MGT 300 - CHAPTER 15
Chapter 15 - Outsourcing in the 21th century OUTSOURCING PROJECTS ~ Insourcing ( in-house-development) - a common approach using the professional expertise within an organization to develop and maintain the organization's information technology systems ~ Outsourcing - an arrangement by which one organization provides a service or services for another organization that chooses not to perform them in-house ~ Reasons companies outsource ~ Onshore outsourcing - engaging another company within the same country for services ~ Nearshore outsourcing - contracting an outsourcing arrangement with the company in a nearby country ~ Offshore sourcing - using organization from developing countries to write code and develop system ~ Big selling point for offshore outsourcing "inexpensive good work" ~ Factors driving outsourcing growth include : Core competencies - Many companies have recently begun to consider outsourcing as
