Essays about: "Outsourcing or Not the IT Function"

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  1. 1. Workers in the gig economy: employees or self-employed? - A comparative study on the concept of employment in the “gig economy”, focusing on Sweden and the United Kingdom

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

    Author : Anna Joelsson; [2017]
    Keywords : Sharing economy; crowdsourcing; Gig economy; concept of employment; employee; self-employed; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Syftet med denna uppsats är att ge en överblick över det nya, men snabbt växande, konceptet crowdsourcing. Konceptet kan enkelt beskrivas som en åtgärd att ta en uppgift som vanligtvis utförs av en utsedd arbetspresterande part (vanligtvis en anställd) och outsourca denna till en odefinerad, anonym och generellt stort grupp av människor i form av en ”öppen inbjudan”. READ MORE

  3. 2. A Component-based Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Framework

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informationsteknologi

    Author : Premathas Somasekaram; [2017]
    Keywords : Business continuity; business continuity plan; cluster; data-center tier; disaster readiness; disaster recovery; disaster recovery plan; high availability; faulttolerant; service level agreement.;

    Abstract : IT solutions must be protected so that the business can continue, even in the case of fatal failures associated with disasters. Business continuity in the context of disaster implies that business cannot continue in the current environment but instead must continue at an alternate site or data center. READ MORE

  4. 3. Operating the Transport Function Internally –A Viable Option?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Daniela Nicole D’Oria; [2014-12-11]
    Keywords : Outsourcing; Insourcing; Transportation; Core Competency; Dedicated Route; Operational Cost Model; Partnership; Less-­‐than-­‐truckload; Cost; Case Study and Greater Toronto Area GTA ;

    Abstract : At one point or another, insourcing and outsourcing of transport services becomes a dilemma that companies must deal with in order to stay competitive. It is very common for companies to outsource functions of the supply chain that do not qualify as their ‘core competency. READ MORE

  5. 4. Backsourcing – a case study of a middle size manufacturing company taking an outsourced function back in-house

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Tinh Hoang; Angelika Hartner; [2014]
    Keywords : outsourcing; backsourcing; sourcing strategy;

    Abstract : For a long time, companies have been using outsourcing as main strategy to overcome obstacles and gain competitive advantage. The reasons for doing so are many, including the possibility of cutting cost, sharing risk and focusing on the core competences. READ MORE

  6. 5. I do it for myself : A study on motivational differences between contracted and permanent employees in Sweden

    University essay from Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Matilda Sundberg; Malin Edlund; [2011]
    Keywords : Motivation; Contracted worker;

    Abstract : Over the past decades outsourcing decades outsourcing has become an increasing trend.Firms decide to outsource in order to increase their profits or flexibility and many differentfunctions of the firm may be outsourced, one of them being the Human Resource (HR)function. READ MORE