The Offshore Movement: Savior or Threat?
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- Business Leader,
- Strategy,
- Recruitment & Selection,
- Professional Development,
- Outsourcing & Subcontracting,
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Overview: Information technology services back room operations and call centers are increasingly finding workers in other nations. Overseas developing nations are striving to bolster the quality of life for their citizens. In the U.S. there are thousands of unemployed techies who once enjoyed very lucrative careers, but now must borrow against their homes and take low-paying service jobs. In between are corporate executives and boards of directors trying to please shareholders. Many of the IT jobs moving over seas are the tedious, less exciting positions that many Americans would rather not to do. On the other hand, there are pitfalls to offshore outsourcing. More often, it is seen that huge cultural differences that can be difficult to surmount. Other managers in other countries may not possess the same sense of urgency when issues arise, and it is often more difficult to impart that importance when a CEO is not onsite - or even in the same country. Many companies are trying it out and canceling their offshore partnerships because of that.
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Format: HTML | Date: Mar 2003 | Pages: 1
