Information Briefs

Insights On Outsourcing Newsletter Series

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Organization and Staff Development Topics

• Insights on Outsourcing, Volume 6, Issue 2: U-Sourcing - The Next Generation of Outsourcing

  Summary: Discusses the use of university-level student employees as a strategic source of qualified resources. The content of the brief describes a structured approach to turning existing intern and co-op programs into virtual outsourcing programs with the added benefit of being able to hire the workforce upon graduation.

Start-Up and Early Stage Technology Topics

• Insights on Outsourcing, Volume 5, Issue 2: Resourcing Strategies for Technology Start-Ups

Summary: Discusses how venture capital funded start-up companies can create a highly flexible, responsive, and cost effective resourcing strategy using structured outsourcing. Content covers the rapid changes in resource requirements and organizational structure during a technology start-up's first year.

Management Best Practices Topics

• Insights on Outsourcing, Volume 5, Issue 1: The Most Valuable Tool in the Management Toolbox

Summary: Discusses how using outsourcing as part of an overall staffing strategy can give managers options in managing expenses, balancing changing technology skill needs, and capitalizing on unplanned business opportunities without disrupting current project commitments.

Finance and Expense Topics

• Insights on Outsourcing, Volume 5, Issue 11: Avoiding the Outsourcing Expense Trap

Summary: Discusses the realities of outsourcing based on a single objective of expense reduction through lower labor costs. Covers the necessity to have multiple goals when investing in an outsourcing program in order to avoid limited returns once growth reaches steady-state.