"The expansion of outsourcing and offshoring, and the emergence of new sourcing models are challenging existing management practices. It has become increasingly important to understand the phenomena, not least as a basis for suggesting what directions it will take, its impacts, how it has been conducted, and how its management can be better facilitated. This book offers a broad perspective on various issues relating to the sourcing of IT and business processes and services in a company, national and global context. Now in its third edition, this is the only outsourcing and offshoring book to offer a broad but coherent guide to the strategy, operations and management of ITO and BPO outsourcing and offshoring, from how to source new relationships to managing business processes in a national and global context. Readers from a wide range of industry and regions need to know how to outsource, and to build the skills to participate in and manage outsourcing from client and vendor perspectives. "-- Provided by publisher.

Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- PART I: MAKING A SOURCING DECISION -- 1. Overview of the Global Sourcing Marketplace -- 2. Sourcing Models: What and When to Outsource or Offshore -- 3. Country Attractiveness for Outsourcing and Captive Centres -- 4. The Attractiveness of Western Countries for Outsourcing Services -- PART II: BUILDING SOURCING COMPETENCIES -- 5. Supplier Core Capabilities and Strategies for Sustainability and Growth -- 6. Leveraging Knowledge and Expertise -- 7. The Client Perspective: Vendor Selection Strategy, Retained Management Capabilities -- PART III: MANAGING SOURCING RELATIONSHIPS -- 8. Legal Issues in Outsourcing and Offshoring -- 9. The IT Outsourcing Life Cycle and the Transition Phase -- 10. Governance of Outsourcing Projects -- 11. Managing Globally Distributed Teams -- 12. High Performance BPO -- 13. Shared Service Centres -- 14. Cloud Computing -- 15. Innovation Through Sourcing -- Teaching Case - Norwich Union and IBM.