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Governance Mechanisms for Outsourcing Contracts or Why You Should Let the Air...
Transaction cost economics (TCE) has emerged as a common framework for understanding the choice of governance mode in economic activities. TCE suggests that in response to exchange hazards, firms...
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Telfer School of Management joins with Strategic Relationship Solutions to...
“In today’s environment, executives and managers are regularly faced with tough outsourcing decisions. Our partnership with SRS is a reflection of our continued commitment to excellence in executive...
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Check Out The New Paper On How To Make Your Outsourcing Initiatives Successful
Use the SlideShare Personal Viewer to read and download the new executive brief on How To Make Your Outsourcing Initiatives Successful: 30
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Recent Relational Management Seminar Raises Net-Net Question When It Comes To...
One of the primary questions that came up as a result of the recent Relational Outsourcing Management seminar, especially from those in a leadership position, was centered on the “net-net” result of...
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Shared Services Canada – Procurement Design Industry Consultations
I have recently been invited to participate in industry consultations on IT procurement and Bench-marking for Shared Services Canada. The official name of the group is Industry Technology...
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Government’s proposed changes to procurement show that they are in the right...
“What makes what you do so exciting Andy is that you not only see the process beyond the actual procurement but that you have also created a model that incorporates the relationship factor into the...
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Relationship Contracting Expert: Questionnaire on CF-18 Hornet replacement...
In relation to the so called KPMG framework, there is nothing that one couldn’t find readily available in a managerial or financial accounting academic text book. As a tax payer, I hope I didn’t pay...
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Focus on building relationships that create sustainable value in Canada key...
“I am not pro or against the technology, I just want to build value in Canada. So let’s take the focus off of politics and technological leanings and place it where it best serves everyone’s...
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Focus on building relationships that create sustainable value in Canada key...
“I am not pro or against the technology, I just want to build value in Canada. So let’s take the focus off of politics and technological leanings and place it where it best serves everyone’s...
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Move of IT buying to SSC lays the foundation for getting the job done right!...
“By moving away from each department independently managing these activities, there are opportunities to drive economies of scale, achieve savings for taxpayers and improve services,” the budget reads....
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The truth about Public Private Partnerships by Colin Cram (Part 1 of 3)
NOTE: This article was originally published in the Procurement Insights European Union Edition. In Part 2 I will provide a detailed commentary centered around Colin’s post as well as the recent news...
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The truth about Public-Private Partnerships by Andy Akrouche (Part 2 of 3)
In yesterday’s Part 1 post (The truth about Private Public Partnerships) Colin Cram provided some much needed insight in terms of both the promise and the failings associated with Private-Public...
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With Serco is it a case of one bad apple spoiling the entire corporate...
Last week , the Procurement Insights European Union Edition was one of the very first blogs to report on the news that the Minister of Justice Chris Grayling had announced that the Serious Fraud Office...
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To buy or not to buy . . . that is the FWSAR question! by Andy Akrouche
In a recent presentation I gave to a senior government management team I was introducing what I believed to be an innovative yet practical approach relating to cross agency collaboration. While there...
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Does flawless negotiation create certainty? by Andy Akrouche
Have you ever wondered why there is such a great emphasis placed on learning negotiating techniques? After all, and as a simple search on the Internet will demonstrate, there are tens if not hundreds...
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Ubiquitous Progression: How the SRS Relational Model is becoming an Industry...
I have to admit that I was happy to see that my numerous discussions with IACCM has made an impression on them to the point that they would talk about the core elements of the SRS relational model that...
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Ministry of Defence privatization plans: Setting up stakeholders for failure...
We are all familiar with quotes such as “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results.” Even though the announcement that the Ministry of Defence’s plans to...
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The (Real) Art of the Deal by Andy Akrouche
With everyone from deal architects to premier transaction firms embracing a “Relationship” mantra when it comes to complex contracting and outsourcing, the true meaning of the word is being lost in a...
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The Relational Divide: Why CGI HealthCare.gov experience reflects more about...
I read with interest the January 14th Wall Street Journal article “Accenture to Take Over Fixing HealthCare.gov Website” by Stephanie Armour, in which it was announced that CGI’s contract with the...
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The Ultimate Relational Contracting Model Primer by Andy Akrouche
I was recently asked a question regarding Futuresourcing™ in terms of developing an effective contract governance model. Specifically, what is the best way to structure a contract to ensure that the...
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