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Sauerland, Sven. "Enterprise-Contract-Management Vertragsmanagement, Contract-Management, Enterprise-Content-Management." Berlin mbv, 2008. http://d-nb.info/992966736/04.
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Stallworth, Rachel. "Private Sector Defense Contractor Management Strategies for Contract Fulfillment." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5420.
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Private sector U.S. defense contractors failing to meet contract objectives experience lower profitability, pay costly penalties, and risk survivability. Using the theory of contracts, the purpose of this multiple case study was to the explore strategies that some leaders of U.S. defense contracting businesses use to meet all the contract terms with the U.S. Department of Defense. Data were collected from 5 leaders of private sector defense contracting companies in northwest Florida through face-to-face, semistructured interviews and through a review of operations manuals, quality assurance policy manuals, and archived U.S. Department of Defense contracts. During data analysis using Yin's 5-step process of compiling, disassembling, reassembling, interpreting, and concluding the data, 4 themes on strategies emerged: (a) communication strategy for successful completion of contracts, (b) technology strategy to monitor contract compliance, (c) training strategy for program managers, and (d) subcontractor selection strategy. The findings indicated that communication among all contract parties was an essential component of each of the 4 themes. Computerizing the contracting workflow to monitor compliance efforts, training program managers for effective oversight of contract compliance, and selecting subcontractors were vital elements of the strategies private sector defense contractors used to meet all the terms and conditions of U.S. Department of Defense contracts. The implications for positive social change include the potential for private sector defense contractors to improve the strength of the defense of the northwest Florida community, lower unemployment, and provide a safer environment for humanity.
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Yigit, Muhammet Alper. "Contract Management Behavior Of Turkish Construction Companies In International Contracts." Master's thesis, METU, 2009. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12610374/index.pdf.
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Contract management starts with the contract negotiations and lasts until the end of the contract, and is the process that covers three fundamental functions required to compensate the goals of the projectRelationship Management, Project Delivery, and Administration of the contract. This thesis focused on investigating contract management behavior of Turkish construction companies in international projects. A survey was composed and interviewed with professionals for investigating the contract management behavior of contractors. The survey aimed to investigate
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behaviors, key success factors for contract management, company contract management organizations, claim issues, and conflict and dispute resolution behavior of firms. 51 companies participated to the survey. The survey results revealed that Turkish contractors consider contract management to be significant for success at international markets. Contractors are aware of the need for a continuous contract management application although this rate cannot be achieved in practice. Considering awareness as a driving factor for improvement it can be estimated that in future Turkish contractors will be managing their contracts in more efficient, organized and systematic ways than today. Results revealed that
contract management behaviors are mostly affected by the risk and complexity of the project, regular contract process is the most impactful process on the success, and change order requests of the owners are the most frequent reasons of claims. According to respondents contract management can reduce number of conflicts and disputes.
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Du, Plooy A. P. "Coal contract portfolio management." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/6404.
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Zeng, Shuo. "Topics of Principal-Agent Contracts: Contract Analysis and Pooling Principals." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/577498.
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Consider companies who rely on revenue generating equipment that fails from time to time. Assume that a company owns one unit of equipment, whose maintenance and repair services are outsourced to a qualified service provider. We assume that the company (the principal) outsources the maintenance and repair services using performance based contracts. Such contractual relationships fall into economics' principal-agent framework. The owners of the revenue generating units are referred to as principals, and the service provider as the agent. We address the following questions: What are the optimal contracting strategies for a principal and an agent? Can the agent benefit from pooling the service demands from multiple principals? This dissertation contains two main bodies of work contained in chapters 2-7 and chapters 8-13 respectively. In the first part of this dissertation (chapters 2-7) we examine the contractual options between a single principal and a single agent. The contractual options of a principal and an agent are modeled as a Markov process with an undetermined time horizon. For a risk neutral principal we identify the conditions under which a principal contracts with a risk-neutral, risk-averse, or risk-seeking agent and derive the principal's optimal offer and the agent's service capacity response. In essence, we provide an extensive formulating analysis of principal-agent contracts given any exogenous parameter values. That is, we derive mathematical formulas for the optimal contract offers and the agent's optimal service capacity. It turns out that a small number of formulas cover a large spectrum of principal-agent conditions. In the second part of this dissertation (chapters 8-13), in a counter distinction to the vast literature in economics on principal-agent contractual interplay and its predominant concern with the principal, here we focus on the agent. In the case of performance based service contracts it is known that the principal extracts all the economic surplus and the agent breaks even. But this is not the case for an agent of good standing contracting with multiple principals. We show that an agent who contracts a collection of principals with interdependent failure characteristics does better than break-even - such an agent realizes a profit rate that is convexly increasing in the number of principals. The corresponding cooperative game assessing each principal's contribution to the agent's profit is convex and its easily computable Louderback's value seems always to be in its core. In chapter 14 we present the outline of a future study that compares several different options of contract structure faced by the principal and the agent, because the optimal contracting strategies for the principal and the agent may not necessarily be the same under different contract structures. We discuss briefly the agent's and the principal's behavior under different forms of performance based contract, which serves as a starting point for future extensions of this dissertation. To summarize, this dissertation provides practical mathematical results and important managerial insights into the principal-agent contract in equipment repair services industry.
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Chan, Kit-bong. "A study of contract management process and performance for outsourcing contracts." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2009. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42555243.
