Affirmative action and procurement will be discussed as separates before demonstrating the symbiotic relationship of these two entities via the organization which administers and enforces the federally mandated contracting and affirmative action policy. Therefore‚ the intent of this paper is to provide information regarding affirmative action‚ its role in the procurement process and illustrate how the federal government enforces affirmative action through procurement/contracting. Several definitions
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“CONTRACT & PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT AT NTPC” SUBMITTED BY: **************** INDUSTRY GUIDE **************** FACULTY GUIDE **************** TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter No. Subject Executive Summary…………………. Research Methodology……………… Primary Objective(s)…………. Hypothesis…………………… Research Design……………… Sample Design……………….. Scope of the Study……………. Limitations……………………. Critical Review of Literature……….. Company Profile ……………………. Industry Profile……………….. Swot Analysis…………………. Data…………………………………
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Atlantic Corp – case study | | | | Question 1: Is the acquisition of Royal’s Linerboard mill and box plants a sound strategic move? Yes. Atlantic corporation intends to increase its linerboard capacity‚ as it is a net buyer of linerboard. This acquisition of Royal by Atlantic Corporation would be a horizontal integration‚ which occurs when both the firm being taken over and the firm taking over are in the same industry and in the same stage of production. The linerboard industry
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TYPES OF PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION Sollish et al (2011) states that the decision over what contract type to use is one of the most important strategic decisions; because the type of contract has an influence on how the contractor is paid and the risk allocation between the contracting parties. In making such a decision the goal should be to get the optimum project objective attainment likelihood. 2.0 CONTRACT TYPES According to Sollish et al (2011)‚ there are two major types
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GROUP 4 PRESENTATION ON EARLY CONTINGENCY THEORIES OF EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP CASE: FOREIGN AUTOSHOP ------------------------------------------------- According to the Encarta dictionary‚” a leader is somebody who guides or directs others to achieve a goal”. “A leader is a person who has a vision‚ a drive and a commitment to achieve that vision‚ and the skills to make it happen. Let’s look at each of those in detail”.A leader uses a wide variety of interpersonal skills to influence others to
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Table of Contents Consensus versus Average Forecasting 1 Options 1 Demand Forecast 1 Supplier Selection 2 Change Orders 3 Lessons 3 Appendix A: Simulation Comments 4 Appendix B: Simulation Results 6 Consensus versus Average Forecasting The consensus forecasts worked well for quick insight into estimated demand for each month. In our first year we used the consensus demand because we did not know the dynamics of the group‚ and we were relying on their expertise to guide us toward
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Mercy Corps Introduction At the fourth biennial Mercy Corps leadership conference in November 2006 executive leadership described the well-known‚ internal complications at Mercy Corps as a large organization ($194 million budget in 2006) that “has to focus on two core areas: international relief and development” (Grossman & King‚ 2008). The status of the organization was examined in detail by the Harvard Business School case study and a number of problems were revealed. This analysis is based
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Procurement Law Overview‚ Part Two Procurement and Contract Law Procurement Law Overview‚ Part Two Payments under Fixed-Price Construction Contract clause permits the government to partially compensate contractors for supply and services which have been accepted by the Government‚ as long as the contractor demand it and the sum is no less than $1‚000 or 50% of the full contract amount. These interim payments diminish the contractor needs to finance expenses to fulfill the contract. As
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DATE: December 7‚ 2012 TO: Polluter Corp. FROM: SUBJECT: Emissions Allowances Facts: Polluter Corp‚ has recently spent $3 million to purchase emission allowances‚ with a vintage year of 2012‚ in order to meet the need for additional EAs in the fiscal years 2010-2014. They will also need to sell EAs‚ with a vintage year of 2016‚ in order to offset the costs of the purchase. It is to my understanding that the need for EAs arose because of the significant amount of greenhouse gases emitted by
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research studies have been undertaken on target cost contracts (TCC) or guaranteed maximum price (GMP) contracts‚ not many of them have focused on the risk management and analysis of these procurement strategies. This paper aims to identify‚ rank and compare the key risk factors encountered with these forms of procurement based on an empirical questionnaire survey geared towards the clients‚ contractors and consultants in Hong Kong. Despite the limited number of completed TCC and GMP (TCC/GMP) construction
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