Practice Outsourcing And Offshoring (4.6.2) - Globalisation and Recent Trends in Business

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Question 1.
What is outsourcing?
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Think about external help for tasks.
Question 2.
What does offshoring involve?
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Look for clues in the term 'offshore'.
3Question 3.
What is the primary aim of outsourcing?
- Increase costs
- Reduce costs
- Expand market
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Think of why companies outsource tasks instead of doing them in-house.
4Question 4.
Offshoring can potentially lead to which of the following?
- True
- False
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Consider the jobs that are affected by moving operations.
Question 5.
Consider a company that has moved its customer service operations to a foreign country due to cost savings. What are some qualitative and quantitative effects it might experience?
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Analyze both numbers and customer experiences.
Question 6.
How might a company mitigate the risks of quality control when offshoring production?
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Think about how to maintain standards across borders.

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