Graduate diploma - The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply

2.3 Critically assess the
effectiveness of
procedures for resolving
differences with external
stakeholders in the
contracting process
• The effectiveness of
referring up management
information systems (MIS)
queries and management
issues for senior level
action
• The ‘two pyramids’ of
management structures
within client and contractor
organisations and how to
bridge them
• The importance of and
how to assess and apply
lessons from experiences
of the effect of high-level
involvement on successful
projects: ministers,
members of parliament,
industry leaders, the
media.
3.0 THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
CHANGING SOCIAL AND
POLITICAL AGENDAS FOR
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT
(Weighting 15%)
3.1 Critically evaluate the
significance of CSR and
‘conscience procurement’
for procurement
organisation, policy and
procedures, internal and
external stakeholders
• CSR and ‘conscience
procurement’
• The implications of CSR
and ‘conscience
procurement’ for
procurement organisation,
policy and procedures
• How to involve internal
and external stakeholders
in developing policy and
procedures in relation to
CSR and ‘conscience
procurement’ and why this
is important
• The impact of changes in
policy: Simms
Sustainability Task Force
Policy.
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3.2 Critically assess the
significance of the SME
agenda for procurement
policy and procedures.
• The role and significance of
SMEs in the UK and
international markets
• Strategies for engaging
SMEs in public procurement
in conjunction with internal
and external stakeholders
• How to identify and apply
methods and procedures for
engaging minority owned
SMEs in public procurement:
Supply2.gov.uk