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Sieke, Marcel. "Supply chain contract management a performance analysis of efficient supply chain contracts." Köln Kölner Wiss.-Verl, 2008. http://d-nb.info/989792722/04.
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Jackson, Carl J. "Analysis of the 314th contracting squadrons contract management capability using the Contract Management Maturity Model (CMMM)." Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2007. http://bosun.nps.edu/uhtbin/hyperion-image.exe/07Dec%5FJackson%5FMBA.pdf.
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"Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration from the Naval Postgraduate School, December 2007."Advisor(s): Rendon, Rene G. ; Hudgens, Bryan. "December 2007." "MBA professional report"--Cover. Description based on title screen as viewed on January 10, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 45-46). Also available in print.
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Moore, Virgil Vance. "Contract Administration of Indefinite Delivery Type Contracts (IDTCS) by Contracting Officer's Technical Representatives (COTRS)." Thesis, Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 1990. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA236944.
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Thesis (M.S. in Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 1990.Thesis Advisor(s): Hart, E. Neil. Second Reader: Carrick, Paul M "June 1990." Description based on title screen as viewed on October 19, 2009. DTIC Indicator(s): Contract Administration, Delivery, Theses. Author(s) subject terms:Contracting Officer's Technical Representatives (COTS), Indefinite Delivery Type Contract (IDTC), Navy Field Contracting System (NFCS). Includes bibliographical references (p. 130-131). Also available online.
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Lembrick, George A. "A management case analysis of the Defense Contract Management Command's Process Oriented Contract Administration Services (PROCAS) program." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1993. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA276247.
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Paris, Carolyn. "Information technology, contract and knowledge in the networked economy : a biography of packaged software for contract management." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2012. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/598/.
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In this research I investigate the intersection of information and communication technology (ICT), contract and knowledge in the networked economy as illuminated by the “life” of contract management software (CMS). The failure of CMS to fulfill market expectations provides the motivating question for this study. Based on interview, survey and archival data, I construct a “biography” of CMS from a market perspective informed by the theory of commoditization as well as studies of markets from economic sociology. From the latter, I draw upon the theory of performativity in markets to identify in the failure of CMS a series of breakdowns in performative assumptions and operations normally at work in the making of a packaged software market, ranging from a failure in classification performativity to a detachment of marketized criteria, in the form of analyst ratings, from the underlying software product and vendors. This catalog of breakdown indicates that packaged software production implicates multiple levels of commoditization, including financialized meta-commodities and marketized criteria, in a dynamic I theorize as substitution of performance. I explore the implications of my findings for packaged software and for process commodities more generally, suggesting, inter alia, that process commoditization may revolve around contract and information exchange rather than product definition. I go on to propose an open theorization of contract as a technology of connectedness, in a relationship of potential convergence, complementarity and substitution with ICT, interpenetrating and performative. My contributions are to information systems and organizations research on the topics of packaged software and the relationship of ICT, contract and organizational knowledge; and to economic sociology on the topics of performativity in markets and product qualification in process commoditization.
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Carboni, Julia L. "Structural Predictors of Contract Performance." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/255195.
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Government increasingly contracts out public functions to the private sector. While theory about contract performance management is abundant, there is little empirical evidence on contract performance. Additionally, the public management contract literature emphasizes management strategies to produce desired performance but largely disregards how the structure of ex post contract settings influences individual contract performance. In this dissertation, I develop theory and measures to assess how structural variables influence contract performance on quality dimensions. I focus on networked structures of exchange between contracted programs and government funders and the way exchange is situated in a larger environment. The empirical basis for my dissertation is a set of government funded residential services programs for delinquent youth. The outcome variable is a measure of program quality created by the government funder. Predictor variables include competition at the program and parent organization level and the overall presence of public and nonprofit programs in the contract network. I also examine the effects of organizational form on performance. Most programs are contracted to nonprofit and for-profit organizations with a small number of programs directly provided by government. The mixed market provides an opportunity to test existing theory about organizational form and performance. I use hierarchical linear models (HLM) and qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) to examine how structural variables influence performance. In the HLM analysis, I find some support for my hypotheses about structural predictors of performance. In the QCA analysis, I find that effects of organizational form are conditional upon structural variables. It appears that nonprofit and public programs perform well under a variety of conditions while for-profit programs are more likely to perform acceptably when they are constrained by structural factors like competition. This dissertation makes theoretical, empirical and practical contributions to the field of public management. Following recent, scholarly tradition, I examine the changing role of government and its increasing use of the nonprofit and for-profit organizations to deliver government services. I incorporate structural theory into the contract management literature and demonstrate the structure of contract settings influences performance. I also develop formal measures of competition in contract settings. I also find that HLM and QCA can be complementary analytical tools and provide a richer picture of causal processes when used on the same dataset.
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Eigen, Zev J. (Zev Jacob). "The behavioral theory of contract." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/53092.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2009.Includes bibliographical references (leaves [162]-174).
