miércoles, 4 de febrero de 2009

Outsourcing

After having the idea of what outsourcing mean we are now ready to answer some basic questions to get deeper in the topic.

First of all what are the pros and cons about it? The -good- part of it is that you can achieve more with less, have flexibility when negotiating contracts specially in how to manage the budget if you can't afford higher- priced staff (there's a real difference in paying $50 per hour in US than $15 in Poland) and finally having educated people with enough skills (having a lot of workers with degrees from finest universities).  The -Bad- side of it is that US looses industrial infrastructure through the closing of factories also they export capital abroad in building manufacturing plants and duplicate patterns and tooling in another country. This money then becomes unavailable for US  economic expansion. The third  harmful effect is the loss of income for the local, state and federal governments and the fewer contributions to the social security and Medicare. 

Industrialized countries have been the ones with more benefits since they are the ones who promote the trades in these areas. Understanding is as easy as the next question. Why produce something that we can get more cheaply elsewhere?

www.memagazine.org/contents/current/webonly/wex30905.html
www.cio.com/article/146451/seven_reasons_why_outsourcing_to_india_is_good_for_your_business
www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=3115

1 comentario:

  1. My first feeling about outsourcing was a little confuse.. it made me re-think about how is this world working, the little people cares for others in the way of paying , it made me worry about -what if i get job like that? - IT was a closer view to the world we live in.

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