Law 531 Week 4 Reflection: AT & T Mobility

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Reflection LAW/531 January 28, 2012 Bradley Romig Learning Team "B" Week Four Reflection A contract is a legally enforceable agreement between two or more people. Contract administration involves those activities performed by an enterprise's administrative personnel charged with ensuring the performance of the contract fulfillment. A good contract administration plan helps businesses manage a contract effectively and offers a tool for observing the company’s performance and adherence to the contract terms. A successful contract requires management to read the details of the contract carefully and recognize the consequences if the terms and conditions are not met and followed. A contract administration plan creates systems and methods…show more content…
Most of AT&T Mobility non-management employees are bargained, or represented by the Communications Workers of America Union. Several areas within AT&T are divided into separate contracts. The bargained mobility employees, depending upon what state they work in, are part of their own contract and district. Every two years a contract between AT&T and the Union expires and must be renegotiated. The negotiations start approximately one month before the previous contract expires and continues until an agreement is made. The contract between the CWA and AT&T negotiates pay, schedules, and benefits for the employees of the AT&T. If an agreement is not made, bargained employees of the CWA may decide to go on a strike and non-bargained, management employees step in to continue the jobs of bargained…show more content…
Retrieved from http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/att_mobility_bargaining_kick-off_cwa_opening_statement Best Practices for Contract Administration. (1994). Retrieved from http://www.gsa.gov/graphics/fas/BestPracticesContractAdministration.pdf Cheeseman, H.R. (2010). Business law: Legal environment, online commerce, business ethics, and international issues (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall. Harmon, K. M. J., & Stephan, B. M. (2001). Claims avoidance techniques: Best practices for contract administration. AACE International Transactions,1. Luther, C.(2013).Preparing a Contract Administration Plan. Retrieved from http://smallbusiness.chron.com/preparing-contract-administration-plan-40327.html Preparing a Contract Administration Plan. (2012). Retrieved from http://www.ehow.com/how_6891817_preparing-contract-administration-plan.html SIMULATIONS: Contract Creation and Management

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