DIPLOMA IN PURCHASING AND SUPPLIES MANAGEMENT

Overview

RATIONALE

Kenya has experienced drastic changes in the business environment over the past decade.  The competition in the market has increased with the advent of liberalization.  Organizations, both in the public and private sectors have had to adjust and seek ways of becoming more efficient and more effective in the provision of goods and services.  There is a need therefore to develop both the function and profession of purchasing and supply.  Organizations need to improve their strategic and tactical thinking so that they can be able to remove waste and create value in their operations.  To accomplish this, these organizations will require personnel with holistic perceptions of the chain of activities in order to function effectively at any particular point in it.  There has been a growing demand from the potential students who have been inquiring about the course at the Centre.

The Extra-Mural Department has been offering a three months certificate course in Purchasing and Supplies management.  However, many students who have wished to further their studies in the field have to go to training organizations which offered the diploma level certificate, though they would have preferred to train with the University of Nairobi.  It is out of this demand that the department wish to offer the course.

Purchasing and Supplies management is a multi disciplinary course and therefore it borrows heavily from fields like marketing and management.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

The Diploma in Purchasing & Supplies Management aims at:-

  • Giving skills and knowledge for the candidates to manage activities in any organization, and describe the process of the Purchasing and Supply chain management.
  • Training individuals who wish to pursue a career in purchasing and Supplies management
  • Enabling individuals who could not join public universities due to lack of space and time to have access to University education.

This programme is offered by the Department of Open Learning under  various modes of study: these are; day classes, evening classes and online classes in the three campuses (Mombasa, Nairobi and Kisumu)

  1.      The course is divided into three semesters of four (4) months.
  2.      The students will take all eleven (11) course units.
  3.       Each course unit will be covered in 45 contact hours of study
  4.       The course will be delivered through lectures and tutorials.
  5.       The course will take one calendar year.
  6.       No candidate will be registered in this course for more than six semesters                                    (equivalent to 2 years).
  7.       The students will be expected to carry out a Research Project which will constitute two                units.
  1. KCSE grade C and above with C- in Maths or Business Studies or Commerce or Accounting or Economics AND C- in English or Kiswahili
  2. KCE/EACE Division II with a Pass in Maths or Business Course & one language
  3. ‘A’ level with at least 2 (two) Subsidiary Passes
  4. KCSE mean grade C- OR KCE/EACE DIV. III with a Professional Certificate* from a recognized Institution

*The certificate must have been undertaken for at least one semester from an institution recognized by the university of Nairobi senate

Purchasing and Supplies Management

Semester I - 52,000.00*

Semester II - 38,000.00*

Total - 90,000.00*

* This is an indicative figure. Current Fee structure can be obtained from any of the University of Nairobi Campuses or a request can be made via cessp-g3@uonbi.ac.ke

Exam Regulations
  1. EXAMINATION REGULATIONS
    1. The examination will be governed by the general examinations regulations of the University of Nairobi
    2. For the award of the Diploma in Project Planning and Management, a candidate will be required to pass in all prescribed course units taken.
    3. Each course unit shall be examined by a 1 x 2 hour written examination at the end of the semester during which the course was offered.
    4. The written examination shall constitute 70% of the marks in each course unit while course work constitutes 30%
    5. Course work assessment shall comprise assignment and test
    6. The pass mark shall be 40%
    7. A candidate who fails to satisfy the examiners in any unit, with a mark below 40% may, on the recommendation of the Board of Examiners and approval of Senate, sit for a supplementary examination in the failed paper during the next semester examinations.
    8.  A candidate who fails in the supplementary examination(s) shall be required to repeat the failed units
    9.  A candidate shall only be allowed to repeat a course unit for three semesters.
    10. The project will be marked out of 100%.  The pass mark shall be 40%.  The project will be graded by the appointed supervisor.
    11. A candidate who fails to satisfy the examiner in the project with a mark below 40% may, on the recommendation of the board of examiners and approval of senate, re-submit the project.
    12. A candidate shall be allowed to re-submit the project for a maximum of three semesters.
    13. A candidate shall only be allowed to repeat a maximum of three course units in a semester

Any candidate who fails in more than three units in a semester shall be discontinued