SHAMI HALL

To procure personaldevelopment supportfor the top team inher council and help itachieve it’s transformationplan.

Task

1. AGREES SPECIFICATION OF THE PROCUREMENTShami agrees the specification of the procurement with the head of HR and begins to think about finding providers.

SAMPLE PROCUREMENTSPECIFICATIONS & GUIDES

TO GOOD PRACTICEIN PROCUREMENT

2. CONTACTS LOCAL COUNCILS AND FEW OLD CONTACTSShe contacts local councils that have procured to a similar specification by emailing and mailing a few old contacts. As she hasn’t worked with some of the other councils, it takes a while for emails to be answered.

NETWORKING TOOLSAND LINKS TO OTHERS

EXPERIENCES

NARROWCAST REQUESTSFOR SUPPORT FROM REGIONAL

COUNCIL COUNTERPARTS

3. IDENTIFIES PRIVATE AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISESBased on some recommendations and from the CIPD website she begins to identify private and social enterprises that offer relevant senior development programmes.

IDENTIFY ACCREDITEDSUPPLIERS/PROVIDERS

4. APPROACHES A PEER CLEARING HOUSEShe also wonders if there are national framework agreements, but is unsure where to start looking. She approaches the Peer Clearing House at LGID to look for suitable candidates with experience in running development programmes. She has no way of making any immediate comparisons between what she finds and gets frustrated that the information is so fragmented.

SHARING EXPERIENCE &RECOMMENDATIONS WITH

PRACTITIONER PEERS

5. RECIEVES A CONFERENCE BROCHUREAs a CIPD member, Shami receives a brochure for a forthcoming conference on organisational development (OD) and decides to book a place.

AGGREGATED CALENDARS& TOPIC ALERTS

6. ATTENDS OD CONFERENCEThe OD conference is a great networking opportunity, and she manages to make useful professional links.

MAKING A PERSONALNETWORK VISIBLE TO OTHERS& SHARING SOCIAL NETWORK

CONNECTIONS

7. ISSUES ITTAfter this research and networking Shami feels confident about the specification of the procurement and issues her ITT

SHARING PLANSWITH PEERS BEFORE

PUBLICATION

8. GATHERS AND COMPARES CVSIn response to her tender she gathers CVs, testimonials and references. She makes a comparative spreadsheet to assess strengths and weaknesses

ORGANISATIONAL ANDCOMPARATIVE TOOLS

9. INTERVIEWS CANDIDATESShe shortlists her candidates and arranges an interview panel. There is wide variance in capabilities. The council’s standard evaluation criteria are not helpful in distinguishing the best appointment

SUGGESTED AWARDINGCRITERIA AGAINST WHICH

SHE CAN TEST HERKNOWN OUTCOMES

IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUALSTO HELP EVALUATE RESPONSES

10. AGREES SHORTLISTED CANDIDATESShe discusses her options with her colleagues and agrees that shortlisted candidates adjust their submissions to better match the criteria

CONVERSATIONS IN ASHARED, SECURE SPACE

11. APPOINTS PROVIDERBased on the reviewed criteria and the agreement of the interview panel she appoints a provider.

12. SHARES HER PROCESS ON THE OD COPShe thinks her process may be of some value to peers so shares her experiences on the Organisational Development Community of Practice.

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIESAVAILABLE MUCH MORE

WIDELY TO OTHERS

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