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Soft Skills For Hard Business explores the deep link between and the relevance of Behavioural Sciences in the broad spectrum of Procurement, Supplier Relationship Management, Contract Management, Supply Chain Management and more.

Including ten extended interviews with key political players such as Charles Kennedy, Norman Lamont and Tony Wright, the book combines the theoretical discussion with select case studies producing a series of narrow pieces of contemporary history. The book is a study of contemporary British politics, producing a strategic history of the period. This ranges from the ascension of Thatcherism, to the rise of New Labour, the leadership decline of ...

The author has approached this work with the aim of providing a manageable length and accessible introduction to sociology. This text concentrates more heavily than conventional texts on developing the psychological and intellectual qualities that are necessary to effectively approach the subject. It is pitched at GCE A Level and is aimed at the sociology student or general reader who is looking for an alternative to the standard texts. The te...

In writing this new introduction, the author has remained faithful to the aims of the previous volume that was published in 2008. The new volume has tracked some subsequent developments and reorientations in the subject which reflect social changes. As a result, the content of each chapter has been broadened and expanded. In updating the earlier volume, a decision was made to retain and rework the sections covering founding theory and early re...

Extensively tested in schools and colleges, this modular-based book provides a progressive introduction to supply and demand analysis and shows how it can be applied to real economic problems. Its use of diagrams, examples and past examination questions helps the student understand and apply the basic principles. It should be useful to those studying economics modules on business and management courses and also to those taking single semester ...

There is an argument that the study of British Politics is in decline, that it is being surpassed by much more sexy subjects such as globalisation or international relations, or regional studies - be it Europe, the Americas or South East Asia. Despite this gloomy outlook, there is a need for the study of British Politics. Rather than it being the entire degree, it might need to be part of a bigger package - be it in Politics or Government. It ...

This text is aimed at higher education students and reflective mature readers who have an interest in the ideas of pioneering sociologists and social philosophers. The focus of attention is on three nineteenth century theorists, Henri Saint Simon, August Comte and Herbert Spencer. The book builds a clear understanding of important concepts of this era, and devotes chapters to providing a social and historical context to the formative ideas of ...

This book answers some of the most challenging questions facing organisations in today's competitive marketplace such as how to create a collaborative contract in a scalable and cost effective manner, how to maximise pre-contract savings, reduce spend, risks and costs and increase revenue.

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In Excellence in Procurement, we also gave our outline of a vision for procurement. Therefore, in this Procurement Strategy book, we will now take this vision forward, and show how to align an organisational corporate strategy with an organisation's procurement objectives. In doing this, we will take the view that the design and implementation of a Procurement Strategy must consider demand (and the customers), the organisation's processes and ...