American InterContinental University MGMT 475 Homework Help

You are a new procurement manager with the largest supplier of home goods in the Northeast. The owner of the corporation is considering discontinuing the contract for the shipping of goods. He wants the corporation to invest in its own fleet of trucks for delivery. Consider the advantages and disadvantages of this possible change for the company. • As the procurement manager, the owner has requested a report with an assessment of the company investing in its own delivery. • Consider the conditions in which it would make sense for the corporation to invest and manage its own fleet of trucks, as well as the benefits of not investing. • Prepare a report addressed to the owner with your assessment. Your work must include a reference list. All research should be cited in the body of the paper. Assess the regulation of contracting and the requirements of the U.S. The FAR Part 15 provides the policies and procedures for the negotiation of a government contract. These guidelines protect both the government and the organization that submits a proposal for consideration, whether a competitive or other-than-competitive proposal. Please choose your own U.S.

Government Accountability Office (GAO) contract decision to answer the week 3 DB. • Present the details of FAR Part 15, incorporating the GAO protest from the GAO contract decision. • Why did the protest occur? • What are the details surrounding the protest? • What are the FAR Part 15 regulations that allowed the protest? • Are there similar cases whereby the contract award is protested? Unit 4 IP, search the AIU library and Internet for “ethics and government contracts” and policies and procedures or a “code of ethics” for contracts. Locate three specific case examples for unethical incidences dealing with contracts. • Identify the 3 cases. • What is the misconduct surrounding the unethical incidences in the contracts? • Are the standard policies and procedures or a code of ethics adequate to government contracting (justify your answer)? • Identify the violations on the individual involved, as well as the weakness of the oversight of the organization in which the unethical incident occurred.

• Identify the consequences on the firm and the individual. Organizations with clear techniques of negotiation of contracts help managers prepare for effective, successful contract negotiation. Techniques in one negotiation may not effectively work well in another. The president of the Brikris Corporation has assigned you to a negotiation team. You are a part of a special project team that is focused on putting together a training seminar for the development of high-performance negotiation skills for various contract modifications. As a team, you should consider concepts examined so far in the course and their impact on contract negotiation. Consider the various types of contract modifications and the situations that surround those modifications. • Each team member must prepare a 1-page Word document with well-developed ideas for best practices of negotiation techniques. • This document should include recommendations for (at minimum) 4 primary things that are vital for a successful negotiation. • Explain how that idea will ensure a win-win negotiation. • This should be prepared in Word and copied to the Small Group DB so that others may provide feedback.

• As a member of this special project team, provide feedback to the posted recommendations of one other member of the team. • Your feedback should be well developed and offer a new perspective for him or her to consider. • Post comments directly on the Small Group DB, in response to the post of another team member. • As a group, discuss and arrive at a consensus on at least 5 best practices for negotiation techniques from the list provided by all members of the team. • Prepare 1 document with the list of 5, and explain how that idea will ensure a win-win negotiation. • As a team, prepare a final document for the Brikris Corporation president to review. • This document will contain the list of best practices for a high-performance negotiation, as well as the best methods to approach contract modifications. Each team member will be graded based on his or her contribution to each step of the project. Individual grades may be assigned based on the level of contribution. The Discussion Board (DB) is part of the core of online learning.