Managing IT Outsourcing: Governance in global partnerships
Managing IT Outsourcing: Governance in global partnerships
Routledge | August-3-2006 | ISBN: 0415365988 | 288 pages | PDF | 1.79MB
Routledge | August-3-2006 | ISBN: 0415365988 | 288 pages | PDF | 1.79MB
The business landscape is changing. Outsourcing is now a growing phenomenon in which specific functions are subcontracted to specialist companies, often elsewhere in the world. IT represents a particular case for outsourcing, both in terms of benefits and potential inter-organizational problems.
Deciding whether to keep IT in-house or to whether outsource it is a key management responsibility. Once a decision for outsourcing has been made, relationships with external provider(s) have to be established and managed. This book combines both research and practical examples to explore how this can be done successfully