A Guide to Practical Procurement

Procurement is basically buying goods and services. How tough can it be? As professional buyers can tell you, sometimes very. Acting as the broker between end-users and suppliers, professional buyers play a central role in an often complex, high-value process. From clearly defining user requirements, to shaping and running formal competitive processes, they must use limited resources to balance value, organizational policies and stakeholder interests with legal and fairness considerations - all under the scrutiny of suppliers and the media. Informal challenges, litigation and bad press can erode stakeholder confidence and impair an organization's ability to attract and retain the best suppliers. The end result can be failure to achieve critical business objectives. Practical Procurement walks you through the procurement and contract management cycle, from early planning considerations and market assessment options, to post-contract evaluation and continuous improvement strategies. Using plain language, the book includes real case examples and provides practical tools and sample clauses. Whether you are just starting out or you're a seasoned practitioner, Practical Procurement can help you maximize value and preserve supplier relationships by planning and conducting effective, legally sound procurements.

Sullivan, Maureen

Business & Money

Tellwell Talent

Amidst the shrill and discordant notes struck in debates over the make-up—or breakdown—of the American family, the family keeps evolving. This book offers a close and clear-eyed look into a form this change has taken most recently, the lesbian coparent family. Based on intensive interviews and extensive firsthand observation, The Family of Woman chronicles the experience of thirty-four families headed by lesbian mothers whose children were conceived by means of donor insemination.With its intimate perspective on the interior dynamics of these families and its penetrating view of their public lives, the book provides rare insight into the workings of emerging family forms and their significance for our understanding of "family"—and our culture itself.

The Family of Woman: Lesbian Mothers, Their Children, and the Undoing of Gender

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

University of California Press

Amidst the shrill and discordant notes struck in debates over the make-up―or breakdown―of the American family, the family keeps evolving. This book offers a close and clear-eyed look into a form this change has taken most recently, the lesbian coparent family. Based on intensive interviews and extensive firsthand observation, The Family of Woman chronicles the experience of thirty-four families headed by lesbian mothers whose children were conceived by means of donor insemination.With its intimate perspective on the interior dynamics of these families and its penetrating view of their public lives, the book provides rare insight into the workings of emerging family forms and their significance for our understanding of "family"―and our culture itself.

Leading is a journey propelled by curiosity, honesty, a willingness to let go, and a proclivity for purposeful action. Successful leadership development is catalyzed from the inside out, not the outside in. This requires leaders to engage in an introspective process of exploring one’s self before broadening their view to external factors. The authors have created a practical yet thought-provoking guide to help leaders achieve and sustain lasting improvement at both the personal and organizational levels. The book integrates W. Edwards Deming’s systems theory with Ken Wilber’s model of integral theory, along with Robert (Bob) Anderson’s helpful refinements. The work frames leadership effectiveness through the internal lenses of I and we, as well as through the external lenses of interpersonal skills, personal behaviors, and organizational structures and systems.The authors emphasize the importance of individual responsibility, personal development, organizational improvement from a systems perspective, design of systems and structures that bring forth continual improvement, organizational cultures which respect the individual and collective contributions of its members, and a determined focus to provide unparalleled care and service to patients, families and communities. The synergy in their work creates a dynamic opportunity to explore and learn about ourselves as leaders and how we approach improving our organizations. Leading Healthcare Improvement: A Personal and Organizational Journey helps leaders better understand themselves and their organizations so they can fundamentally transform their organizations.

Leading Healthcare Improvement: A Personal & Organizational Journey

Fausz, Aaron

Kirkwood, William

Nickle, Blair Warman

Management & Leadership

Harpeth Valley Group

E-SPEAK covers everything you need to know before you hit the "send" button. A hands-on guide with a "styles" test, E-SPEAK teaches the reader how to determine his/her e-style and how to identify the styles of complementary and opposing style e-writers. Includes legal pitfalls, e-tiquette and better grammar and spelling sections. Take-away card deck to reinforce technique. A career management must-have guide. Category: Computers/Careers.

E-SPEAK: Everything You Need To Know Before You Hit The Send Button

Bednarski, Michael

DBM Publishing

Email/texting/electronic ettiquette.

e-Speak: Everything You Need to Know Before You Hit the Send Button

The story of howthrough the theological insights and espousal of certain paradigm shifts of some key theologians so attuned to the workings of the Holy Spiritthe Roman Catholic Church moved from a Pius IX at Vatican I (1869-70)a council which espoused a rigid, hierarchical model of church to a John XXIII at Vatican II (1962-65)a council which ushered in a collegial, "communio" model of church.

The Road to Vatican II: Key Changes in Theology

History

Paulist Press

Continuing the Journey: Celebrating 40 Years of Vatican II

Hellwig, Monika K.

Jambor, Jacquie

KAISER, Robert Blair

Mitchell, Nathan

O'Connell, Maurice

Mullner, Timothy

Thomas More Pr

Ankle Soup is a hardcover picture book about a French Bulldog named Carlos who finds himself in the middle of Grand Central Terminal on Thanksgiving morning. It's a read-aloud in rhyme geared to the 4-9 year old reader. Ankle Soup is in a New York state of mind as the people of the world pass Carlos on their way to their holiday destinations.

Ankle Soup

Children's Books

Mojo Inkworks

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