Competency Module: Problem Solving and Critical Thinking

Description

Demonstrate innovative solutions that balance stakeholder needs, best practices, mission goals, and procurement regulations to address strategic objectives.

Objectives

In order to successfully earn a digital badge, learners must:

• Define Critical Thinking in terms of leadership.
• Evaluate possible solutions to a problem using a problem-solving process.
• Analyze a problem and collaborate with others to build a solution.

Intended Audience

Designed to promote applicable experiences for practitioners working in the public sector, NIGP’s Pathways competency courses empower learners with the ready-to-implement actions they need to succeed in public procurement. This introductory course is designed for:

• Public procurement and central warehouse professionals who serve as assistants, coordinators, buyers, or equivalent functions within their respective entities.
   
• Non-procurement managers and supervisors who are responsible for either the procurement function or staff who provide procurement functions under delegated authority.
   
• Professionals who are employed by governing entities and special authorities (such as K-12 and higher education, publicly-owned utilities, transportation providers, and other publicly-funded or created organizations) that either serve within or manage the procurement function.
   

• Suppliers or representatives of suppliers seeking to understand the public procurement function from a holistic level, including the policies, standards, and procedures by which public entities must function.