De La Salle University - Manila

Pathfinder - Outsourcing

Scope Note :

Going outside the company to obtain products or services, from human resources to computer systems. (Source: UMI Controlled Vocabulary of Subject Terms, Version 2000a)

Used for :

• Contract services
• Contracting out
• Offshore assembly industry

Broader terms :

• Corporate purchasing
• Industrial procurement
• Privatization
• Public contracts

Related terms :

• Application service providers
• Call centers
• Common paymaster
• Contractors
• Manpower planning
• Offshore assembly industry
• Professional employer organizations
• Service industries
• Sourcing
• Temporary employment
• Third party administrators

BOOKS

Reference sources located at the Information-Reference Section, 2nd floor:

• The contracting organization : a strategic guide to outsourcing. Domberger, Simon. HD 2365 D65 1998.
• The IT outsourcing guide. Aalders, Rob. HF 5548.2 A4 2001.
• Outsourcing human resources functions : strategies for providing enhanced HR services at lower cost. Cook, Mary F. HF 5549.2 U5 C66 1999.

Selected texts located at the Circulation Section, 3rd floor:

• Global information technology outsourcing : in search of business advantage. Mary C. Lacita and Leslie P. Willcocks. HD 2365 L3 2001
• Information systems outsourcing decision making : a managerial approach. L.A. de Looff. De Loof, Leon A., 1969-HF 5548.2 D4 1997.
• Insider strategies for outsourcing information systems : building productive partnerships, avoiding seductive traps. Kathy M. Ripin, Leonard R. Sayles. HF 5548.2 R56 1999
• Outsourcing for radical change : a bold approach to enterprise transformation. Jane C. Linder. HD2365 .L56 2004
• Outsourcing library technical services operations : practices in academic, public and special libraries. Karen A. Wilson, Marylou Colver. Z 731 O97 1997
• Strategic outsourcing : a structured approach to outsourcing decisions and initiatives. Maurice F. Greaver, II. HD 39.5 G74 1999
• Winning the outsourcing game : making the best deals and making them work. Janet Butler. HF 5548.2 W56 2000

Selected text located at the Filipiniana Section, 4th floor:

• IT outsourcing opportunities in the Philippines : includes a directory of IT-enabled service providers. Lalaine Villafuerte-Abonal. T 58.5 A26 2002

THESES AND DISSERTATIONS
(Archives Section, 4th floor)

• Accounting outsourcing and its impact on Philippine publicly-listed companies. De Chavez, Catherine, Manlapig, Paul Frederick, Tamondong, Janet and Vallarta, Ma. Carmen. 2004. TU-12272
• A strategic management paper on information systems outsourcing operations of ABC Philippines, Inc. Ramos, Ron. 2001. OCE-00680

ProQuest Digital Dissertations
(http://www.umi.com/pqdauto)

• Antecedents of success in IS outsourcing: a control theory perspective. Rustagi, Sandeep, PhD. University of Pittsburgh, 2004, AAT 3149988
• Effects of outsourcing on organizational culture. Gregory, Brian D., PhD. Walden University, 2005, AAT 3169039
• Has outsourcing/contracting out saved money and/or improved service quality? a vote counting-analysis. Bourbeau, John A., PhD. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2004, AAT 3151189
• Information security in Brazil: modeling and predicting outsourcing decisions. Bullen, James I., PhD. Capella University, 2005, AAT 3151948
• Outsourcing household tasks in 1973--2002 among the working mothers of America. Khaial, Mahmoud Mahmoud, PhD Lynn University, 2004, AAT 3142223

E-JOURNALS

EBSCO Host
http://search.ebscohost.com

• Communications of the ACM
• Contemporary Economic Policy
• Crain's Chicago Business
• Des Moines Business Record
• Financial Executive
• Financial Management
• Harvard Business Review
• Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal
• Journal of Commerce
• Journal of Management Information Systems
• Long Island Business News
• Marketing Management
• McKinsey Quarterly
• Operations Management

JSTOR
http://www.jstor.org/

• The American Economic Review
• Management Science
• MIS Quarterly
• Organization Science
• The Quarterly Journal of Economics

PROQUEST Online
http://www.umi.com/pqdauto

• ASHRAE Journal
• Computerworld
• Consulting to Management
• Corporate Finance Review
• CRN
• Industry and Innovation
• Information Management Journal
• Information Systems Management
• InformationWeek
• Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal
• Journal of Accountancy
• Journal of Global Information Management
• Lab Business Week
• Nursing Home & Elder Business Week
• Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. The OECD Observer
• Personnel Psychology
• Research Technology Management
• Strategy & Leadership
• Texas International Law Journal

INTERNET WEBSITES
(Cybernook, Ground floor, Graduate corners, 2nd and 3rd floors)

National Outsourcing Association (NOA)
http://www.noa.co.uk/
[Retrieved November 29, 2005]

“The NOA is a Not-For-Profit trade association, which promotes best outsourcing practice and represents the interests of outsourcing users, suppliers and third party support companies. Its main aim is to provide advice on best practice and an environment where organisations can ask for and give advice.”

Outsourcing Center
http://www.outsourcing-research.com/
[Retrieved November 29, 2005]

“Contains links to outsourcing publications and researches, news and an alphabetical listing of all outsourcing related topics.”

Outsourcing Institute
http://www.outsourcing.com/
[Retrieved November 29, 2005]

”The Outsourcing Institute (OI) is a neutral professional association dedicated solely to the outsourcing - the global "go- to source" for outsourcing information, consulting and networking opportunities. Membership in OI's global network is free.”

Outsourcing Law
http://www.outsourcing-law.com/
[Retrieved November 29, 2005]

“This web site illustrates some of outsourcing's key business and legal issues. It offers insights on effective outsourcing from Bierce & Kenerson, P.C. It contains links to outsourcing articles and provides free newsletter subscription. “

The Outsourcing Toolkit
http://www.outsourcing-toolkit.com/
[Retrieved November 29, 2005]

“The Outsourcing Toolkit is designed to help in managing and addressing the demands of an outsource project as efficiently and professionally as possible. It includes a number of critical components in the outsource process and helps one proceed with the minimum of fuss.”

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Should you have comments or suggestions on this pathfinders, please call us at these telephone numbers, 536-0244, 524-4611 local 620 or email us through “Ask LORA”.

Compiled by : Mrs. Marita G. Valerio

Date : June 2006/June 2009