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Basic Contract Management - English

2025​

 

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Learn the fundamental contract processes and activities

Basic Contract Management Course
During this two-day course, you will learn the fundamental contract processes and activities and  gain the essential tools needed to manage your contracts effectively towards the planned goals.


Another key aspect of the course is how to enhance collaboration within your organization regarding contracts and the best ways to communicate and maintain strong relationships between customers and suppliers.


Additionally, you will acquire knowledge about legal aspects and risk management, empowering you to make confident and informed decisions throughout the contract process.


As part of the course, you will receive a 100-page textbook on contract management, along with several practical tools and checklists developed by leading practitioners in Denmark. These include templates for contract initiation meetings, communication plans, contract management plans, change management, risk logs, experience logs, and more.

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Course Form
The course combine theory with practical examples, supplemented by exercises, self-reflections, and dialogue. The course is interactive, allowing you to reflect on your own role and initiate necessary actions within your organization.


The course material and instruction are in English.

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Participant Profile
This course is designed for you who are involved in contract management and contract-related activities on a daily or regular basis in a public organization or private company. You are a contract manager, but your main role may also be in another field, such as procurement or bid management, IT management, project management, purchasing, sales management, tendering, or legal advisory.


You need knowledge, methods, and practical tools for managing and improving contracts, as well as well as the need create a unified, updated language for contracts and their management. Furthermore, you need to clarify strategies, roles, and responsibilities related to contract governance.

Knowledge, methods and tools for contract management

A unified, updated language related to contracts

Best practice techniques

Teachers

René Franz Henschel

René is a highly experienced instructor and researcher in the field of contract law and contract management. He has written numerous articles and books on the subjects and brings extensive practical expertise from his previous consulting work with government entities, legal professionals, and IT suppliers.


René is an active member of the World Commerce and Contracting's Advisory Board and has contributed to key educational textbooks in our programs.

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Since 2010, he has been teaching Contract and Commercial Management. In recognition of his contributions to the field, he was appointed "fellow" by World Commerce and Contracting in 2021 for his significant role and dedication to advancing the discipline and promoting WCC’s visions and mission of creating value in commercial relationships.

PROFESSOR,, AARHUS UNIVERSITY; IACCM/WORLDCC CERTIFIED AT EXPERT LEVEL, APPOINTED FELLOW

The course gives you methods and tools for:

  • Managing and improving contracts

  • A unified, updated language about contracts

  • Negotiation, contract drafting, and risk management

  • Implementation and communication

  • Managing deliveries, payments, and penalties

  • Compliance

  • Requirements and change management

  • Conflict resolution

Day program 

Day 1

  • Introduction to contract management. Background, purpose, terminology and definitions

  • The 10 most important reasons for poor contract management – and how it can be improved

  • Efficiency gains, KPIs and benchmarking

  • Central, decentralized or centralized contract management; reporting lines

  • The management role, change management and interdisciplinary coordination and collaboration

  • The interaction between management, purchasing, sales, SCM, CRM, Quality management, Project management, law and contract management

  • Contract compliance and legal compliance

  • Portfolio management and risk management

  • The contract's life cycle – overview

  • Resources – people, skills, software and support functions

  • Roles, responsibilities, etc.

  • Stakeholder management and communication

  • Strategic, tactical and operational contract management

Form

2 days of theory, exercises, examples and discussions. The course is partly interactive, so you will be able to reflect on your own role and initiate the actions that are necessary in your organization.

The teaching takes place in English.

Materials

100-page manuscript on contract management, a 25-page framework on "Good practice Contract Management", as well as methods and tools that can be used directly in one's own practice.

You can find the material on NSCCM's material page. You will receive an email when the materials page opens 2 weeks before the start of classes.

Effort

We recommend that you read the manuscript on contract management of approx. 100 pages.

Exam

There is no exam.

We issue course certificates upon request.

Price

DKK 10,000 excl. VAT.

The price includes materials and catering (breakfast, lunch and afternoon buffet).

The price does not cover costs for transport and accommodation.

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