The Outsourcing Process: Strategies for Evaluation and Management - Hardcover

McIvor, Ronan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521844118 ISBN 13: 9780521844116

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2005

Synopsis

Outsourcing has become an increasingly important issue for many organisations. This book provides a framework for an up-to-date understanding of the outsourcing process and the key issues associated with it. It integrates a number of contemporary topics including benchmarking, buyer-supplier relationships, organisational behaviour, competitor analysis, and technology influences. The analysis draws upon both empirical research and real case studies. 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. The benefits of both successful outsourcing and the risks and consequences of outsourcing failure are outlined. The book is ideal for use by postgraduate students studying the area of outsourcing. It would also benefit industry managers who are considering outsourcing or who already have outsourcing programmes in place.

About this title

Book Description:

Outsourcing has become one of the key drivers to improved competitiveness for organisations. This book provides a framework for an up-to-date understanding of outsourcing. It integrates a number of contemporary outsourcing topics, including benchmarking, buyer-supplier relationships, organisational behaviour, competitor analysis and technology influences. For postgraduate students, researchers and industry managers.

About the Author:

RONAN MCIVOR is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Ulster.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0521844118
• ISBN 13: 9780521844116
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 338