Examine the Key Factors for Successfully Implementing and Outsourcing Projects.

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c46948) has announced the addition of Global Outsourcing Strategies to their offering.

One of the most significant techniques to which companies and organizations have turned to improve service delivery

and reduce costs has been outsourcing. Over the last 10 years, almost any process has been successfully outsourced. But during that period there have been failures too; projects that never realised their objectives or that had unforeseen impact on business.

Global Outsourcing Strategies is a state-of-the-art guide to the best lessons to be learned for successfully implementing and outsourcing projects, or for revisiting existing operations. The 22 chapters explore some of the new areas for outsourcing, after traditional targets such as IT and finance. Information is provided on the different facets of the outsourcing process, such as contract negotiation, the risks involved in outsourcing, the need for service level agreements, the critical requirements needed to build and sustain outsourcing relationships, and ethical supply chain issues. There are also sections exploring the impact of outsourcing on organizational structures; the long term effects; legal issues; management control and inter-firm relationships; as well as case studies from both the public and private sector on the practical side of outsourcing. The book will appeal to practitioners and researchers alike.

This is a must-have guide for any organization approaching outsourcing as a global (or local) strategy and for those organizations now reviewing or developing their outsourcing partnerships.

About the Author/Editor

Peter Barrar is Emeritus Professor at the University of Manchester, UK. Until recently, he held the Chair of Operations Management at Manchester Business School, where he was Associate Dean of Faculty for academic affairs and latterly, Deputy Director. He has also held appointments as Director of the full-time MBA, Director of the Postgraduate Centre and Director of the Centre for Business Research at MBS.

Dr Roxane Gervais has many years experience working in diverse teams, in both public and private sectors, and in international environments. Her previous roles include working for corporations such as IBM and British Airways, as well as working with different consultancy firms to organize and execute research programmes.

Topics Covered

About the editors

About the contributors

Part I The Nature of Outsourcing and Its Present State

Introduction

The outsourcing decision: A strategic framework

Research on outsourcing: Theoretical perspectives and empirical evidence

Outsourcing: Drivers and future developments

The evolution of outsourcing

Global IT sourcing: Analysis, developments and best practice considerations

Part II The Impact of Outsourcing on Organisational Structures

Introduction

Global technology transfer: Personal experience from GM and the private sector

The relationship between corporate competitiveness strategy, innovation, increased efficiency, productivity growth and outsourcing

Outsourcing: The employee perspective

Outsourcing for a competitive advantage: The human resource dimensions

Part III The Long-term Effects of Outsourcing as an Organisational Driven Process Introduction

Outsourcing activities in the world economy

SMEs ability to go global relevance of aggregation and critical e-applications in outsourcing

The economic rationale and labour market effects of outsourcing: A survey Transforming organisations: An analysis of outsourcing and its effects on trade unions

The materiality of outsourcing

Part IV Outsourcing: Legal Issues, Control and Relationships

Introduction

Legal aspects of outsourcing: An overall perspective

Risk mitigation and outsourcing: Alternative models for managing supply risk

Use of service credits to mediate performance in an outsourcing agreement

Critical requirements for building and sustaining a successful outsourcing relationship

Outsourcing: Ethical supply chain issues

Part V The Practical Side of Outsourcing

The Case Study Approach

Introduction

Clean skin at Kinleith Mill

Key questions to ask when contracting out government services: An application to orderly services

Offshoring and the SME

Index

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