The Outsourcing Handbook

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The Outsourcing Handbook

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Subtitled: How to Implement a Successful Outsourcing Process

The Outsourcing Handbook is a practical guide to the management issues surrounding outsourcing. This book avoids esoteric discussions of management theories and instead simply gets down to sharing with the reader the very practical lessons learnt by the authors.

Purposely written in easy to understand language, this book will help you to: -

understand each stage of the outsourcing process;
improve and strengthen the process once it has been implemented;
concentrate on the important details that will ensure a project's success.

Whatever business process you wish to outsource, the practical wisdom contained in The Outsourcing Handbook is likely to increase your chances of success. If you are considering outsourcing then this guide should prove invaluable to you.

Contents: -

What is outsourcing?
Ten common traps of outsourcing;
How to mange outsourcing engagements successfully;
The outsourcing lifecycle;
Defining your needs;
Types of vendors;
Negotiation and contract management;
Project initiation and project transition;
Management of the relationship;
Continuing, modifying, or calling it quits;
The exit strategy;
Repeating the process; Industry best practices;
The future of outsourcing.

By Mark J Power, Kevin C Desouza & Carlo Bonifazi
Hardback, 234x156mm, 256 pages
Published: February 2006

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