On Demand: Mission & Public Benefit

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

• Describe the roles, organizational placement, values, and functions of the procurement office as they relate to public entities as a whole.
• Demonstrate how public procurement adds strategic value to the delivery of public services.
• Identify why a public procurement professional’s performance expectation relates to the overall organizational strategic plan.
• Use problem solving, critical thinking, and learning skills in an individual and procurement team context.

This offering is targeted to individuals who meet or exceed the following professional demographics:  

• Entry-level 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.