supply chains Koh, Birkin, Lewis, &
Cashman, (2007)
5 Discussion on potential solutions
6 Summarizing the learnings and review
of the course
7 End-Term Exam.

Additional references:
None

Any other information:

None

About the instructor:

Amulya Gurtu is an Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management at the Austin E. Cofrin
School of Business in the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay. He received his Ph.D. from
Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada in 2014, an M.B.A. from Western University, London,
Canada in 2007 and an M.S.(Engineering) from Bhopal University, India in 1995.

Dr. Gurtu teaches a variety of courses in the area of supply chain management. His research
interests include optimizing supply chains, global operations, and offshore outsourcing while
minimizing their impacts on the environment. His research is targeted towards optimization of

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supply chains and global operations while including the triple bottom line of sustainability
(economic, environmental and social) for corporate organizations.

Dr. Gurtu is a Co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Sustainable Entrepreneurship

and Corporate Social Responsibility (IJSECSR), a publication of IGI Global. He is a manuscript
reviewer for the International Journal of Production Economics (Elsevier), the Journal of Cleaner
Production (Elsevier), the International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics
Management (Emerald), the Journal of Business Ethics (Springer).

http://www.uwgb.edu/gurtua