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Commissioning
Consultancy
By Helen Kara of We Research It Ltd and Paul Muir
of MWB
Consultancy Ltd. Published in 2003 by Russell
House Publishing, this book is an essential guide
for anyone who commissions consultancy or outsources
research work, training or project management.
Bringing in extra skilled help from outside your
organisation or partnership can be expensive, unpredictable
and potentially full of pitfalls. If you commission
such help, it is your responsibility to ensure that
you get the best results you can by getting the right
type of help. If you are a 'skilled outsider', offering
consultancy, training, project management, or research,
then it is your responsibility to assist the person
who commissions your work. This book can help you
to undertake this potentially complicated course of
action together - and to succeed.
Whether commissioner or consultant, experienced or
novice, by the time you have read this book you will
understand:
- what consultants can do
- how to find and select the right consultant
- how to manage a consultant to get the results
you want
- how to forestall or overcome any problems that
arise between commissioner and consultant.
The book includes:
- many new ideas and tips
- guidelines on preparing briefs for commissioning
the main types of work that consultants do
- guidance about getting the best from your consultant
and the project once it's under way.
This book is primarily for those who commission and
manage consultants: the people who have the ultimate
responsibility for any project, because they have
to live and work with the outcome long after the consultant
has moved on to new projects and other clients. But
it is also written for consultants themselves, because
the better you understand - and the more you support
- each other, the more effectively you can work together
to improve the quality of public services.
Click
here to see a review of Commissioning Consultancy
by Tim Burke, consultant editor of "Young People
Now".
Click
here to see a review from Care and Health.
How To Order 'Commissioning Consultancy'
If you would like to buy a single copy of Commissioning Consultancy at the retail price of £16.95, please send your order to the address at the top of this page. Alternatively you can send an email to sales@weresearchit.co.uk - when ordering by email, please include an order reference number in your message. Under normal circumstances a copy of the book and an invoice will be sent to you by first-class post within five working days; at holiday times it may take a little longer. Please note that our terms of trading require that invoices are paid within 30 days.
There will be no charge for postage and packing to UK addresses; postage to non-UK addresses will be charged at cost. If you want your copy sent to an address outside the UK, postage will be charged at cost.
If you require more than one copy of the book, please contact the publishers, Russell
House Publishing Ltd.
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