Written by: Phil Sealy – The Pro Forum Community of Practice In Section 6.4.6 of the APS Values and Code of Conduct in Practice1, states “If an APS employee has a significant role in a political campaign, there is potential [...]
Written by: Donna Kirk – The Pro Forum Community of Practice A story that wouldn’t normally get much traction made headlines recently – it involves two areas that procurement and project professionals must consider: Stakeholder engagement Conflicts of Interest As [...]
Written by: Donna Kirk – The Pro Forum Community of Practice The definition of a Lobby Group1 is a body formed to influence legislation on a particular issue. Lobby groups are important and a legitimate activity. They are an important [...]
Written by: Donna Kirk – The Pro Forum Community of Practice When employees schedule annual leave, processes are generally implemented that allows for another employee or temp staff to undertake the duties of the employee on leave. Effectively the role [...]
Written by: Brett Lyndon – The Pro Forum Community of Practice Successful social procurement is built on: Context & catalysts: how social procurement is relevant to the procurement and the reason for inclusion and consideration; Culture & champions: it is [...]
Written by: Donna Kirk – The Pro Forum Community of Practice Socially Responsible Procurement is a framework of measurable corporate policies and procedures and resulting behaviour designed to benefit the workplace, and by extension the individual organisation and community. Benefits, [...]
Written by: Donna Kirk – The Pro Forum Community of Practice Few of us start work as school leavers and remain in the same job or role until we retire. There was a time when this wasn’t the case (hard [...]
Written by: Donna Kirk – The Pro Forum Community of Practice Stakeholder Engagement: Touted as a fundamental skill of any project, procurement, and contract manager – the ability to truly communicate and incorporate a wide variety of interests into achieving [...]
Written by: Donna Kirk – The Pro Forum Community of Practice If Probity is simply the evidence of ethical behaviour – why do, we keep getting it wrong? It doesn’t matter whether you are in the private or public sector [...]
Written by: Donna Kirk – The Pro Forum Community of Practice The last year has seen unmitigated stress placed on supply chains throughout the world which in turn has made procurements far more complicated than they have ever been before. [...]
