Out-Source: Competing in the Global Productivity Race Book

If you run a business, what should you outsource (and what shouldn't you)? If you're a knowledge worker (inside or outside IT), how can you protect yourself? How will outsourcing evolve next? What do those changes mean to you? Outsourcing is not just the #1 issue facing IT organizations: It's driving a profound transformation throughout American business. Whether you're an executive or a knowledge worker, the decisions you make about outsourcing can make or break your future. This book brings together all the information and insight you need to make those decisions?and make them the right ones. Once, outsourcing was largely limited to IT. Suddenly, it touches everyone from telemarketers to tax preparers, radiologists to market researchers. No American company or knowledge worker can ignore its challenge. Now, widely acclaimed author and consultant Ed Yourdon helps you understand the challenge of outsourcing?and meet it. IT pros and knowledge workers: Protect your career Eight realistic strategies for surviving the outsourcing revolution How to compete with the entire low-cost world and win Quantify, protect, and enhance your personal ñvalue propositionî Executives: Make smarter outsourcing decisions What to outsource, how to do it right, and when to avoid it Outsourcing, the next generation: Beyond programmers From telemarketers to accountants, clinical trials to market research The politics and geopolitics of outsourcing Backlash at home, upheaval overseas, and a plan for renewal Along the way, Yourdon assesses the politics and economics of outsourcing, long-term implications for both suppliers and buyers of knowledge-based services, and much more. Yourdon has been writing about outsourcing since before it had a name. In this book, he doesn't just predict your future, he helps you take control of it.Read More