Strategic Outsourcing: Risk Management, Methods and Benefits by Maurice Greaver

From the Publisher

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.

Booknews

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)

Details from Seller

• ISBN: 0814404340
• Publisher: AMACOM
• Pub. Date: March 1999
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• Attributes: Dust Jacket

Comments from the Seller: New York 1999 Hardcover Seventh Printing Very Good in Very Good dust jacket 0814404340. Almost no wear to DJ, not price clipped, binding is dark gold with red and gold lettering along spine, pages are tight, text clean, book in very good condition! ; STRATEGIC OUTSOURCING Risk Management, Methods and Benefits Organizations are turning to external suppliers for everything from payroll processing to facilities management. The goal is better quality at lower costs, but too often the results are disappointing-to-dismal--simply because many buyers lack a clear outsourcing methodology. Using the concepts in this book, managers responsible for outsourcing will learn to avoid typical pitfalls and ensure success. Readers learn how to: ** determine core competencies that should be kept in-house rather than outsourced ** align outsourcing with overall corporate strategy ** use outsourcing to support transformation strategies such as restructuring and TQM ** evaluate, compare, and select vendors ** develop targeted RFP

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