Government and Commercial Environments

Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas. In this course, you will be creating a procurement plan for a commercial (private) or government (public) organization of your choice. Go to: http://resources.careered.com/LCMSFileSharePreview/Resources/MSWordDocument/SCM420_ProcurementPlan_Final.docx to open and download a detailed description of the Procurement Plan Project for this course. Go to: http://resources.careered.com/LCMSFileSharePreview/Resources/MSWordDocument/SCM420_ProcurementPlanTemplate.docx to open and download the template for this project. Each week during this course, you will build upon this document to create your plan. Library Research Assignment Select and research an organization that will be the subject of the Procurement Plan Project that you will be working on during this course. Provide the following: An introduction and description of your choice organization, characterizing it as either a government (public) or a commercial (private) entity A breakdown of the procurement process for this kind of organization An analysis of how the procurement process for your organization differs from its commercial or government counterpart Use at least 2 articles from the LIBRARY to complete this assignment.