strengthening the government’s purchasing workforce
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Joint Cooperative Committee. Strengthening the Government’s Purchasing Workforce. Sept. 2011. Kyungsoon Chang PPS South Korea. Background. Procurement Education Institute. Diversification in Learning. Going Further. Ⅰ. Contents. Ⅱ. Ⅲ. Ⅳ. Ⅰ . Background. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Strengthening the Government’sPurchasing Workforce
Joint Cooperative Committee
Sept. 2011
Kyungsoon ChangPPS South Korea
Contents
BackgroundⅠ
Procurement Education InstituteⅡ
Diversification in LearningⅢ
Going FurtherⅣ
1. Changes in Procurement Environment
Ⅰ. Background
Expanded Autonomy in Procurement Needs Education Demand for procurement education increased alongside greater
autonomy for local governments and public corporations
e-Procurement and International Sourcing Changing demand from paper to digital
Need for greater expertise due to upgraded transparency
In depth understanding to international bidding
Responsibility towards Public Procurement Being accountable for budget execution and improving
value-added procurement
Public procurement as a strong and direct means of governance
Ⅰ. Background
2. Two Approaches
Enhanced professionalism
Procurement Education
Institute
Diversification in Learning
Nurturing professional procurement officers by providing
professional and on-going learning
Ⅰ. Background
2. Two Approaches
Procurement Education Institute
Providing educational opportunities for procurement leaders
- Procurement officers(PPS)900, (Public organizations)160,000,
(Suppliers)300,000, (Total)460,000
- Outsourcing PPS professionals to other institutions for education
- “Administrator of PPS can provide procurement education to nurture
expertise and capabilities of those in charge of procurement and
supply at PPS, requesting organizations, and private companies"
(Government Procurement Service Act)
Ⅰ. Background
2. Two Approaches
Diversification in Learning
Support the certification for achievements in accounting, foreign
language, etc., and encouraging on-going learning
Capacity building through Contract Officer Certificate and
PPS-MBA course
Activating study group, study paper, and rewarding for research
Constant expansion of infrastructure, budget, and human resources
mgmt.
Cooperate with other institutions
Ⅱ. Procurement Education Institute
1. Overview : History
(’85) : Started regular education to PPS employees
(’86) : Expand the scope of education to employees of public organizations
(’08) : Legislation of professional procurement education
(Government Procurement Service Act)
(’10) : Launch the Center for Procurement Human Resource
Development and establish administrative office
Ⅱ. Procurement Education Institute
1. Overview : Infra
Facilities : Computer based rooms and general lecture rooms including dormitory
- Professional education facility is scheduled to be built in 2013
Lecturer : Internal and external lecturers
- 5 full-time lecturers , 87 lecturers of PPS management level,
and 131 external lecturers
Budget Expense - Spend approx. $1.2mil/yr for paying to lectures and operation
Ⅱ. Procurement Education Institute
2. Programs
Constant Expansion of Education Contents
Customer-oriented courses, such as management of government
property and goods, e-Procurement and purchasing capacity building
through contract officer certificate and PPS-MBA course
Expand to private companies and public organizations
Categories 2004
1,011 1,894 2,520 4,0081,3741,028630
Suppliers
PPS
Total
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Public Agencies
- - 44 255---
956 855 579 7459201,021615
1,967 2,749 3,143 5,0082,2942,0491,245
(Unit : person)[No. of participants]
Ⅱ. Procurement Education Institute
2. Programs
Categorized Into Cyber, Basic, and Advanced Courses
Highly demanded courses are provided on-line and the advance
courses are provided off-line
Total
Educational Course Target No. ofcourses
[ 2011 Professional Education Plan ]
Cyber Education
Job Training
ProfessionalEducation
Basic Education 2 180Novice 4
22 3,470PPS and public organizations 77
3 320Suppliers 8
5 400Internal personnel 9
3 1,400PPS and public organizations 25
34 5,770124
No. oftotal classes
No. ofParticipants
Ⅱ. Procurement Education Institute
3. Cyber/Outsourced Program
Expand Cyber Courses Basic or legislation-related issues
In-class programs focus on case study or problem-solving
Dispatch Officials to the Central Officials Training Center or Private Education Institutions
Encouraging diversity in education (planning, leadership,
capacity building of lecturers, etc…)
- ex) Korea Association of Procurement and Supply Management,
Universities, Korea Management Association,
Korea Productivity Center
Ⅱ. Procurement Education Institute
3. Cyber/Outsourced Program
Provide basic education based on position
Cooperate with professional institutions in informatization or
foreign language learning
- Outsource 59 personnel for basic education, 1705 for professional
education, 274 for informatization, 511 for foreign language, and 879
for others. Total 3360 in 2010
14 employees dispatched to short/long-term graduate schools
Ⅱ. Procurement Education Institute
4. PPS-MBA Course
Capacity Building for Management Provide to potential 4,5-grade officers with 3 months further education
Nurture basic capacities such as marketing, management strategy,
and problem-solving
Activate practical points focusing on problem solving
Initial Class 2010 (34 members) Second class was Feb. 2011(22 members)
Third class commencing Sept. 2011
Ⅲ. Diversification in Learning
1. On-going Learning and Study Groups
Mandatory On-going Learning Directors are responsible for employees’ learning
Front-line personnel must undergo 100 hours or more hours of learning
annually and promoted only learning requirements have been attained.
In-class learning is focused on case study and problem-solving ability.
More than 40% of on-going learning must be directly relevant to
job position
Average hours per employee was 129 hours in 2010.
Study Groups Study groups based on specialties such as purchasing, construction
or stockpiling
Reward the groups with great results
Results are feedback to policies
Allow to find new ideas by utilizing cross-organizational group
2. Support for Career Development
PPS Contract Officer Certificate Introduced in ’04
- Expanded to public officers in ’07
Categorized into professional Contact Officer of 1st grade,
Contract Officer of 2nd grade, and Cost Analysis Officer
Incentives to passers and accounted as on-going learning
Other Certificates Support for the achievement of various certificates
* Certified Public Purchasing Officer, Futures Trading Consultant,
Trade Specialist
Budget support for on-going learning
Ⅲ. Diversification in Learning
Ⅲ. Diversification in Learning
3. Mentoring
Mentors Assisting New Recruits
Provide 1:1 customized Job Training to newly transferred or appointed
employees
Support for work and overall livelihood
(Role Model) Policy practitioners, providers of administrative service,
servants of the people
(Core Capacity) expert in the work
(Manager’s Role) Appoint mentors to mentees
(Education) Mentoring Skill Program
(Incentives) Mentor experience updated on performance record
Ⅳ. Going Further
Enhance Lecturer’s Capability
Improve Infrastructure
- Facilities / Organization / Budget
Add on trend Programs Proactively
Fully Cover Demand for Learning
Provide International Program for
Developing Countries
Thank You