Professional Development Program
CONTENTS
PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT 642 ASSIGNMENT 1 1
Aim of Assignment: 1
Assignment - Four questions 1
Dates & Penalties 1
Format 1
Question 2(a) CASE STUDY - ETHICS IN PROCUREMENT - MS SMITH 2
Question 2(a) 2
Question 3 - CASE STUDY - THE TENDERING PROCESS - RAY GUNN 3
Question 3 4
Question 4 - CASE STUDY - CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION - TOM DEWEY 4
Student notes 5
PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT 642 ASSIGNMENT 1
Aim of Assignment:
• SPECIFICATIONS - To demonstrate the ability to write good specifications • ETHICS - To understand the ethical considerations involved in project procurement management • TENDERING - To understand the requirements for administering the tendering process • CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION - To deal with problems during the contract administration process
Assignment - Four questions
1. SPECIFICATIONS [24].
Write, for a mousetrap: i. Descriptive specification (including drawing, if necessary); and (12) ii. Performance specification (12)
2. ETHICS IN PROCURMENT [31]
A. Case Study - Ms Smith (16)
B. Briefly analyse, from your project experience, 1 situation or opportunity that exists for procurement personnel to act unethically during the project procurement process and identify which ethical principles are threatened. (6)
C. Briefly describe 3 diverse strategies that the project manager might use to minimise the likelihood of unethical behaviour by project procurement personnel? (9)
3. TENDERING [20]. Case Study - Ray Gunn - see attached
4. CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION [25] Case Study - Tom Dewey
Dates & Penalties
Date given: TBA.
Date due: TBA.
Students are given sufficient time to produce the assignment and the deadline will be strictly enforced. If an assignment is handed in late the student will be penalised in accordance with the unit outline.
Format
The assignment must be typed on A4 paper (using one side only) in single space typing and presented with a cover sheet setting out your
PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT 642 ASSIGNMENT 1 1
Aim of Assignment: 1
Assignment - Four questions 1
Dates & Penalties 1
Format 1
Question 2(a) CASE STUDY - ETHICS IN PROCUREMENT - MS SMITH 2
Question 2(a) 2
Question 3 - CASE STUDY - THE TENDERING PROCESS - RAY GUNN 3
Question 3 4
Question 4 - CASE STUDY - CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION - TOM DEWEY 4
Student notes 5
PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT 642 ASSIGNMENT 1
Aim of Assignment:
• SPECIFICATIONS - To demonstrate the ability to write good specifications • ETHICS - To understand the ethical considerations involved in project procurement management • TENDERING - To understand the requirements for administering the tendering process • CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION - To deal with problems during the contract administration process
Assignment - Four questions
1. SPECIFICATIONS [24].
Write, for a mousetrap: i. Descriptive specification (including drawing, if necessary); and (12) ii. Performance specification (12)
2. ETHICS IN PROCURMENT [31]
A. Case Study - Ms Smith (16)
B. Briefly analyse, from your project experience, 1 situation or opportunity that exists for procurement personnel to act unethically during the project procurement process and identify which ethical principles are threatened. (6)
C. Briefly describe 3 diverse strategies that the project manager might use to minimise the likelihood of unethical behaviour by project procurement personnel? (9)
3. TENDERING [20]. Case Study - Ray Gunn - see attached
4. CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION [25] Case Study - Tom Dewey
Dates & Penalties
Date given: TBA.
Date due: TBA.
Students are given sufficient time to produce the assignment and the deadline will be strictly enforced. If an assignment is handed in late the student will be penalised in accordance with the unit outline.
Format
The assignment must be typed on A4 paper (using one side only) in single space typing and presented with a cover sheet setting out your