This work develops a theory of contract grounded in empirical analysis of individuals' experience with and interpretations of form-adhesive contracts. Form-adhesive contracts are unilaterally drafted, typically by organizations, intended for multiple signers. They are offered on a take-it-or-leave-it basis, with no opportunity afforded to negotiate in the traditional sense during the pre-agreement phase. This type of contract dominates the way in which exchange relationships between organizations and individuals are governed in many areas of contemporary life-including, but not limited to, employment, medical treatment, intellectual property licensure, telecommunications, and social networking. The theory poses the question, "how do individuals experience and interpret these agreements?" and explores the relationship between the answer on one hand, and two other elements on the other: (1) socio-economic exchange between the drafting organizations and signers, and (2) trust in the rule of law. The first part of the dissertation explains the theory. The second part explores the theory's empirical basis in an employment relationship. Employees' interpretations of a mandatory-arbitration agreement they signed as a condition of their employment are compared to MBA students' interpretations of the enforceability of a similar clause. MBA students with considerably greater educational attainment and employment opportunities are found to be significantly more likely to believe that they could escape the contract's terms to which they consented than employees of a large, national electronics retailer with consistently less education and fewer job opportunities. For both MBAs and employees, regarding the signed agreement as unenforceable is correlated with a greater likelihood of viewing the employment relationship as one devoid of trust or loyalty. In the third part, a large-scale web experiment is used to measure the behavior of signers of a form-adhesive contract. Both pre-agreement conditions varying the adhesiveness of the contract and post-agreement prompts (legal, moral, social and instrumental) urging signers to continue to perform as the contract purportedly requires are tested as competing determinants of contract performance. Results suggest that when subjects see and choose the contract term during the pre-agreement consent phase, they are more likely to perform as that term purportedly requires in the postagreement performance phase, and that prompting contractual performance based on an appeal to morality generates the greatest rate of performance. Consistent with the behavioral theory advanced in this research, a legal threat is associated with a level of contractual performance no better than a control condition in which subjects were requested to perform the same task, except without signing any contract requiring performance of that task.
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Dieter, Boris-Rolf. "Contract management in the German IT-consulting industry." München M-Press, 2005. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=2640174&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm.
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Ndekugri, Issaka E. "Construction contract information management : an integrated systems approach." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1986. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/6731.
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Even by 1980 it was observed that software for construction management comprised many independent packages with different programming languages and hardware. By and large, not only were these packages stand alone systems but they were also not suitable for their individual functions. Not only do construction projects increase in complexity but competition and volatile markets also generate pressures for better management and that requires integrated and effective systems. The hypothesis of this research has been that computer technology and systems concepts can be used to develop the necessary tools that will make integration possible and effective. To that end, the following research has been undertaken: * an investigation of the causes of the lack of integration, *a survey of the operations of the management functions, * the specification, development and testing of a computer-based system called PLUS VAL to demonstrate the viability of integration, * an assessment of PLUS VAL. Causes of lack of integration revealed include: * segregated education, training and working of functional groups, * development of software by people without the relevant expertise, * inadequate research and failure to apply research findings due to the structure of the construction industry. A survey of the operations showed: * the various methods of carrying them out, * the flow of data among them, * their interdependencies. The major features of PLUS VAL are: * it assists valuations, purchasing management and cost control, * it can be linked to estimating, planninq and accounting, * it allows quick access to contract information. Its assessment which involved demonstrating it to and interviewing potential users, and comparisons with similar packages commercially available showed that: * It provides all the facilities that the users wanted * It covers all the methods of operations of companies contacted - * It is more comprehensive than those surveyed - * Integration is possible and provides such benefits as: . reduced costs of data capture, . better use of computer storage, . reduced turn around times of data processing, increased data consistency. The results of the research show that the application of computer technology and systems concepts can produce effective integrated systems which not only assists contractors in carrying out their obligations but also provide reliable information for decision-making.
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Porter, Douglas P. "An analysis of the feasibility of outsourcing contract administration functions within the Defense Contract Management Command." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1998. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA350397.
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Thesis (M.S. in Management) Naval Postgraduate School, June 1998.Thesis advisor(s): Janice M. Menker, Sandra M. Desbrow. "June 1998." Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-103). Also available onlinle.
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Waugh, Etta J. "Improving Contract Management by the Government Contracting Officers' Representatives." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3927.
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Leaders in the Federal Government of the United States have a problem ensuring the contract management resources used to administer and monitor contracts meet organizational performance goals. Contracting officer's representatives (CORs) are members of the acquisition workforce responsible for contract management. This study explored the ways in which resource-based strategies can improve the quality of CORs' performance in contract management by exploring an organizational framework based on strategic management approaches. Interview data were collected from 41 CORs from the 10 Federal Government agencies that represented 85% of the fiscal year 2014 expenditures. These CORs had all managed contracts with successful outcomes. Data analysis utilizing descriptive and magnitude coding resulted in several findings: (a) a recognition of the influence the COR's environment has on the contract outcomes, (b) an understanding of the CORs' processes within the various organizational structures, and (c) the importance of organizational support for the COR. These findings resulted in elements of a potential resource-based management model framework that link the identified attributes of the CORs' resource management to organizational performance. The social contribution from this emergent framework is the recognition of the CORs' value in ensuring optimal contract driven organizational performance. Positive social change can result from Federal Government leaders' use of this resource-based framework to improve the quality of management of CORs' functions and processes. This framework and its implication for the acquisition workforce may facilitate superior performance and enhance organizational capital.
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Arvanitis, D. "Collaboration and contract management in the context of offshore oil and gas contracts : an English law analysis." Thesis, City, University of London, 2017. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/19174/.
