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    Essay Weightage: 15% Title of Essay: In your opinion, is offshore outsourcing a viable business strategy for companies? Justify your stand and support your arguments with reasons and examples. Your essay should be between 600 and 650 words Instructor: Ms. Joanne Lee Kuan Yew once said, “If you deprive yourself of outsourcing and your competitors do not, you’re putting yourself out of business”. In this modern century, offshore outsourcing is developing the business patterns of organizations.…

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    The outsourcing of jobs from the United States to other countries, has been on the rise for over the last two decades. Outsourcing is a company providing a service that is cost effective. External companies, that provide a service, may not always be outside the country, in most cases, they are in other countries due to the low cost of labor. Outsourcing is defined as, the act of one company contracting with another company to provide services that are normally done by in-house employees.…

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    There is a direct link between business strategy and the use of IT outsourcing or in-house IT services; there are theories that can support their relationship. Alternative options that are associated in IT outsourcing or in-house IT functions can generally support business strategies that are oriented toward cost-efficiency, business competitiveness, product / service innovation, flexibility of resources, system management and collaborative partnerships. There are patterns that can be attributed…

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    Ikea Outsourcing Essay

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    Outsourcing, a process of hiring another individual or company, either domestically or internationally, to handle the business activities for the firm. At this era, it is no longer an option as much as it is a necessity and has become a common business practice that allows small and medium size businesses to gain extra services and skills that are usually hard for them to develop due to shortage of manpower or financial restrictions, or maybe both. It allows the firms to be more focus on their…

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    agreements help American workers or cause the loss of jobs to foreign workers and lower wages. Corporations are in business to generate a profit, but at what cost to Americans and the economy? What is the ethical choice when it comes to offshoring and outsourcing jobs and how honest should a corporation be about the use of this practice? Some of the businesses that have moved jobs to foreign countries are heralded as being innovative and get praise and recognition all the while the unemployed…

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    Outsourcing is defined as purchasing or subcontracting from an outside company. Many companies practice outsourcing, specifically in a manufacturing company because of cost and flexibility (Outsourcing, 2014). When companies in the United States utilize sources in other countries they avoid high taxes, and government regulations and gain more advance technology with flexible working hours. Although outsourcing is beneficial for the company it has been a debate on whether or not outsourcing is…

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    The loss of jobs, whether to outsourcing or inventions, has been a re-occurring issue in America since the early 1900’s. In the 1900’s, most Americans worked on farms. The farmers thought that the invention of machinery was going to end the need of farming when actually it was just the opposite. Machinery created the need for many new and highly skilled blue-collared professions. Then when manufacturing went overseas because it was cheaper to manufacture products outside of America, our economy…

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    Outsourcing grew out of manufacturers’ concern to lower costs of production. In order to gain a competitive edge in the global economy, American business owners looked towards cheap labor offered overseas. Ultimately outsourcing led to more jobs being available for foreigners while American citizens were suffering. Outsourcing enables American businesses to become more profitable through increasing revenue. It has helped the country gain global recognition for its stable economy. Although…

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    Outsourcing America, in my opinion, has been bad, as someone who was a displaced worker at one time due to the company that I worked for closing down and moving to Mexico. The benefits of outsourcing have been enormous. For workers in poverty ridden countries, it has meant jobs and fast rising standards of living. For some industries, lower labor costs have brought higher profits. Modern consumers are enjoying access to more goods at lower prices. The price of the product would have cost more…

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    Xerox Corporation founded in 1906 is a leader in business process and information technology outsourcing, and in document management services. The company headquarters are located in Norwalk, Connecticut and operates in 180 countries across the world. As of December 31, 2015 the company had approximately 143,600 employees (Xerox Corporation, 2016). The company started out as an invention of xerography by Chester Carlson, a patent attorney, in 1938 as a result of the tiresome work he had to go…

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