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CIPS L6M1 Exam Syllabus

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Before starting your L6M1 exam preparation, it is recommended to review the complete CIPS Strategic Ethical Leadership exam syllabus and carefully go through the exam objectives listed below. Once you understand the exam structure and objectives, you should practice using our free L6M1 questions. We also provide premium L6M1 practice test, fully updated according to the latest exam objectives, to help you accurately assess your preparedness for the actual exam.

CIPS L6M1 Exam Objectives

Section Objectives
1.0 Understand and apply leadership skills and behaviours 1.1  Critically evaluate the differences between leadership and management
  • Defining leadership
  • The role of a leader and the activity of leadership
  • The importance of leadership
  • The differences between management and leadership
  • Situational leadership
  • The continuum of leadership behavior
  • The forces in deciding the type of leadership
  • Transformational and inspirational leadership
1.2 Critically analyze approaches to leadership for improving procurement and supply chain management
  • The qualities or traits approach to leadership
  • The functional or group approach, including action-centred leadership
  • Styles of leadership including the authoritarian, democratic and laissez-faire styles
  • Contingency theories for leadership such as pathgoal theory
 
2.0 Understand and apply communication planning techniques 2.1 Evaluate influencing styles that can be used in the effective leadership of a supply chain
  • Implementing a vision of improved procurement and supply chain management
  • Models for managing in four different directions
  • The relevance of managing upwards and across to achieve desired results for improved supply chain management
  • The merits of escalation as a means of influencing
  • A range of influencing styles for cross-functional leadership both within and outside the bounds of formal teams
2.2 Compare leadership techniques that can be used to influence personnel involved in a supply chain
  • Assessing the readiness of followers or groups
  • Leader's attitudes to people
  • Management by objectives and establishing KPIs
  • Measures of effectiveness
  • Self-development
  • Emotional intelligence
2.3 Evaluate how to create a communication plan to influence personnel in the supply chain
  • Stakeholder analysis including primary, secondary and key stakeholder
  • How to obtain buy-in to supply chain strategies from stakeholders
  • Perspectives on Stakeholder mapping
  • How the use of the intranet and Internet websites for publishing information
 
 
3.0 Understand and apply methods to overcome leadership challenges 3.1  Contrast the sources of power and how they can be used to overcome common challenges faced by procurement and supply chain leaders
  • Perspectives on Individual Power
  • Procession, institutional, and organizational levels of power
  • Perspectives on Organisational Power
  • The balance between order and flexibility
3.2  Analyse how equality and diversity issues relating to the supply chain can be used to improve strategic effectiveness
  • Defining diversity, equality, and inclusion
  • The benefits of diversity in organizations
  • The impact of Discrimination, harassment, and victimization
  • Developing and implementing policies to enhance diversity
3.3  Evaluate methods of change management that can be used to develop the supply chain
  • The nature of organizational change
  • Planned organizational change
  • Dealing with resistance to change
  • Effective change management
3.4  Assess methods for resolving conflict with internal and external stakeholders to support change in the supply chain
  • Contingency models of organizations
  • The functions of the informal organization
  • The positive and negative outcomes of conflict
  • Strategies for resolving conflict
  • Incremental and transformational change
 
4.0 Understand and apply ethical practices, standards and Regulations  4.1  Examine ethical practices and standards that apply to global supply chains
  • Ethical codes of practice
  • Due diligence on suppliers
  • Contractual clauses
  • Leading ethical practices and standards
  • Developing a culture of commitment to achieve ethical codes and practices
  • Initiatives and policies created by leading bodies
    such as:
  • CIPS Code of Conduct
  • Traidcraft
  • The Walk Free Foundation
  • UN
  • ILO
4.2 Assess regulations that impact the ethical employment of people
Regulations such as:
  • Discrimination, equality, and diversity
  • Employee redundancy and dismissal
  • Working time and staff payment
  • International labour codes
  • Health and safety at work
  • Minimum/fair wages
 
 
Official Information https://www.cips.org/qualifications/professional-diploma-in-procurement-supply/strategic-ethical-leadership