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This thesis provides an English law analysis on collaboration and contract management in the context of offshore upstream oil and gas contracts in light of the Maximising Economic Recovery [hereinafter ‘MER’] Strategy. The predominant subject of the thesis is the impact on offshore contracting of the MER Strategy. The thesis firstly considers that the Strategy is not merely another statute to regulate the offshore sector – its impact is of paramount importance because it sets a comprehensive framework for the coming decades until the cessation of operations in the North Sea. The MER Strategy seeks to address the field ‘maturity’ in the North Sea, which causes high extraction costs and questions the current business and contracting model. Secondly, the thesis focuses on the contracting model and relationship among operators and contractors, i.e. oil and gas companies and the supply chain. This niche area of contract law has been in the spotlight of academics and practitioners for many years, and abundant literature exists focusing on so-called ‘risk allocation’ clauses. However, the thesis approaches the subject in an original manner: looking beyond the traditional legal standpoint, it introduces the element of ‘contract and commercial management’ and focuses on the potential of ‘collaboration’. It argues that these two elements are key to the future of offshore contracting in light of the MER Strategy. The explanation of where these two terms ‘sit’ from an academic, practical and taxonomic standpoint is not an easy task. Contract and commercial management is a management-based discipline that goes beyond certain limitations imposed on the role of contract, championed by ‘strict’ school of thoughts on contract law. It perceives the contract to be mainly a device of ‘problem solving’ rather than ‘failure management’. Collaboration is a notion with great potential for contracting in general – and offshore contracting in particular – which nevertheless brings with it substantial challenges that need to be addressed. Collaboration is a crucial concept in the MER Strategy, and the thesis seeks to ascertain its meaning both within and beyond the context of the Strategy. Most importantly, the thesis explores the legal meaning and ramifications of collaboration, since although it is not a legal term of art, it is ‘reflected’ on existing doctrinal notions.
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Dyson, Teddie L. "A comparative analysis of risk management plans within the Defense Contract Management Agency." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2001. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA396164.
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Jeffers, Dina T. "Contract specialist turnover rate and contract management maturity in the National Capital Region Contracting Center an analysis /." Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2009. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/JAP/2009/Dec/09Dec%5FJeffers.pdf.
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"Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Contract Management from the Naval Postgraduate School, December 2009."Advisor(s): Rendon, Rene G. ; Sears, George A. "December 2009." "Joint applied project"--Cover. Description based on title screen as viewed on January 28, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: Turnover, Contract Management, Contract Management Maturity Model, Procurement Planning, Solicitation Planning, Solicitation, Source Selection, Contract Administration, Contract Closeout, National Capital Region Contracting Center. Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-65). Also available in print.
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Chang, William Y., Geoffrey A. Levine, and Keith V. Philaphandeth. "An Analysis of Contract Management Processes at the Space and Missile Systems Center and the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (WrightPatterson) Using the Contract Management Maturity Model." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/27806.
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The Contract Management Maturity Model (CMMM) is a proven tool for contract management process analysis across all phases of the acquisition process. This includes procurement planning, solicitation planning, solicitation, source selection, contract administration, and contract closeout. We intend to use the Contract Management Maturity Assessment Tool (CMMAT) to apply the CMMM to the Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) and the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Wright-Patterson (AFLCMCWP) Contract Management processes. The SMC is headquartered at Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, and the AFLCMCWP is at WrightPatterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The primary purpose of this research is to analyze the SMC and the AFLCMCWP contracting processes, to identify key process area strengths and weaknesses, to discuss examples of contract management process tools, and to make recommendations for improvements if necessary. The results will provide the SMC and the AFLCMCWP a snapshot of the maturity level of their contracting processes, allowing them to identify the unique challenges that they are facing and provide an assessment tool to effectively engage and overcome these challenges and potentially improve the organizations contracting process.
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Eccles, Stephen David. "Quantitative evaluation of contract strategies for construction." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2000. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/3494/.
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A contract strategy is, in broad terms, the legal-managerial framework adopted by the client of a construction project for carrying out that project. There is a view that projects are often procured using inappropriate contract strategies and that the associated financial consequences are significant. Following a review of previous research, it was concluded that there was scope to develop a decision methodology that utilised quantitative techniques. A prototype model was developed to facilitate the application of the quantitative approach. The model computes probabilistic cost and time measures of a project's performance for each contract strategy that is evaluated. Several industrialists were invited to evaluate the principles of the quantitative approach. From the fourteen industrialists interviewed, six simulated an application of the quantitative approach. Despite initial scepticism, the potential value of the quantitative approach was recognised. The six industrialists who performed example applications of the quantitative approach indicated that, in their view, the approach was workable. In response to the findings of the empirical study, an upgraded version of the model was designed. This version also addressed several intellectual compromises which had been made in the development of the prototype model. The refined model is applied to two example projects in order to demonstrate the potential utility of the quantitative approach and also to provide guidance on how to apply the model. It is acknowledged that the quantitative approach does not single out the most appropriate contract strategy for any given project. However, it is believed that the quantitative approach is most suited to deal with the decision problem's inherent complexities and is most likely to minimise the risk of irrational contract strategy decisions. It is therefore concluded that an improved understanding of contract strategy selection may result, especially on a personal level, from continued application of the quantitative approach.
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HUANG, Wenxin. "Designing multi-target salesforce incentive contract." Digital Commons @ Lingnan University, 2015. https://commons.ln.edu.hk/cds_etd/14.
