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Purchasing & Supply Chain Management

GES 411 -- 300 hours

PC Requirements/Materials Included

This course must be taken from a PC. There are no specific computer requirements other than an Internet connection (Broadband Internet connection is highly recommended). In addition you will need to have Internet Explorer, Adobe Reader, Flash Plug-in and a QuickTime plug-in on your computer (all available through free downloads).

GES will provide the following required textbooks for this course:
• Budgeting for Managers
• Harvard Business Essentials: Power, Influence, and Persuasion
• Essentials of Supply Chain Management

The following textbooks are NOT required for this program, but are recommended by the instructor. GES does NOT provide these books:
• The Purchasing Handbook: A Guide for the Purchasing and Supply Professional, by Joseph L. Cavinato.
• Managers and the Legal Environment, by Bagley and Savage, 5th Edition.
• The Successful Manager’s Handbook, by Susan H. Gebelein, et al.
• The Essentials of Negotiation, by Harvard Business School Press.



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