Hochschule Bremen School of International Business - HBSIB University of Applied Sciences Herr Prof. Dr. Ulrich ROHR MBA in Global Management OUTSOURCING HUMAN RESOURCES ACTIVITIES OF A MULTINATIONAL COMPANY IN EUROPE Master Thesis 31st July 2003 Ms. Mathilde RENAUX & Mr. Eloi MALTA-BEY First reader: Herr Prof. Dr. Karlheinz SCHWUCHOW – HBSIB – Bremen‚ Germany Second reader: Herr Prof. Dr. Werner VOIGT – UPAEP – Puebla‚ Mexico Directed by Mrs. Dominique CALMANT Director of Human
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The Outsourcing Decision 1.0 Introduction In an effort to focus on core functions‚ reduce costs and increase efficiency‚ many organizations have been forced to outsource some departments and even divisions. Outsourcing is a common practice in the oil and gas industry and many companies have experimented with it. In fact‚ British Petroleum has outsourced its IT and accounting operations to other firms in order to concentrate on activities that facilitate improvements in the entire business (Cross
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Legal issues in outsourcing INTRODUCTION The last two decades have witnessed a significant trend towards ever-increasing outsourcing by firms in most developed economies. This trend reverses an earlier pattern in the evolution and growth of large industrial firms towards greater level of vertical integration that prevailed during most of the previous 100 years. What does Outsourcing mean? * It involves “takeover” and “transfer” of non-core function or entire business unit of an organisation
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Name of University Name of Professor Name of Student Critical Thinking Effects of Outsourcing Outsourcing is defined as a practice used by different companies to reduce costs by transferring portions of work to outside suppliers rather than completing it internally. It is an effective cost-saving strategy when used properly. Loss of Managerial Control When you sign a contract to have another company perform the function of the entire
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The increasing trend of outsourcing jobs from United States in recent years has created alarming unrest among American people. Politicians also believe that outsourcing has a negative impact on jobs‚ should this be allowed to continue‚ a prosperous future of all Americans is dim. These policy makers are exploiting this issue by introducing new protectionist policies. On the contrary‚ some economists have shrugged of the phenomenon as part of economic growth‚ as outsourcing benefitted U.S. economy
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Outsourcing Customer Service Executive Summary The choice to outsource company’s relations with their customers is a choice many businesses are making. With the costs of labor more than a quarter of the rate an average customer service representative makes in the United States (U.S.)‚ large companies are making the choice to offshore some‚ or the entire company’s customers service departments to other countries. To many of these companies‚ the benefits are out weighing the issues relating
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Should organizations outsource human resource activities? MGT 249 – Human Resources Management What are outsourcing benefits? Outsourcing is the contracting out of a business process‚ which an organization may have previously performed internally or has a new need for‚ to an independent organization from which the process is purchased back as a service. Though the practice of purchasing a business function instead of providing it internally is a common feature of any modern economy‚ the term
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Outsourcing the Middle Class Outsourcing is an issue that America is struggling with right now. Outsourcing is a process in which a corporation will send its business overseas to lets say India‚ or China. The reason they do this is only because the cost of production and labor is astronomically lower than what it is here in the U.S. White collar jobs are the most affected by this‚ with engineering‚ architecture‚ and accounting to name a few being hit the hardest (Raynor 1). To be more specific
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Outsourcing: A policy Agenda This article is about outsourcing jobs such as auto and apparel to places like Mexico and China in which people believed was okay because‚ “they’ll get better jobs.” But U.S. companies have been sending a wide variety of service jobs such as computer programming to India and other lower wage nations which has become a big concern. The “outsourcing” of jobs has become a trend to try and save money. Forrester Research estimates about 40 percent of Fortune 1‚000
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of Outsourcing Shawn Schneider University of Phoenix Michael Osby MGT216 May 18‚ 2009 Ethical Implications of Outsourcing For several years‚ many companies have turned to outsourcing income tax preparation and income tax return filing to companies in other countries to improve performance. The act of outsourcing a company’s tax preparation is reasonable if the company is confident with the servicing company which is contracted; by outsourcing one
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