Case - Outsourcing opens doors in global village
Critical Thinking Questions -
1. The article lists a number of benefits and difficulties with outsourcing for Australian companies. What do you consider to be the major benefits and difficulties with outsourcing?
2. James Haemsley, FooBooOnline vice-president of operations and information technology, believes that Australian companies need to actively participate in the global village, which has emerged since the advent of the Internet. Do you agree or disagree with his opinion?
What would you do?
You're the second in command of the IS group for a mid-sized Australian company. Your boss has just informed you that the company is considering outsourcing 50 percent of its systems development work to a company in India that can provide high-quality services at half the cost of your current workforce. You must prepare a report that lists which systems development projects in your organisation should be kept in-house and which should be outsourced.
1. What should you consider when deciding which systems to outsource?
2. How could you use FooBooOnline to do your research and develop your report?
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