Contract Management for Non-Specialists

How to Read, Understand and Manage Commercial Contracts

Successful contract management, whether buying or selling, is measured by how successfully the goods and services were delivered. This book is dedicated to helping contract managers achieve that success.

Contract Management for Non-Specialists, part of the Bite-Sized Books Business Books Series, is aimed at business managers, project managers, delivery staff and even sales people who are engaged with clients delivering services and products within a contractual framework.

It distils nearly forty years of Dr Davies’ experience of developing, negotiating and managing contracts into a short, jargon-free and easily readable book, and it provides all the insights you will need to manage contracts. It is not designed to replace legal advice from qualified practitioners but will enable you to find your way round a contract, understand legal terms or find out what they mean, and allow you to have confidence in managing a contract either with a supplier or on behalf of a supplier.

By reading this book, and then having it at your side, you will be able to understand how to read a contract actively – that is looking for the triggers, flash points and issues – and then manage the contract over its lifetime.

It is an invaluable guide for all non-specialists and even if you have great experience in the field, you will find it insightful and supportive.