CIPSTamkeenStarts Aug 2, 2026

Managing Teams and Individuals

Module

Duration: 50hrs
Level: 05
Language: english
Reference: L5M1

Course Overview

Senior procurement work is leadership work. This module covers management theory (traditional and contemporary), motivating individuals using extrinsic and intrinsic levers, planning effective teams through forming-storming-norming-performing, and aligning procurement knowledge, skills, and behaviours to organisational strategy.

What you'll learn

Apply traditional and contemporary management approaches to a procurement team scenario
Use intrinsic and extrinsic motivation theories to design a procurement team incentive structure
Lead a procurement team through the stages of group development including conflict resolution
Build the business case for developing procurement team capability aligned to organisational strategy

Syllabus & course details

Core module · 12 credits · Constructed Response (CR) exam · 3-hour duration. The people-and-leadership foundation for senior procurement. You'll work through organisational behaviour and structure, traditional and contemporary management theory, motivation theories (content and process), job satisfaction dimensions, and the practical work of building effective procurement teams — diversity, virtual working, conflict, and team development.