Outsourcing And The Virtual Organization

Author : David Oates
Publisher : Century
ISBN 13 : 9780712679053
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Outsourcing and the Virtual Organization written by David Oates and published by Century. This book was released on 1998 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasingly, companies are buying in from outside certain services and functions that would previously have been fulfilled by an internal department or employees. For example, Random House subcontracts external firms to run its canteen and postroom. That's outsourcing -and companies don't just outsource support functions, but also critical areas of production or design. It lets companies focus on those activities where they have real competitive edge, and is increasingly being seen as an attractive alternative to downsizing or cost-cutting. Durcan and Oates provide a wide-ranging expert overview of outsourcing, aimed at managers and decision-makers who want to understand fully all the issues involved. How do companies define core and non-core activities? How do you find the best provider of an outsourced function? What are the pitfalls to avoid? How do you monitor the service provider? What is the impact on issues such as corporate security and confidentiality? The authors also consider how outsourcing is redefining the nature of corporations: if companies have minimal physical existence, but exist as a network of relationships and contracts, when should we speak of the 'virtual organisation'?

Author : Jim Durcan
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473538726
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Outsourcing and the Virtual Organization written by Jim Durcan and published by Random House. This book was released on 2016-09-22 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasingly, companies are buying in from outside certain services and functions that would previously have been fulfilled by an internal department or employees. Companies no longer just outsource support functions, but also outsource critical areas of production or design. It lets companies focus on those activities where they have real competitive edge, and is increasingly being seen as an attractive alternative to downsizing or cost-cutting. Durcan and Oates provide a wide-ranging expert overview of outsourcing, aimed at managers and decision-makers who want to understand fully all the issues involved. How do companies define core and non-core activities? How do you find the best provider of an outsourced function? What are the pitfalls to avoid? How do you monitor the service provider? What is the impact on issues such as corporate security and confidentiality? The authors also consider how outsourcing is redefining the nature of corporations: if companies have minimal physical existence, but exist as a network of relationships and contracts, when should we speak of the 'virtual organisation'?

Author : Luis M. Camarinha-Matos
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387237577
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Virtual Organizations written by Luis M. Camarinha-Matos and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-06-18 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The area of Virtual Organizations as a main component of the new discipline of Collaborative Networks has been the focus of research globally. The fast evolution of the information and communication technologies and in particular the so-called Internet technologies, also represents an important motivator for the emergence of new forms of collaboration. However, the research in many of these cases is highly fragmented, considering that each project is focused on solving specific problems. As such, there is no effective consolidation/harmonization among them in order to have an effective impact and facilitate the interaction among the involved experts. This book represents a contribution to the consolidation of the already vast amount of empirical knowledge and practical experience. A synthesis of results collected from the analysis of numerous projects and industry case studies is presented, with focus on: Principles and models, ICT infrastructures and tools, Implementation issues, and Case studies.

Author : Janice Burn
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136409351
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book e-Business Strategies for Virtual Organizations written by Janice Burn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-08-22 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'e-Business Strategies for Virtual Organizations' enables IT managers and directors to develop and implement IT strategies and infrastructures for new models of doing business based on the Internet. The authors provide a brief introduction to the concepts and strategic issues surrounding information warfare, managing organizational knowledge, and the information economy. The virtual organization is now an important business model for contemporary business organizations and the flexibility and adaptability of the virtual organization make it ideal for survival in today's highly competitive and dynamically changing markets. Modern corporations may utilize some of the features of the virtual organization to develop the ideal organization to a greater or lesser extent depending on individual business circumstances. This book covers the issues involved in planning, realizing and managing such a virtual organization, and the role of information and communication technologies in supporting virtual organizations and virtual organizing is addressed throughout.

Author : Robert L. Heneman
Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 1607528819
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Human Resource Management in Virtual Organizations written by Robert L. Heneman and published by IAP. This book was released on 2002-10-01 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sections covered in this book include: defining virtual organizations and implications for human resource management; outsourcing human resources; job analysis and competency assessment; training and development; performance management; compensation; and negotiations.

Author : Robert L. Heneman
Publisher : Information Age Pub Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781930608177
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Human Resource Management in Virtual Organizations written by Robert L. Heneman and published by Information Age Pub Incorporated. This book was released on 2002 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sections covered in this book include: defining virtual organizations and implications for human resource management; outsourcing human resources; job analysis and competency assessment; training and development; performance management; compensation; and negotiations.

