Hi,
I don't know if this is the right forum to post this question. If not, please direct me to the appropriate forum for doing so and I will.
My question is about the definition of Contract Management. Where can I find the most complete and correct definitions for Contract Management? I'm a student at Elon University and I'm doing a paper on the meaning, implications, and practices of Contract Management in professional organizations, such as companies and government organizations.
So far, the most complete definition I've found seems to be the one provided by the International Foundation for Information Technology (IF4IT)… (Contract Management: http://www.if4it.com/SYNTHESIZED/GLO...anagement.html)
This definition breaks Contract Management into 4 categories…
- Contract Management as a Professional Discipline
- Contract Management as a set of Solutions
- Contract Management as a set of Processes
- Contract Management as an Enterprise Capability
While the definitions provided by the IF4IT seem pretty thorough, the IF4IT doesn't seem to be an organization that focuses on Law as much as it does on Information Technology, so I was wondering if the community could point me to additional Contract Management definitions that I could use, which come from Legal/Law sources.
NOTE: I've tried to use other references, but most don't really give what would be considered "thorough" definitions, especially when you compare them to the components of the definition, above.
Thanks!

