As contracts continue to be the foundation of business relationships, organizations need to implement effective contract management practices to avoid risk and achieve optimal outcomes. This course provides you with the knowledge and skills to successfully manage and execute the contracting process. Throughout the course, you learn how to implement the contract life cycle and avoid common pitfalls.

Outsourcing, privatization, or alternative service delivery are currently advertised as instruments to achieve balanced budgets at all levels of government in countries around the world. Do the contracting methods employ yield best value? How can public entities successfully engage in agreements that provide efficient and effective services that meet the needs of the community? This course provides students with a perspective on the issues and practices that are employed to contract for services provided by and for the public sector, and the importance of successfully managing those relationships.