Procurement and Supply in Practice L4M8 Exam Questions with Experts Answers Updated Recently

Stakeholder are individuals or organizations that can be affected directly or indirectly by any project or decision. For successful procurement activities to take place, stakeholders must be identified, engaged and managed. Not all stakeholders require the same level of engagement and management. To appropriately manage identified stakeholders, the Mendelow management matrix has categorized stakeholders in four quadrants, according to how low or high their power and interest in the project could be. The four categories are:

1) Minimum effort (low power-Low interest)

2) Keep satisfied (high power-Low interest)

3) Keep informed (Low power – high interest)

4) Manage closely (High power- High interest)

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Disposal of an asset is the final stage in the decommissioning process of a fixed asset.

When a fixed asset reaches the end of its useful or cost effective life time within an organization, the decision is made as to whether it should be removed from the premises or disposed off.

If the asset is truly at the end of its life, no longer fit for purpose, not cost effective to repair and is not able to be exchanged, then disposal is the only option; there are two options for disposal;

1) Take the asset to land fill site

2) Taking the asset to a recycling plant.

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Bribery is the act of giving someone something of value to persuade them to do something that benefits you. Ethical and responsible sourcing requires conducting due diligence on bribery before going into contractual relationship because failure to this might lead to loss in reputation.

In other for an organization to defend itself against a case of suspected bribery, the United Kingdom bribery Act introduced in 2010 suggests that organizations should have adequate procedures’ in place.

The following are six procedures an organization should have in place to be able to defend itself against bribery

1) Proportionate procedure

2) Top level commitment

3) risk assessment

4) due diligence

5) communication

6) monitoring and reviewing

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