Author : Goran Putnik
Publisher : IGI Global Snippet
ISBN 13 : 9781599048857
Total Pages : 658 pages
Book Rating : 4.5X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations written by Goran Putnik and published by IGI Global Snippet. This book was released on 2008 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book documents the most relevant contributions to the introduction of networked, dynamic, agile, and virtual organizational models; definitions; taxonomies; opportunities; and reference models and architectures. It creates a repository of the main developments regarding the virtual organization, compiling definitions, characteristics, comparisons, advantages, practices, enabling technologies, and best practices"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Putnik, Goran D.
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1599041677
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Knowledge and Technology Management in Virtual Organizations: Issues, Trends, Opportunities and Solutions written by Putnik, Goran D. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2006-12-31 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Knowledge and Technology Management in Virtual Organizations: Issues, Trends, Opportunities and Solutions presents a collection of the most recent contributions in the areas of organization, knowledge, and technology management in the context of virtual enterprises. This book contains important and in-depth information on four dimensions: semantic, managerial, technological, and social. The semantic dimensions covered in this book are ontological and organizational approaches, concepts, organizational models, and knowledge management models. In respect to managerial dimensions, this book covers process management, integration management, relationship management, process integration, knowledge management, technology integration management, and information integration. Knowledge and Technology Management in Virtual Organizations: Issues, Trends, Opportunities and Solutions presents the technological dimension by explaining the infrastructures and technologies to support technology and information integration standards and protocols. Lastly, this title highlights the social dimension, including human resources management, human resources integration, social issues, social impact, social requirements, and communities of knowledge.

Author : Sandhya Shekhar
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 8132227379
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Managing the Reality of Virtual Organizations written by Sandhya Shekhar and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-03-04 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book comes at a time when virtual organizations (VO), are proliferating exponentially due to the twin catalysts of globalization and technological enablement. It provides conceptual frameworks and simple tools for identifying and addressing the complexities of managing geographically dispersed, virtually linked organizations, which may have grown organically or inorganically into a potpourri of multiple cultures, capabilities and practices. These can help to scientifically assess the impact of virtualization, balance the physical with the virtual and manage risks using early indicators. The book provides mechanisms to recognize, localize, measure and address vulnerabilities. Ensuring knowledge transfer effectiveness (KTE) is vital in VOs. A diagnostic tool has been evolved to measure KTE, isolate problems and weak links and plan effective interventions. A set of critical factors to increase the probability of success of globalization strategies have been identified. This book interleaves theory with practice and provides insights drawn from conversations with business leaders, exploratory surveys, and in-depth research using a large sample. The solid methodological underpinnings serve as a useful template for researchers, while the models can be contextualized to suit any organization. Foreword by Mr. Ajit Balakrishnan, Chairman and CEO, Rediff.com; Chairman, Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta.

Author : Luis M. Camarinha-Matos
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0387355855
Total Pages : 636 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Collaborative Business Ecosystems and Virtual Enterprises written by Luis M. Camarinha-Matos and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Towards collaborative business ecosystems Last decade was fertile in the emerging of new collaboration mechanisms and forms of dynamic virtual organizations, leading to the concept of dynamic business ecosystem, which is supported (or induced ?) by the progress of the ubiquitous I pervasive computing and networking. The new technologies, collaborative business models, and organizational forms supported by networking tools "invade" all traditional businesses and organizations what requires thinking in terms of whole systems, i. e. seeing each business as part of a wider economic ecosystem and environment. It is also becoming evident that the agile formation of very dynamic virtual organizations depends on the existence of a proper longer-term "embedding" or "nesting" environment (e. g. regional industry cluster), in order to guarantee certain basic requirements such as trust building ("Trusting your partner" is a gradual and long process); common interoperability, ontology, and distributed collaboration infrastructures; agreed business practices (requiring substantial engineering Ire-engineering efforts); a sense of community ("we vs. the others"), and some sense of stability (when is a dynamic state or a stationary state useful). The more frequent situation is the case in which this "nesting" environment is formed by organizations located in a common region, although geography is not a major facet when cooperation is supported by computer networks.