Friday, 3 August 2007

Educational Technology Leadership Briefing: making a large purchase

If you're fortunate enough to have secured funding to make a large purchase, such as a new school network, or a Learning Platform, how should you go about it?

When you're spending money, there are some things you really must do. You need to adopt a business-like approach that is transparent and which maximises the likelihood of the purchase helping you achieve your goals. This is good practice that applies to any purchase, but even more so as the amount of money involved increases.

Here are 10 key elements of good practice.

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