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Scellato, Joseph P. – School Business Affairs, 1981
Shares some insights into the school purchasing process. (MLF)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education, Purchasing
Natale, Joseph L. – 1986
This chapter of "Principles of School Business Management" discusses the effective management of purchasing processes in a school district. These processes include obtaining materials, supplies, and equipment of maximum value for the least expense, and receiving, storing, and distributing the items obtained. The chapter opens with an overview of…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Equipment
Dobbin, James; Jenkins, Mike – School Business Affairs, 2000
Today's purchasing professionals recognize the need to reduce non-value-added procedures (clerical functions) while emphasizing strategic planning. Results-oriented supply-chain managers need superb communication, negotiation, and leadership skills to achieve long-term value and resist the lowest, first- cost bids. (Contains 13 references.) (MLH)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Partnerships in Education, Purchasing
Jordan, K. Forbis; And Others – 1985
This textbook reviews the principal concerns within each of 13 major responsibility areas in school business administration. The first chapter assesses the political, social, and economic context in which schools function and school administrators work. The role and function of the school business administrator within this context is addressed in…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrator Role, Budgeting, Building Operation
