The Outsourcing Process: - Strategies for Evaluation and Management

Informationen zum Autor RONAN MCIVOR is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Ulster. Klappentext Outsourcing has become one of the key drivers to improved competitiveness for organisations, especially in regions where labour costs are high. This book provides a framework for an up-to-date understanding of the outsourcing process. It integrates a number of contemporary outsourcing topics, including benchmarking, buyer-supplier relationships, organisational behaviour, competitor analysis and technology influences. The author starts by providing guidelines as to when outsourcing is appropriate and what its implications will be before moving on to explain how outsourcing is implemented. Ideal for use by postgraduate students, researchers and industry managers. Zusammenfassung This book provides a framework for an up-to-date understanding of the outsourcing process. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. The trend towards outsourcing; 3. Theoretical influences on outsourcing; 4. The outsourcing process: a framework for evaluation and management; 5. Determining the current boundary of the organisation; 6. Activity importance analysis; 7. Capability analysis; 8. An analysis of the strategic sourcing options; 9. Developing the relationship strategy; 10. Establish, manage and evaluate the relationship; 11. Outsourcing experiences at Telco; 12. Conclusions.

Product details

• Authors: Ronan McIvor, Ronan (University of Ulster) Mcivor, McIvor Ronan
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.06.2005
• EAN: 9780521844116
• ISBN: 978-0-521-84411-6
• Dimensions: 182 mm x 253 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Purchasing & Buying, Purchasing & supply management, Purchasing and supply management