ITEC-655 Outsourcing and Offshoring (1.5)

A practical survey of the operational, strategic, economic, political, and social issues of offshore outsourcing. The course examines all stakeholders including the clients and the providers as well as both client and supplier nations. Students apply two levels of analysis: firm decision making and national policy. At the firm level, students identify what to outsource/offshore and what not to, and understanding the transition and planning issues in outsourcing and offshoring. At the policy level, student develop their own prescriptive approaches for both wealthy nations and low-wage nations.