Students will be assigned research projects on specific supply chain topics to be worked in small teams. The aim is to deepen the understanding on supply chain management problems, conduct a literature review to identify solution approaches, and implement the skills gained through the previous courses.

There will be

-- a kick-off meeting in October

-- progress presentation in November

-- final presentation in December.

Additonally, students will be provided team supervision by the instructors.

Full attendance in all the three sessions mentioned above is required. Additionally, students are expected to have regular meetings with the supervisors.

Group work, presentations, discussions

Final grade is based on

• Proposal presentation (15%)
• Final presentation (15%)
• Discussion and peer-feedback (10%)
• Seminar paper (60%)

Grading scale:

(1) Excellent: 90% - 100%

(2) Good: 80% - <90%

(3) Satisfactory: 70% - <80%

(4) Sufficient: 60% - <70%

(5) Fail: <60%

Important note
There is the possibility to get a total of 4 points (per seminar and semester) if you participate in Speaker Series events:

- max. 2 points for 1 short summary (practitioner presentation)
- max. 2 points for 1 short summary (academic presentation)

https://www.wu.ac.at/en/scm/events/speaker-series/

Information regarding Speaker Series summary: 
Any work handed in for grading can be submitted and graded as course work only once. Otherwise, it would be plagiarism. Therefore, if you want to earn extra points in a course you must submit original summaries

The successful completion of the course "Advanced Research Methods & Project Management" is the prerequisite for admission to this seminar.

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