Consider Linda Smith’s critique of conventional research methodologies and conclusions. Students are also welcome to bring in any insights gleaned from other class texts by Sean Carleton, Gloria Frank, Dallas Hunt, Thomas King, etc .

consider Linda Smith’s critique of conventional research methodologies and conclusions. Students are also welcome to bring in any insights gleaned from other class texts by Sean Carleton, Gloria Frank, Dallas Hunt, Thomas King, etc .

Explain the importance of planning.

Explain what is Make-or-Buy analysis?
What can happen if procurement processes are built on poor planning?
What are the benefits of a Make-or-Buy analysis?
Provide an example of a procurement process used by a project-based organization found via the web or the CSU-Global Library that demonstrate a proper use of the Plan Procurement Management. What do you like about the example?

Assignment: Identify an article published before 2011 in newspapers, magazines or government publications. (By stipulating this assignment needs to focus on an older article, it ensures that students will need to use the on-line newspaper data bases or visit local archives). Students might decide to look at newspaper coverage of the Quincentenary, the 500 years since the arrival of Columbus, in 1992.

Identify an article published before 2011 in newspapers, magazines or government publications. (By stipulating this assignment needs to focus on an older article, it ensures that students will need to use the on-line newspaper data bases or visit local archives). Students might decide to look at newspaper coverage of the Quincentenary, the 500 years since the arrival of Columbus, in 1992; students might want to examine obituaries of notable Canadian Indigenous people, like E. Pauline Johnson or Louis Riel; students can also find an article about a community of importance to themselves.