Textbook (Hardcover)
To ensure success, outsourcing must be a strategic decision - not a mere life preserver or short-term revenue-booster. Strategic Outsourcing is a complete, definitive guide to both the immediate tactical issues and the long-term strategic objectives. With tools for measuring benefits and risks, guidelines for implementing the process, and tips for helping employees make the transition, the book gives you everything you need to effectively outsource any activity, function, or process in your organization.
The author outlines a planning and implementation methodology that involves: forming an outsourcing team to study options; determining how outsourcing fits with long-term strategies; analyzing present and future costs and performance; selecting providers; negotiating terms; helping employees make the transition; and managing provider relationships. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)
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