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Multi-target incentive contracts are widely observed in practice to stimulate salesforce effort. However, little is known about their effectiveness and the issues involved in designing them. In this thesis, we investigate the incentive contracting problem between a manufacturer and an agent when the realized sales of a product are affected by both the agent's selling effort and the type of the agent. The agent's type is uncertain to the manufacturer, whereas the agent can observe the actual type when exerting her selling effort. Again, this is unobservable by the manufacturer. For contract design problem, we develop a principal-agent model with both moral hazard and adverse selection. We examine the manufacturer's optimal contract parameter decisions employing a single multi-target contract for the agent who can be of different types. Because menu contracts are commonly studied in literature for the adverse selection problem, we also study a menu of single-target contracts; and examine the manufacturer's optimal contract parameter decisions. We then compare the performance between the two types of contract. We arrive at a number of managerial insights regarding the design and the performance of multi-target contract and menu contract.
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Bandy, Leigh M. "A case study of the contract closeout process at Defense Contract Management Command Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1998. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA354048.
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Thesis (M.S. in Management) Naval Postgraduate School, June 1998."June 1998." Thesis advisor(s): David A. Smith, David V. Lamm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-121). Also available online.
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Kocher, Ronald Jay. "An analysis of Defense Contract Management Command Springfield's supplier base." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1998. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA359697.
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Thesis (M.S. in Management) Naval Postgraduate School, December 1998."December 1998." Thesis advisor(s): David V. Lamm, David A. Smith. Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-160). Also available online.
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Rahemtulla, Arif Ramzan. "Pre-contract procedures and design management of fast track projects." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/27993.
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Traditional engineering procedure, in its essentials, comprises four separate but closely related stages namely, the investigation of possible solutions leading to a recommended proposal; the development of detailed design and contract documentation; the calling of tenders and construction; and finally working operation. The procedure is characterized by the sequential manner in which each phase of the project life cycle is implemented. In comparison, fast tracking involves the overlapping of design and construction which provides a mechanism for an overall reduction in project duration and costs. This method diverges significantly from conventional practice as some portion of overall design is executed simultaneously with construction. Fast tracking has been employed on a variety of projects but its theoretical benefits have not been obtained consistently, failure generally been attributed to inadequate pre-contract planning and management. Previous experience has not led to a detailed definition and documentation of fast tracking as a formal engineering procedure.
This thesis presents pre-contract procedure for fast track building projects and associated management techniques required for its proper operation. Traditional engineering procedure and design practice are reviewed to set the basis from which the proposed procedures may be developed and to identify limitations of established practice. Fast track design definition is selected following an assessment of alternative design definitions for their ability to satisfy principal pre-contract and construction objectives. Pre-contract procedure is presented in the form of a project level network and defined comprehensively at the design discipline level with the aid of activity schedules. The procedure is supplemented with a commentary on fast track execution requirements. Construction commencement using a partially complete design results in greater volumes of variations and information requests. A simulation study of the operations of a design team is presented to demonstrate the disruptive effect of variations on design performance and construction implementation.
Fast track design management is necessitated by the need to control the progressive release of information during construction. Procedures for information planning, scope definition and scheduling, design review and variation control are presented. Information planning focuses upon early information release systems for construction. Scheduling procedures are tailored to cater for the varying levels of design definition during pre-contract development and to match the process of construction. Emphasis in design review is on assuring completeness and accuracy for global design requirements immediately prior to information release for construction implementation. Variation control involves the identification and establishment of management plans for anticipated variations during the pre-contract stage and the procedure for processing and recording formal changes and requests for additional information. In combination, these management techniques enable design control demanded in a non-traditional scheme of working.Applied Science, Faculty of
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Chan, Kit-bong, and 陳傑邦. "A study of contract management process and performance for outsourcingcontracts." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2009. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B42555243.
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Chen, Derong. "The contract management responsibility system in China : an institutional interpretation." Thesis, Aston University, 1993. http://publications.aston.ac.uk/10869/.
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Thesis is about the enterprise reform in China in general, and the Contract Management Responsibility System (the CMRS) in particular. The latter is a new institutional arrangement to deal with the relation between the government and the state-owned enterprise which has always been at the centre of the enterprise reform. The focus of the research is on the process of institutionalization in order to study the problems of the emergence of a free enterprise system in China. The research is conducted by four in-depth case studies to reveal how the CMRS is running and what interaction is taking place between the government and the state-owned enterprise under the system. Drawing on the empirical work, the thesis analyzes the features of the CMRS and the characteristics of its implementation process with respect to the structural-institutional paradigm, and the property rights approach. The research shows that to establish a market-type relation between the government and the enterprise is a complicated and dynamic process. It involves the understanding of the two different economic mechanisms, market and planning, and the interations taken by two parties. It concludes that the CMRS is an unstable system, either going back to the previous system or moving towards a market system, because its dynamic and control dimension are dysfunctional.
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Zhang, Sidong. "Dynamic model of quality improvement using quantity incentive contract." Related electronic resource: Current Research at SU : database of SU dissertations, recent titles available full text, 2008. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/syr/main.
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Li, Bing. "Risk management of construction public private partnership projects." Thesis, Glasgow Caledonian University, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.270518.
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Jansen, Marc Christiaan. "Contract design for collaborative response to service disruptions." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2017. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/266247.
