The future of outsourcing : strategic outsourcing controls and the backsourcing evolution / Lazaro A. Mederos
By: Mederos, Lazaro A [author.].
Publisher: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2021Description: 223p.ISBN: 9783030714062.Subject(s): Contracting out | Production management | Accounting | Business enterprises -- FinanceDDC classification: 658.4058 Summary: This book provides a new evolutionary perspective on outsourcing. The traditional prioritization of continuous outsourcing has resulted in increased hidden costs that have sabotaged business profits. As a result of undisciplined outsourcing, businesses have lost a defining characteristic of their success: decision control. In contrast, the ability to combine outsourcing with backsourcing is a winning strategy for business leaders across a broad range of industries. In this book, the author traces the essence of the outsourcing industry as it has evolved over the past two centuries. With compelling case studies from the pharmaceutical, aviation, insurance, and cookware industries, this book moves beyond theorizing. It highlights key insights from some of the leading outsourcing pioneers who helped to define the industry. The case studies demonstrate the evolution of outsourcing, from a past marked by a costly outsourcing approach to a future fueled by the diversification of sourcing for optimal business success. Through the provision of decision models and best practices, this book provides academics and practitioners with tangible steps to implement successful outsourcing and backsourcing strategies.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| 658.4050954 SIN-P Problems and prospects of business process outsourcing in India since 1990 | 658.4053 WIL-S The social psychology of organizations : | 658.4058 HUM- Human side of outsourcing: psychological theory and management practice | 658.4058 MED-F The future of outsourcing : | 658.406 CON-; Managing organizational change | 658.406 ORG- Organisational challenges: insights and solutions | 658.4063 LAF-K Knowledge Economies and Knowledge Work |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book provides a new evolutionary perspective on outsourcing. The traditional prioritization of continuous outsourcing has resulted in increased hidden costs that have sabotaged business profits. As a result of undisciplined outsourcing, businesses have lost a defining characteristic of their success: decision control. In contrast, the ability to combine outsourcing with backsourcing is a winning strategy for business leaders across a broad range of industries. In this book, the author traces the essence of the outsourcing industry as it has evolved over the past two centuries. With compelling case studies from the pharmaceutical, aviation, insurance, and cookware industries, this book moves beyond theorizing. It highlights key insights from some of the leading outsourcing pioneers who helped to define the industry. The case studies demonstrate the evolution of outsourcing, from a past marked by a costly outsourcing approach to a future fueled by the diversification of sourcing for optimal business success. Through the provision of decision models and best practices, this book provides academics and practitioners with tangible steps to implement successful outsourcing and backsourcing strategies.
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