OPBOK Version 10: Outsourcing Professional Body of Knowledge by IAOP (2014 Paperback) | Business Process Management & Outsourcing Guide for Professionals

If you're a strategic sourcing, procurement, or vendor management professional this book sets the baseline expectations for competence in your field. While it's the basis for industry certification through the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals, it's also an excellent reference guide. Holistic materials include defining and communicating outsourcing as a management practice, developing and end-to-end process for making sourcing decisions, integrating strategic sourcing into your organizations business strategy and operations, creating and sustaining high performance teams to complete sourcing programs/projects, developing and communicating business requirements to bidders, evaluating and selecting service providers, developing financial case and pricing, contracting and negotiating with suppliers, managing transitions, and performing governance. It's not "the" end all, be all book, but it's invaluable for entry-level through mid-level professionals in the field and is used by buy side, sell side, and advisory organizations. A great companion volume is Strategic Sourcing in the New Economy: Harnessing the Potential of Sourcing Business Models for Modern Procurement