The Outsourcing Handbook by Mark J Power
Outsourcing is now increasingly used as a competitive weapon in today's global economy. The Outsourcing Handbook is a step-by-step guide to the whole outsourcing process. It describes each stage or phase of strategic outsourcing, and looks at key factors in the success of a project as well as problem areas and potential pitfalls. Highly practical, it provides an objective, repeatable process that allows organizations to maximize returns on outsourcing investments. Unlike most outsourcing books, it takes a process-oriented, actionable, and structured approach to understanding the intricacies of constructing, managing, and even terminating, an outsourcing engagement.
"A comprehensive, 'user-friendly' nicely organised reference and guide which is confidently recommended reading" The Midwest Book Review "Provides a strategy that any manager can implement." European Foundation for management development "A hands-on and applied approach to exploring the intricacies of commencing, managing, renewing and/or terminating outsourcing engagements." Journal of Economic Literature "Helps the reader understand each stage of the outsourcing process, improves and strengthens the process once it has been implemented and gives important details needed to ensure success." Abstracts of Public Administration, Development and the Environment "Provides detailed insight into the processes, issues, pitfalls and successes for any type of outsourcing activity. The detail and advice given in the core of the book are first class; the authors do not assume any prior knowledge of the subject matter and they provide a valuable set of customer outsourcing methodology activities" E-Code
Mark J. Power is the President of ROS Incorporated, an outsourcing education, process and consultancy company based in Lisle, Illinois. ROS advises and educates organizations on outsourcing strategies, design and implementation by using best practices that maximize return on investment. He has 20 years experience in the high-tech industry and has held senior management and executive positions. A seasoned global outsourcing executive, he has designed, implemented and managed multimillion-dollar manufacturing, IT and R&D outsourcing initiatives in the United States, Mexico, Europe, the Middle East and India. Kevin C. Desouza is the President of the Engaged Enterprise, a strategy consulting firm with expertise in a variety of areas, including knowledge management and crisis management. Also Director of the Institute for Engaged Business Research, he is the author of Managing Knowledge with Artificial Intelligence (Quorum Books, 2002), co-author of Managing Information in Complex Organizations (M.E. Sharpe, 2005) and Engaged Knowledge Management (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005) and editor of New Frontiers of Knowledge Management (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005). In addition, he has published over 80 articles in prestigious practitioner and academic journals. Mr. Desouza is frequently an invited speaker on a number of cutting-edge business and technology topics for national and international, industry and academic audiences. Carlo Bonifazi has 25 years of diverse experience in the technology field and has held senior management positions in software development and production, product development, strategic alliances, and IT. He has led global outsourcing product development and IT initiatives and is the Co-founder and Vice President of ROS Incorporated.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780749444303 |
| ISBN 10 | 0749444304 |
| Title | The Outsourcing Handbook |
| Author | Mark J Power |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Kogan Page Ltd |
| Year published | 2006-02-03 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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