Offshore Outsourcing of Information Technologies Services

OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES SERVICES: WHY ARE WE DOING IT?

MBA500

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION 3

THE HISTORY OF OUTSOURCING 4

HOW IS IT POSSIBLE? 6

WHY DO WE OUTSOURCE 10

WHO ARE WE OUTSOURCING 12

THE FUTURE OF OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING 13

CONCLUSION 16

BIBLIOGRAPHY 17

Introduction

Offshore outsourcing is not a new practice in the United States. Offshore outsourcing of information technologies services, however, is relatively new to our nation. It is a hot issue in political debates, with this being an election year. Job loss and job creation in the United States is on the platforms of leading candidates. Economists are projecting that the offshore outsourcing of certain types of jobs will in fact create jobs here at home, ultimately benefiting the labor force and our economy. While there is not significant statistical data yet to support this theory, if one looks to the history of outsourcing as a whole, it does not seem an impossibility. But why are we outsourcing these jobs? What are the factors that have brought us to this place in the labor market? What caused employers to look to other countries for employees?

The purpose of this short study is to consider these questions and provide some thoughts as to where we are now, how we got here, and where we are headed with offshore outsourcing of information technology jobs.

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