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This dissertation studies firms' strategic interactions in anticipation of random service disruption following technology failure. In particular it is aimed at understanding how contracting decisions between a vendor and one or multiple clients affect the firms' subsequent decisions to ensure disruption response and recovery are managed as efficiently as possible. This dissertation consists of three studies that were written as standalone papers seeking to contribute to the literature on contract design and technology management in operations management. Together, the three studies justify the importance of structuring the right incentives to mitigate disruption risks. In the first study we contribute to this literature by means of an analytical model which we use to examine how a client and vendor should balance investments in response capacity when both parties' efforts are critical in resolving disruption and each may have different risk preferences. We study the difference in the client's optimal expected utility between a case in which investment in response capacity is observable and a case in which it is not and refer to the difference in outcomes between the two cases as the cost of complexity. Firstly, we show that the cost of complexity to the client is decreasing in the risk aversion of vendor but increasing in her own risk aversion. Secondly, we find that a larger difference in risk aversion between a client and vendor leads to underinvestment in system uptime in case the client's investment is observable, yet the opposite happens when the client’s investment is not observable. In the second study we further examine the context of the first study through a controlled experiment. We examine how differences in risk aversion and access to information on a contracting partner’s risk preferences interact in affecting contracting and investment decisions between the client and vendor. Comparing subject decisions with the conditionally optimal benchmarks we arrive at two observations that highlight possible heuristic decision biases. Firstly, subjects tend to set and hold on to an inefficiently high investment level even though it is theoretically optimal to adjust decisions under changing differences in risk preferences. Secondly, subjects tend to set and hold on to a penalty that is too high when interacting with more risk averse vendors and too low in case the vendor is equally risk averse. Furthermore, cognitive feedback on the vendor’s risk aversion appears to have counterproductive effects on subject’s performance in the experiment, suggesting cognitive overload can have a reinforcing effect on the heuristic decision biases observed. In the third study we construct a new analytical model to examine the effect of contract design on a provider's response capacity allocation in a setting where multiple clients may be disrupted and available response capacity is limited. The results show that while clients may be incentivized to identify and report network disruptions, competition for scarce emergency resources and the required investment in understanding their own exposure may incentivize clients to deliberately miscommunicate with the vendor.
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Koshkaki, Majid Rahmanian. "An Islamic Approach to Contract Management and Financing in Infrastructure Projects." 京都大学 (Kyoto University), 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/160999.
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Albano, Jonathan D. "The contract management body of knowledge: a comparison of contracting competencies." Thesis, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/38869.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.Contract management is instrumental in supporting the mission of the Department of Defense (DoD) but continues to face significant problems with regard to management and oversight. The skills and training of contracting personnel continues to be a contributing factor to DoDs contracting deficiencies. Additionally, as the DoD and other federal agencies continue to lose experienced contracting personnel due to retirement, the contracting knowledge gap continues to widen. In response to increasing knowledge deficiencies in contract management, DoD and other federal agencies have put more emphasis on training and certification. Despite this, contract management problems continue to exist. Perhaps the training received by the workforce does not reflect basic contracting competencies and perhaps contracting competencies between the government and industry are inconsistent. This research conducted a detailed comparative analysis of the contracting competencies established by the DoD, the Federal Acquisition Institute (FAI), and the National Contract Management Association (NCMA). It identified similarities and differences in the models and competencies. Both NCMAs Contract Management Body of Knowledge (CMBOK) and DoD/FAIs competency models contain categories reflecting two out of three phases of the contract life cycle. The CMBOK contains both Pre-Award and Post-Award categories whereas DoD/FAIs model contains one category titled Pre-Award and Award. Contracting competencies established by the DoD/FAI compare favorably to those set forth in the CMBOK. Of the 19 technical contracting competencies analyzed, 17 were covered by both DoD/FAI and the CMBOK. The level of detail provided in the CMBOK is much greater than that of DoD/FAI competency model.
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Petree, Christopher D., and Courtney M. Gary. "Assessment of Aberdeen Proving Ground–Army Contracting Command, contract management processes." Thesis, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/44644.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimitedThe DOD has had longstanding, and documented, problems in contracting, which include ethical issues, workforce competencies, lack of manpower, and fraud. DOD current remedies include rightsizing the workforce, training, incentivizing performance, reaffirming ethical standards, but these are incremental solutions. What is called for is a review of contract management process capability from a broader perspective, using the Contract Management Maturity Model (CMMM). This research will focus on contract management as an aspect to improve process capability. The purpose of this research project will be to assess the contract management processes at Aberdeen Proving Ground–Army Contracting Command (APG-ACC). Using the CMMM, the research will analyze APG-ACC’s process capability, focusing on the areas of Procurement Planning, Solicitation Planning, Solicitation, Source Selection, Contract Administration, and Contract Closeout. Using analytical data gained from surveys completed by level II and III Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) personnel at APG-ACC, the data will gauge the maturity of APG-ACC’s contract management processes. Results captured from data will allow the assessment of APG-ACC contracting capability and will help in the formulation of meaningful recommendations to the command.
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Graham, La-Hesh A., Alexander D. Wallace, and Scott J. Lewis. "Analysis of contract management processes at Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)." Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/10490.
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MBA Professional ReportThe purpose of this project is to assess the maturity of Naval Sea Systems Command's (NAVSEA) Contract Management processes. NAVSEA is headquartered in Washington, DC. The analysis of NAVSEA will be conducted using the Contract Management Maturity Model (CMMM). The primary purpose of this research is to analyze NAVSEA's contracting processes utilizing the Contract Management Maturity Assessment Tool (CMMAT), to identify key process area strengths and weaknesses, and to provide a road map for possible improvement if needed. This research reviews and categorizes the results of several Peer Reviews performed on NAVSEA by the six phases of the contract management process. This research also analyzes and categorizes openended responses to a question on critical success factors conducted on NAVSEA contracting personnel. The results will provide NAVSEA a snapshot of the maturity level of their contracting processes. This will allow NAVSEA to identify the unique challenges that it is facing and provide an assessment tool on how to effectively engage and overcome these challenges and potentially improve the organization's contracting process.
