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Management Skills

Procurement Management · Level 6  ·  4 Chapters

Compiled by: Jane Kamau

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What Management Skills covers

At Level 6 of Procurement Management, Management Skills teaches planning, organising, directing and coordinating, one function at a time. You define goals, build work plans and monitor progress. You assign tasks and responsibilities, and monitor how organizing is going. You give clear orders, supervise staff and encourage an exchange of ideas. You create work schedules, define roles and recognise teams that deliver.

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Careers after Management Skills

Supervisors in procurement sections plan, organise, direct and coordinate their teams as part of the daily routine, and this unit builds those skills.

  • Heads of procurement sections in Nairobi - set section goals, hand out responsibilities and track progress using the organisation's procedures.
  • Supply chain teams in Kisumu - supervise staff and draw out their opinions and ideas on how the work is done.
  • Distribution centres in Naivasha - prepare work schedules and define roles to match the work to be done.
  • Team leaders in sales offices in Thika - recognise and reward teams in line with the organisation's procedures.
  • Management trainee positions in Eldoret - apply the principles of planning to the needs of the organisation.
  • Retail chain head offices in Kisii - organise office tasks through authority and responsibility, delegation and organisation structures.

A supervisor in any of these places gives instructions, keeps the schedule and recognises good work.

Chapters

1
Apply planning principle
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2
Apply organizing principle
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3
Apply directing principle
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4
Apply coordinating principle
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What Management Skills covers: 29 main topics in 4 chapters

1. Apply planning principle

  1. 1.1 Goals and objectives
  2. 1.2 Work plans
  3. 1.3 Monitoring of work progress
  4. 1.4 Principles of planning
  5. 1.5 Steps in planning process
  6. 1.6 Barriers to planning
  7. 1.7 Guidelines to avoiding barriers
  8. 1.8 Management by objectives
  9. 1.9 Types of plans

2. Apply organizing principle

  1. 2.1 Office goals and objectives
  2. 2.2 Office tasks and responsibilities
  3. 2.3 Monitoring of progress
  4. 2.4 Process of organization
  5. 2.5 Organizing components
  6. 2.6 Authority and responsibility
  7. 2.7 Organization structures
  8. 2.8 Delegation
  9. 2.9 Centralization and decentralization
  10. 2.10 Principles of organization

3. Apply directing principle

  1. 3.1 Orders and instructions
  2. 3.2 Staff Supervision
  3. 3.3 Exchange of opinions and ideas
  4. 3.4 Characteristics of successful leaders
  5. 3.5 Leadership roles
  6. 3.6 Theories
  7. 3.7 Leadership styles

4. Apply coordinating principle

  1. 4.1 Work schedules creation
  2. 4.2 Roles and responsibilities
  3. 4.3 Rewards and recognition

Revise this unit

Exam-style questions 56 Written to CDACC standard, with answers Test yourself 117 Multiple-choice, one at a time Practise questions 60 Quick recall — check you know the facts
3 more for this unit
Oral exam preparation 26 What the assessor asks, and how to answer out loud Worked calculations 14 Step-by-step maths with the common mistakes Quick cards 597 Myth busters, skill tips and scenarios

Beyond the syllabus

Decision simulator 3 On site, what would you do? Workplace scenarios 61 Real site situations — what would you do? Turn this into income 36 Where this skill earns — what to charge, how to find clients

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