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An article by Frank Adoranti titled "I'll clean up my language, I swear..."
A humorous examination of the use of language in the executive suite.
The article appears in the February/April 2008 issue of Director Books published by the Institute of Company Directors.
To download a PDF copy of the article, please click here.
An article by Frank Adoranti titled "Justice takes its time ".
A lighthearted look at corporate crime and the Enron trials.
The article appears in the November/December 2006 issue of Director Books published by the Institute of Company Directors.
To download a PDF copy of the article, please click here.
An article by Frank Adoranti titled "Plain English Contracts".
This deals with the issue of writing contracts in "plain English" and the virtue of economy of words in expressing your message clearly and without ambiguity.
The article first appeared in the May 2005 issue of Director Books published by the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
To download a PDF copy of the article, please click here.
An article
by Frank Adoranti titled "Protecting your capital
expenditure".
This deals with a common problem faced by prospective
tenderers and some of the strategies that can be used
to overcome such difficulties. The subject is covered
in greater depth in the third volume of the Commercial
Contracts for Managers series (available for
purchase in
the Books section of this
website, Understanding
Tenders by Frank Adoranti.
The article
first appeared in the February 2005 issue of Contract
Management in Practice published by LexisNexis
Butterworths.
To download a PDF copy of the article, please click
here.
An article
by Frank Adoranti titled "Unlocking the mysteries
of indemnity clauses".
The article
serves as a useful introductory overview or refresher
on indemnity clauses. The subject is treated in greater
depth in the first volume of the Commercial
Contracts for Managers series (available for
purchase in
the Books section of this
website), Understanding
Indemnity Clauses by Frank Adoranti.
The article
first appeared in the January 2005 issue of Contract
Management in Practice published by LexisNexis
Butterworths.
To download a PDF copy of the article, please click
here.
An article by Frank Adoranti on the
lighter side of product warning labels. It also examines
some of the issues underlying the affixing of warning
labels on products and the rationale for their use.
Aptly titled
"Wacky warnings
- a light hearted look at product warning labels".
The article
first appeared in the September 2004 issue of the Australian
Product Liability Law Reporter published by
LexisNexis Butterworths.
To download a PDF copy of
the complete article, please click here.
Part 2 of
a 2-part article by Frank Adoranti on the requirements
and qualities of a good negotiator.
This part
focuses on the mindset of a good negotiator.
The article
first appeared in the October 2004 issue of Contract
Management in Practice published by LexisNexis
Butterworths.
To download a PDF copy of the article, please click
here.
Part 1 of
a 2-part article by Frank Adoranti on the requirements
and qualities of a good negotiator.
This part focuses on the five essential qualities of
a good negotiator.
The article first appeared in the September 2004 issue
of Contract Management in Practice
published by LexisNexis Butterworths.
To download a PDF copy of the article, please click
here.
An article by Frank Adoranti on the process of due
diligence, carried out by a purchaser intending to acquire
a business or company. At the end of the article is
a handy checklist of the matters typically covered in
the "big 3" areas of due diligence -- accounting,
tax and legal.
Aptly titled "Uncovering
the Skeletons", it is the
cover feature article of the May
2004 edition of the Director Books Catalogue
published by the Australian Institute of Company
Directors.
To download a PDF copy of the
complete article, please click here.
An article
by Frank Adoranti on the prevention of problems with
commercial contracts at the negotiation stage.
The article describes potential problems caused by poorly
negotiated contracts and why an understanding of contractual
principles is a necessity for organisations.
To download a PDF copy of the text of the article, please
click here.
The article was published in
"the Independent", New Zealand's Business
Weekly, on 28th January 2004.
An article
by Frank Adoranti on Commercial contracts and risk management.
The article highlights the potential problems caused
by poorly negotiated contracts and how a basic understanding
of contractual principles can save an organisation from
litigation.
To download a PDF copy of the article, please click
here.
The article was originally published
in "Keeping Good Companies", the Journal of
Chartered
Secretaries Australia Ltd, October 2003 edition,
Volume 55, Number 9.
An article by Frank Adoranti on the use of "plain
English" language in contracts.
The article's central theme is one of simplicity of expression
in legal documents and how the use of fewer words helps
clarify meaning.
To download a PDF copy of the article, please click here.
A handy checklist of steps that a prospective tenderer
might follow prior to submiting a tender bid.
The checklist is taken from one of our best-selling books
in the Commercial Contracts for
Managers series (available for purchase here),
Understanding Tenders by
Frank Adoranti.
To download a PDF copy of the checklist, please click
here.
A handy checklist of the elements of a basic confidentiality
agreement.
In many cases, a company's single most valuable asset
will be its intellectual property. Preventative measures
and safeguards are the best tools available to protect
confidential and proprietary information.
Once the information becomes available to others, it is
usually too late.
The checklist is taken from the second book in the Commercial
Contracts for Managers series (available for purchase
here)
Understanding Confidentiality Agreements
by Frank Adoranti.
To download a PDF copy of the checklist, please click
here.
A handy contract administration tool -- the document execution
form.
In a large organisation, the person asked to sign a document
often does not know what the document is about and who
approved it, without reading it. Reading every word of
the document does not always give the reader an understanding
of the internal organisational approval processes the
document has been through (or was required to go through).
A document execution form may bring up questions/issues
which might not, but should be asked by the document signatory.
Even in smaller businesses, the document execution form
provides a useful 1-page summary, as a record.
The document execution form is taken from the sixth book
in the Commercial Contracts for
Managers series (available for pre-order here)
Understanding Effective Contract
Evaluation by Frank Adoranti -- FORTHCOMING.
To download a PDF copy of the document execution form,
please click here.
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