Which of the following departments would be both internal customers and internal suppliers of an organisational procurement function? Select all that apply.
According to CIPS, which of the following are not included in the five ‘rights’ of procurement and supply?
In the Kubler-Ross Change Curve, which of these comes second?
‘Members of a team have xxxx skills, and not the same skills’. Select the one which fits best to re-place xxxx.
Which two of the following are personality traits?
R Meredith Belbin made a distinction in his work between 'solo leaders', who were kind-of historic leaders; and 'team leaders' who are seen as being leaders for modern times, or are 'of the future'.
From the list shown, select the one answer which represents the team leader, rather than the solo leader.
Where there is transformational change coupled with a slow rate of change, is this:
Where there is transformational change coupled with a rapid rate of change (‘big bang’), is this:
Peter Scholtes identified ten behaviours (have you noticed ho it's always ten, never nine or eleven?)which commonly create problems in teams. Which are the three out of the four shown, which are genuine Scholte terms to describe these undesirable behaviours?
‘operating at its full potential … working positively … getting on with their jobs’
Which of the Tuckman stages of team development is being described here?
Thinking of the cultural web (Johnson and Scholes), which of the following refers to the idea that past events will be recurringly discussed and kept alive by current employees telling newcomers, reinforcing certain aspects of culture?
‘I have my doubts about that’.
The view that workers are naturally lazy, avoid responsibility and are without ambition is in line with Theory (Douglas McGregor):
‘All procurement requirements valued at more than $100,000 must be competitively tendered, and any contracts arising therefrom must be signed by the Procurement Director’. This is an example of a:
Within the overall philosophy of just-in-time production, a signalling system to indicate when the next stage of the production process needs output from the previous stage, is called:
Which two of the following are ‘soft’ factors, within the framework of the ‘McKinsey 7S’ model?
Which one of the following is very commonly seen as being the primary role of the procurement function (especially by those outside the procurement function)?
A psychological view in which an employee treats the business and the work as if it were their own:
‘Other people are only ever in it for themselves, and never act for honourable or unselfish reasons’.
Which two of the following could not be classified as internal triggers for change? A change of:
According to CIPS / Profex, which of the following are not external stakeholders? Select two.
'A person who sees the big picture. Thinks accurately and carefully. May lack energy and the abilityto inspire others'.
Which one Belbin's team roles is being described here?
The letters ‘BPR’ stand for:
Thinking about PEST, etc: under which heading would exchange rates and inflation fit?
Thinking about the PESTEL model, under which category would climate change most suitably fall?
'A team has a common XXXX and YYYY'.
Select the one which fits best.
If the speed of change was incremental, and the extent of change was realignment, what single term might we use to describe this change?