Explore free study previews

• Conflict Management and Resolution
• Leadership Styles for Project Managers

• Plan Schedule Management
• Agile Methodology — Scrum and Kanban
• Benefits Realization and Business Case

• Sustainability and ESG in Project Management

• The CIPS Procurement and Supply Cycle
• Supply Chain Concepts and Added Value
• Procurement Structures and Governance
• Stakeholder Management in Procurement
• ERP Systems and Technology Infrastructure
• The Five Rights of Procurement
• Legislation, Regulation and CSR
• Spend Categories and Value Analysis
• Procurement in Public, Private and Third Sector
• E-Procurement and Electronic Systems

• Estimating Costs and Prices for Procurement Activities
• How Business Needs Influence Procurement Decisions

• Legal Issues in Creating Commercial Agreements
• Documentation Comprising a Commercial Agreement

• The Sourcing Process: Sourcing, Outsourcing and Make-or-Buy
• Approaches to Sourcing: Single/Dual/Multiple, Tendering and Negotiation

• Types of Approach in Commercial Negotiation
• Where Commercial Negotiation Fits in Procurement and Supply

• Portfolio Analysis Techniques for Supply Chain Relationships
• Types of Commercial Relationships in Supply Chains

• Product Coding in Inventory Operations
• Principles, Purpose and Impact of Stores and Warehousing Operations

• Whole Life Costing and Asset Management
• Supplier Selection and Evaluation
• Developing Specifications
• KPIs and Performance Measurement
• Ethical Sourcing in Practice
• Contract Formation and Terms
• Building a Business Case

Write clear, professional emails — formal and informal register, requests, complaints, reports, and proposals.

• Formal vs Informal Email Register
• Opening and Closing Professional Emails

Participate confidently in meetings — chairing, opinions, decisions, action items, virtual meeting etiquette.

Deliver effective presentations — structure, data description, Q&A handling, persuasive language.

Negotiate professionally — proposals, bargaining, handling objections, closing agreements.

Master professional vocabulary — finance, marketing, HR, operations, idioms, collocations, phrasal verbs.

Apply grammar correctly in business contexts — tenses, conditionals, passive voice, modals, hedging.

Understand business documents — articles, contracts, financial reports, critical reading strategies.

Communicate across cultures — etiquette, global English, networking, small talk, time zones.

• Projects and PRINCE2 7: key concepts

• The seven PRINCE2 principles

• People: ecosystems, stakeholders, culture and leadership

• PRINCE2 management products: the PID and the project log

• The PRINCE2 processes: the project journey