Outsourcing: Avoiding Unnecessary Adversities (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781089726494)

Too many organizations still believe outsourcing means "handing over the problem." My research shows the opposite - successful outsourcing requires more governance, not less.

Outsourcing - Avoiding Unnecessary Adversities provides a comprehensive toolkit, fully compatible with the international standard ISO 37500:2014. It combines field research, proven frameworks, and real interview insights to help organizations:

• Identify and mitigate risks before contracts are signed.

• Strengthen governance functions with clear roles and oversight mechanisms.

• Use modeling tools like UML, BPMN, and flowcharts to clarify processes and expectations.

• Align projects with PMBOK, ITIL, and Six Sigma to ensure discipline, quality, and accountability.

• Prepare for backsourcing, ensuring flexibility even when partnerships fail.

From 32 interviews and eight global case studies, the findings are clear:

• Clients often add outsourcing governance on top of existing workloads, leading to responsibility overload.

• Ineffective meetings waste time and money, worsening collaboration.

• The toolkit in this book directly addresses each of these issues - offering strategies, contract clauses, and even cultural integration ideas to make outsourcing partnerships thrive instead of fail.

• Unethical backstage behaviors and fake résumés still occur in vendor relationships.

• Many providers' employees lack motivation, caused by cultural gaps and unequal workplace conditions.

This book is written for:

• Executives and board members seeking to avoid costly outsourcing mistakes.

• Project managers and consultants leading multi-vendor initiatives.

• It bridges research and daily management, showing how to turn outsourcing from a risk into a sustainable advantage.

• Researchers and students exploring outsourcing governance and ISO 37500.

In the age of continuous digital transformation, outsourcing isn't optional - it's strategic. But without proper frameworks, what looks like a cost-saving decision often becomes a silent loss.

This book shows that outsourcing can be done responsibly, ethically, and profitably, as long as organizations recognize it for what it truly is: a partnership that must be managed, not delegated.

Author: Vick Pierce Dini
ISBN-10: 108972649X
ISBN-13: 9781089726494
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 07/28/2019
Pages: 104
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.33lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.22d