Transcript OCCS Team event - International Centre for Parliamentary

Professional Certificate – Managing
Public Accounts Committees
Ian “Ren” Rennie
UNDERSTANDING AND
DEMONSTRATING CRITERIA
Aim of session
• To ensure you understand the criteria by
which the two CMI assignments will be
assessed
• To outline the two assignment tasks
• To enable you to reflect and decide (in due
course) the best way for you to take forward
the two assignments.
Acronyms
• CMI
– Chartered Management Institute
• ICPS
– International Centre for Parliamentary Studies
• ASIC
– Accreditation Service for International Schools and
Colleges
• CATS
– Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme.
Generic Criteria
Demonstrate:
• knowledge, understanding and skills
• ability to apply knowledge, understanding and
skills in a workplace context
• all specific criteria required
(We will explore CMI specific criteria in more
detail).
Demonstrating Understanding
• We demonstrate understanding by showing:
– we can APPLY the theory and concepts
– to improve RESULTS/ OUTCOMES in the work context
• Credible work demonstrates:
– WHAT you know/ did / needs to be done(knowledge
and skills)
– HOW you did it / how it should be done (methodology
and demonstrating understanding)
– OUTCOME you are aiming for/ have achieved / will
achieve.
CMI Criteria
• In addition to the specific assessment criteria in each
unit, the learner’s work must be:
– accurate, current and authentic
– relevant in depth and breadth and must also show
the learner’s:
• clear grasp of concepts
• ability to link theory to practice, and
• ability to communicate clearly in the relevant
discipline at the expected level for the
qualification.
Structure: Example
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Title page
Contents and appendices
Acknowledgements
Glossary of terms and abbreviations
Statement of terms of reference
Executive summary
Introduction and background
Main body of the investigation / project
Conclusions
Recommendations
Appendices
Bibliography.
Assignment Summary: Unit 5005
• This assignment requires you to investigate and advise your organisation
on how effective stakeholder management, quality management and the
embedding of continuous improvement approaches can enhance antifraud measures and financial regulation plans and policies.
• You should consider relevant issues such as risk management, the role of
international measures in fraud prevention and effective financial
regulation, and options for preventing financial crime. You should also
consider the role of both non-regulatory and regulatory measures. You
should advise on effective monitoring mechanisms.
• Your report should focus on three main strands in terms of its structure
– Best practice in interaction with various stakeholders
– How the quality of regulation and other measures to prevent fraud and
financial crime can be improved
– How to embed continuous improvement in those organisations responsible
for preventing fraud and financial crime.
Assignment Criteria
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
Determine organisational stakeholders* and their
expectations
Discuss methods of meeting stakeholder
expectations or requirements
Identify methods of communicating
stakeholders’ requirements with team members
Explain processes for updating information on
stakeholders ...
Stakeholder issues
• Define (who they are / the priorities)
• Determine their expectations and concerns
(communication)
• Prioritise your stakeholders
• Decide what to do with stakeholder views
(e.g. sharing with other in your organisation,
sharing with stakeholders)
• Decide systems for updating information
(monitoring ongoing stakeholder views).
Assignment Criteria (cont.)
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
Discuss the meaning of quality* to an
organisation
Identify and apply organisational quality
policies and procedures
Determine how to encourage staff to contribute
ideas to improving quality
Conduct a quality audit and make
recommendations for improvement ...
Quality: example of issues
• Definition of quality for a particular organisation /
context
• Measurement (e.g. reliability, efficiency,
productivity ...)
• Process improvement and problem solving
• Mechanisms for corrective action
• Implementation and communications plan
• Helping all people involved take ownership of
quality issues.
Assignment Criteria (cont.)
3.1
3.2
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Discuss the concept of and need for continuous
improvement
Assess work activities and identify areas for
improvement
Encourage staff to contribute ideas for continual
improvement.
Assignment Summary: Unit 5006
• You have been tasked by your senior management to draw
up an action plan in order to project manage the
implementation of a new approach to an issue related to
prevention of fraud and/or financial crime
• You should explain why action is necessary on this specific
issue, explain the information and evidence you will use,
and make the case for which option is best
• You should explain the resource implications of your
recommendations and explain how they should be
implemented
• You should also address how to evaluate the success of the
project, and how these results will be communicated to
those with an interest.
Assignment Criteria
1.1
1.2
1.3
Determine a management area for investigation
that has an implication for a work-related area
Identify the aim, scope and objective of the
project*
Justify the aim and objective of the project ...
Good project management
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Clear timetable and milestones
Clear outcomes and deliverables
Accountability
Good communication with stakeholders
Be “joined up” internally and externally
Resources identified and allocated
Risk analysis
Contingency planning.
Assignment Criteria (cont.)
2.1
2.2
2.3
Identify sources of data and information for the
project
Analyse the data and information for options or
alternatives that meet the project aim
Determine an option* or alternative that meets
the project aim ...
Options - rational decision-making
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Define the decision to be made
Establish the objectives
Classify and define musts and wants
Generate alternatives
Consider alternatives against your requirements
Test the alternatives against musts
Score the alternatives against musts
Consider results.
Assignment Criteria (cont.)
3.1
3.2
3.3
Evaluate the research to make conclusions
Recommend a course of action to meet the
project aim
Assess the impact of the project
recommendations ...
Assignment Criteria (cont.)
4.1
4.2
4.3
Determine the medium to be used to show the
results of the project
Produce the results of the project
Discuss the impact of the project on the
work-related area.
Any Questions?
• Any aspects of assessment process you want
to ask about?
• Then thank you, goodbye and good luck!
THANK YOU AND GOOD LUCK!