Peter Smith

Bad Buying

How organisations waste billions through failures, frauds and f*ck-ups

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Produktbeschreibung

Colossal, costly disasters could be averted if those holding the purse strings read this book. - The Times 'Had this been published pre-Covid, some of the recent fck-ups and waste might have been avoided. It's a must read for the public and private sector alike' Lt-Gen. Sir Andrew Gregory, SSAFA: The Armed Forces Charity 'Hilarious, enlightening and brilliant....This book will make you think twice about buying anything - but do buy this' Ant...

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books UK / Penguin Business
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 473781
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 162mm x 232mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 407g
• ISBN-13: 9780241434598
• ISBN-10: 0241434599
• Artikelnr.: 59831204

Autorenporträt

Smith, Peter§Peter Smith has over 35 years' experience in procurement and supply chain as a manager, procurement director, consultant, analyst and writer. Peter is the Managing Director of Procurement Excellence Ltd, a leading specialist consulting firm. He is recognised as one of the UK's leading experts in public and private sector procurement performance improvement. Peter has an MA in Mathematics from Cambridge University. His first book, Buying Professional Services, was published by Profile in 2010.

Rezensionen

Colossal, costly disasters could be averted if those holding the purse strings read this book. The Times