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According to CIPS, which of the following are not included in the five ‘rights’ of procurement and supply?A . GoodsB . SourceC . MannerView AnswerAnswer: A, B C Explanation: All three of them. CIPS appears to have excluded these three possible candidates for inclusion, concentrating instead on quantity, quality, price,...

‘A person who cares for individuals and the team, a good listener, finds it hard to take difficult decisions’. From the ‘concern for people and feelings’ section of Belbin’s roles:A . Resource-investigatorB . Co-ordinatorC . TeamworkerView AnswerAnswer: B Explanation: Teamworker.

Thinking about the STEP / PESTEL / STEEPLE model, into which two categories would taxation most suitably fall?A . Socio-culturalB . PoliticalC . TechnologicalD . EconomicView AnswerAnswer: B, D Explanation: This should be a straightforward QUESTION. Taxation is determined by politicians and can affect the economy significantly. PEST, which appears...

Kotter and Schlesinger suggested six approaches to organisational change. One approach is based on the idea that people don’t really understand, and by increasing their understanding, commitment could be won. This relatively soft approach to change is called:A . ParticipationB . EducationC . FacilitationD . CoercionView AnswerAnswer: B Explanation: It's...

Giving employees the right to make modest decisions in an independent and self-directing way, on behalf of the organisation. Trusting employees to do the right thing, for example, when faced with a customer complaint.A . EntitlementB . EmpowermentC . EndowmentD . EndorsementView AnswerAnswer: B Explanation: Empowerment enables some decision-making to...

An expediter would be expected to primarily:A . Undertake purchasing researchB . Deliver in-house procurement trainingC . Chase up late or potentially late deliveriesD . Pay invoicesView AnswerAnswer: C Explanation: Chase up late or potentially late deliveries - a task which in an ideal procurement world, would be unnecessary. I...

Spot the one which is one of the seven wastes.A . RefectoriesB . DefectivesC . DefectsD . RejectsView AnswerAnswer: C Explanation: Defects, from Taiichi Ohno's work.

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 . And yet on many occasions, it should not be the primary focus.B . Cost reductionC . Sourcing new materials for products under developmentD ....

‘I have my doubts about that’.A . ‘I’m not so sure’.B . A realistC . A fellow travellerD . A skepticE . A cynicView AnswerAnswer: D Explanation: The answer is someone who is skeptical - they're not completely cynical, but they're not too sure. Also spelt: 'sceptic'.

‘A person who is reliable in seeing a task through to the end’. From the ‘doing / acting’ section, which of the Belbin team roles is being described here?A . (An easy one C perhaps too easy)B . ShaperC . Completer / finisherD . ImplementerView AnswerAnswer: C Explanation: Completer /...