Homework
Length: 6 pages.
Select a real or fictional IT company that presently does not outsource. You are the CEO and must present a business plan to the board of directors to outsource much of the manufacturing and support call center.
1) The business plan is to include a brief history of the company, the financial reasons driving the outsourcing along with the present and future organizational charts.
2) The plan is to include a detailed description of the technological challenges and how they will be overcome.
3) Include a discussion of any ethical issues surrounding moving jobs offshore.
Use this strategy when you analyze a case:
I. Identify and write the main issues found discussed in the case (who, what, how, where and when (the critical facts in a case).
II. List all indicators (including stated "problems") that something is not as expected or as desired.
III. Briefly analyze the issue with theories found in your textbook or other academic materials. Decide which ideas, models, and theories seem useful. Apply these conceptual tools to the situation. As new information is revealed, cycle back to sub steps a and b.
IV. Identify the areas that need improvement (use theories from your textbook)
1) Specify and prioritize the criteria used to choose action alternatives.
2) Discover or invent feasible action alternatives.
3) Examine the probable consequences of action alternatives.
4) Select a course of action.
5) Design and implementation plan/schedule.
6) Create a plan for assessing the action to be implemented.
V. Conclusion (every paper should end with a strong conclusion or summary)
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
(1) The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
(2) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
(3) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.