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Beg, Zeshawn Afsari. "Complexity, Contract Design and Incentive Design in the Construction Management Industry." Thesis, Harvard University, 2015. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:16881896.
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In this paper I examine how one construction management company uses contract design and incentive design to respond to aspects of task complexity and relationship complexity present in its construction projects. In terms of contract design, I find that the company is unable to increase its use of cost-plus pricing when faced with technically complex projects. Instead, the company uses increased pre-execution design modification and price markups when technically complex projects are contracted with fixed-pricing. Further, I find that design modification is only margin-improving when used in projects that are both technically complex and fixed-price and that price markups are only margin-improving when projects are fixed-price. In terms of incentive design, I find that the company provides more qualitative feedback to employees and quantitatively rates employees with less centrality bias (i.e. more dispersed ratings) when employees work on fixed-price projects. Further, when employees work on fixed-price projects, they are granted greater average financial rewards, their financial rewards are relatively more based on input-behaviors (i.e. less based on output-results), and their bonuses, raises and promotions appear to be awarded with more managerial discretion (i.e. are less systematic.)
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Lilienfeld-Toal, Ulf von [Verfasser]. "Boundaries of the Firm : Contract-Theoretic Approaches / Ulf von Lilienfeld-Toal." Aachen : Shaker, 2003. http://d-nb.info/1181600898/34.
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Ng, Chi-wai Vincent. "Managing power, conflict and change : an analytical model for construction contract procurement /." View the Table of Contents & Abstract, 2007. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B36845334.
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Ng, Chi-wai Vincent, and 伍志偉. "Managing power, conflict and change: an analytical model for construction contract procurement." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2007. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45015594.
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Chen, Bin, and 陈斌. "Two essays on the economics of contract and organization." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2010. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B44547444.
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Murwira, Epifania. "Contract farming in Zimbabwe : the Mutasa garlic project." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/95627.
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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2012.Contract farming is being given renewed attention on the African continent in the wake of reduced public expenditure for credit programmes. Many African countries have recognised the potential of contract farming in linking farmers to viable markets and stimulating agricultural production in the face of globalisation. In Zimbabwe prior to 1998, smallholder farmers were poorly integrated in the cash economy and had extremely low incomes, largely due to poor access to productivity-enhancing inputs. Small-scale farmers were marginalised as the economy focused on the larger commercial farms. Currently, mainstream banks have been unable to provide funding due to their own capital inadequacy and the view that smallholder farming is a risky and unprofitable sector. There is also a shift in roles as the government moves from direct participation in agricultural production and marketing towards facilitation, legislation and enforcement. The private sector is now participating more actively in the agricultural sector, providing credit to smallholder farmers. This research seeks to better understand the partnership between private and public sector players in Zimbabwe’s agricultural credit programmes, through a study of Leo Marketing and the Zimbabwe Agricultural Market Development initiative called the Agricultural Input Supply Programme (AISP). In this research, the Mutasa Garlic Project, implemented by the AISP, has been analysed to achieve the objective. One hundred smallholder farmers have been contracted to commercially produce garlic in the Mutasa district. Using a sample of 20 farmers, the study examined how this financing model contributes to improved access to productivity-enhancing inputs, viable markets and technical expertise for the farmers. The analysis indicates that farmers have access to inputs but the model still needs improvement in distributing them efficiently to ensure that all farmers have their inputs in time for the planting season. Marketing and extension services in the project are operating well. The study reveals that there is potential for growth in the number of farmers contracted to the programme. As the contracting model continues to improve, the same model can be used for similar projects in surrounding districts.
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Duma, Moses. "Contract farming as a tool for the development of smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/14909.
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Thesis (MBA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2007.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Zimbabwe’s land-reform process has been widely debated and severely criticised, yet seldom been analysed at greater depth. In the transition from startup small-holding farmer to the long-run goal of commercial farmer, Zimbabweans currently experience a phase of increasing “contract farming”. New farmers are producing for contractors who buy up their produce at predetermined prices. Ideally, these contractors or agribusinesses also help the smallholders to get the seeds and fertiliser, obtain the necessary equipment, help with the production technology and assist in other ways. On the basis of interviews with 25 farmers and 12 agribusinesses in different regions of the country, the study tries to asses the merits, risks and preconditions for success of contract farming. The responses from both sides of this contract farming system suggest that overall success will largely depend on the effective co-operation between the two sides and the facilitation of the process by relevant government departments and/or supportive NGOs. Ideally, the lessons to be learned from these transitional reform processes are directly relevant for land reform and agricultural development efforts in other African countries.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Zimbabwe se grondhervormingsstelsel is in die jongste tyd wyd bespreek en skerp gekritiseer, maar dit is selde in groter diepte ontleed. In die oorgang van beginners-kleinskaal-boerdery tot die lang-termyn oogmerk van kommersiele boerdery word die land tans gekenmerk deur ‘n vinnig toenemende proses van “kontrak-boerdery”. Nuwe boere produseer vir kontrakteurs wat hul produksie teen voorafonderhandelde pryse opkoop. Op hul beste voorsien dié kontrakteurs ook die saadgoed en kunsmis, verskaf die nodige toerusting, help met die produksie-tegnologie en voorsien ander take. Op die grondslag van diepte-onderhoude met 25 kleinboere en 12 landboubesighede in verskillende dele van die land, probeer die studie die meriete, risikos en suksesvoorwaardes van hierdie stelsel van kontrakboerdery te bepaal. Terugvoering van die twee kante van dié stelsel toon dat sukses grootliks afhang van die effektiewe samewerking en interaksie van die twee partye tot die stelsel asook ondersteuning deur die betrokke staatsdepartemente en ander ondersteunende organisasies. Lesse geleer uit hierdie studie van Zimbabwe se hervormingsproses behoort direk relevant te wees vir soortgelyke hervormingsprosesse in ander Afrikastate.
