The Outsourcing Handbook

How to Implement a Successful Outsourcing Process

by Mark J. Power, Kevin C. Desouza and Carlo Bonifazi

		Publisher: Kogan Page Publishers Pub. Date: 2006 ISBN: 9780749444303 No. pages: 222 Category: IT, Production & Logistics

In this summary you will learn

What outsourcing is
What the life cycle of an outsourcing relationship is
What the common traps, frequent mistakes and best practices in outsourcing are

Why you should read The Outsourcing Handbook

This concise handbook offers a well-organized, comprehensive overview of the basics of outsourcing. Authors Mark J. Power, Kevin C. Desouza and Carlo Bonifazi identify the most common pitfalls in outsourcing, and offer a thorough life cycle approach to initiating, managing and terminating outsourcing engagements. Their style is pedantic in spots, but they never promised an exciting read, just a dependably solid and useful one. getAbstract finds that their brief list of outsourcing best practices deserves to be clipped and posted prominently in the office of any manager responsible for outsourcing programs, and other ongoing projects as well.

About the Authors

Mark J. Power is president and Carlo Bonifazi is vice president of an outsourcing education, process and consulting company in Chicago. Strategy consultant Kevin C. Desouza is on the faculty at the University of Washington. The authors have many years of senior executive experience in outsourcing.

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