In every organization, the effective expenditure of enormous sums of money and resources is dependent on successful contract management activities. Selecting the appropriate contracting models and creating and managing formal agreements with suppliers of goods and services requires not only a complete understanding of the business requirements and organization needs but also depends on keeping up-to-date on contracting.
Be more effective in contract management activities.
Select the appropriate types and forms of contracts for different situations.
Anticipate problems and manage risks.
Integrate contract management with contract needs.
Understand the best means of handling disputes and performance issues.
Establish terms and conditions for different situations.
Have the latest advances in contract selection and management.
Procurement and Contracts Personnel
Engineering, Facilities, Finance, and Maintenance Personnel
Personnel involved in the planning and management of the tender process
Contract Administrators, Contract Professionals, and Project Coordinators
Specifiers, Buyers, Purchasing Professionals, and Procurement Officers
Contracts Managers and Project Manager
Why do we use contracts?
Key steps in the creation of a Contract.
Essential elements of a valid Contract.
Overview of Tendering & Contract Award Process.
Advantages of tendering and some pitfalls to avoid:
Distinguishing price and values.
Other Types of Obligation Documents.
Bonds and guarantees.
Letters of intent and award - are they contractual?
Letters of Comfort - Do they mean anything?
Side letters - why they can be dangerous.
When to Obtain Legal Advice.
Law of Agency.
Authority to sign contracts.
Defining Contract Management Responsibilities.
Basic contract planning.
Communication and managing expectations.
Identifying Risk.
Apportioning Risk:
Incorporating Risk Assessment and Management.
Selecting types of contract.
Traditional - lump sum, schedule of rates, reimbursable etc.
Because supervisory levels are the link between the executive and senior management levels, achieving the organization's objectives, increasing productivity and overall performance of the organization, affects the effectiveness and efficiency of supervisors' performance.
And because of the skills of supervisors in any organization in need of continuous development, and to acquire advanced tools and methods that reflect on the deepening of these skills and activate their role in motivating individuals working, and push them to commit to the goals of the organization.
You need this conference to learn about supervisory skills and advanced methods, to be able to play an effective and supervisory role in your organization.
Managing an office has become an increasingly sophisticated and complex job. The increased demand for speed and accuracy, knowledge of new technology, and an increasingly diverse workforce bring challenges and also opportunities for growth. This dynamic and in-depth course explores some of the more advanced skills which can help an office manager to work more confidently, creatively, and effectively.
As a supervisor, the success of your organization rests in your hands. This course provides you with the opportunity to develop highly effective and essential supervisory skills that will strengthen teamwork and organizational success. Also, this course will help you manage everyday operations with greater ease. Furthermore, it will help you leverage both your managerial and people skills to meet your new challenges as the 21st-century supervisor.
This course is designed for participants to introduce to key issues and themes in international development.
Participants will explore and engage in academic debates and discussions around a set of key factors that shape, influence, and constrain the development and prosperity of nations.
The course will explore a number of key themes in international development, including how questions of gender and generation shape the impact of poverty; how processes of globalization, migration, and violent conflict impact development; and how development and the environment are linked.
It also considers what exactly we mean by poverty, and how different ways of understanding poverty feed into different approaches to tackling it.
It will also consider development institutions: what are the key institutions in the architecture of international development? How do they differ, and what are the challenges and opportunities they present? Through this module, participants will gain a solid background in the various factors which shape current approaches to and debates on international development.
By introducing participants to a range of problems in economic development, we will look to analyze how economic theory and models can explain the lack of development in some nations. We will apply such theory to real-world economies to understand the nature of the problems they face and how effective policies can be in tackling the problems.
A five-day course on the practical aspects of piping and pipeline design, integrity, maintenance, and repair. The participants will obtain an in-depth understanding of the ASME B31 code rules and API standards, their technical basis, and practical application to field conditions.
Corporate/Public governance and risk management are critical There is increasing attention being paid to corporate governance and risk management in business schools and among legislators.