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Liao-Troth, Matthew Allen. "The psychological contract of volunteer workers and its consequences." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/288936.
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The psychological contract of workers has been a subject of recent interest, in both academic and practitioner organizational literature. While this attention has developed across fields, and several typologies of contracts have been developed, there are many parts of this construct that are not well understood. Among these are the predictors of the psychological contract, the outcomes of the psychological contract, the violation or fulfillment of the psychological contract, and the generalizability of the psychological contract to volunteer organizational members. In this dissertation, I look specifically at the motives of volunteer workers, the consequences of organizational justice and organization commitment, violation of the contract by the organization and by the worker, and the generalizability of the psychological contract to volunteer workers in an organization. Two studies, one field and one lab, are used to assess these relationships. Results indicate that volunteers and paid employees, regardless of motives, do not differ in their psychological contracts when they are in the same organization performing significantly similar work. In terms of consequences, relationships were found between the psychological contract and its fulfillment or violation with organizational commitment and organizational justice. Specifically, relations were found between: transactional psychological contracts and both distributive justice and continuance commitment; benefits psychological contracts and continuance commitment; good faith and fair dealings psychological contracts and distributive, interactional, and procedural justice as well as affective commitment; and intrinsic job characteristics psychological contracts and distributive, interactional, and procedural justice. Not all findings are consistent across both studies. The results have two implications. The first, that volunteers and paid employees do not differ in their psychological contracts, points to the importance of the work environment in determining psychological contracts. The second issue, the relationships between specific aspects of the psychological contract, organizational justice, and organization commitment, establishes the separateness and relatedness of these constructs. Future research will address other predictors of psychological contracts, the fulfillment or violation of specific contracts, and their effect upon job attitudes that impact worker productivity.
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Burton, Bennet A. Nordin Andrew E. "Analysis of the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Centers's (ALC) contract management processes." Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2007. http://bosun.nps.edu/uhtbin/hyperion-image.exe/07Dec%5FBurton%5FMBA.pdf.
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"Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration from the Naval Postgraduate School, December 2007."Advisor(s): Rendon, Rene ; Petross, Diana. "December 2007." "MBA professional report"--Cover. Description based on title screen as viewed on January 10, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-87). Also available in print.
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Broome, Jonathan Charles. "The effect of the new engineering contract on the management of change." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.492731.
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Mitropoulos, Angela. "Contract and contagion : oikonomia, intimate self-management and the limits to speculation." Thesis, Queen Mary, University of London, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.610914.
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Burton, Bennet A., and Andrew E. Nordin. "Analysis of the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Centers's (ALC) contract management processes." Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/10187.
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MBA Professional ReportThis paper assesses the process capabilities and competencies of Air Force Material Command's (AFMC) Air Logistics Center (ALC) at Tinker AFB, OK. The assessment uses a cross-sectional questionnaire covering contracting processes and procedures. The purpose of this study is to analyze the ALCs contracting processes and procedures to better establish a baseline for contract management maturity. Using the Contract Management Maturity Model (CMMM) and its assessment tool, this model will be used to identify the ALC's weak as well as strong contract management processes, and provide recommendations for improving the maturity of these processes. Additionally, the Learning Organization Assessment model is used to determine which characteristics of a learning organization the ALC possess. The results of these assessments will be used to determine any correlation between the two models and recommend areas for organizational improvement.
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Colesar, Michael A. "Utilization of Navy selected reserve personnel in Defense Contract Management Command units." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/26328.
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Faced with a continually shrinking defense budget it has become increasingly important to fully employ all resources available. The reserves represent one resource that can be exploited further in this quest for efficiency. This thesis focuses on the utilization of the Naval Selected Reserves affiliated with the Defense Contract Management Command. The objective was to examine how these units are currently employed, and how they might be used more effectively in the future. Ancillary issues such as a structured reserve acquisition career path and the impact of the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) were also raised. The most important conclusion derived from this research is that the reserve acquisition forces represent a vast array of skills and experience, and that these forces can be most effectively utilized when their civilian-based skills are drawn upon and employed. Additionally, it became readily apparent that the non-productive drains upon the reservists' time must be eliminated or streamlined. Finally, the issue of applying DAWIA to the reserve forces is currently undecided, but consensus recommends against any formal application
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Sonnerby, Per. "Contract-theoretic analyses of consultants and trade unions." Doctoral thesis, Stockholm : Economic Research Institute, Stockholm School of Economics (EFI), 2007. http://www2.hhs.se/efi/summary/734.htm.
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Kim, Young Woon. "Contract Design in the United States Federal Government." The Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1275446269.
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