Organizational impacts of outsourcing: Instituting outsourcing management competency

Welcome to a real world situation that often occurs as companies launch significant outsourcing initiatives. The situation is real, but the names have been changed to protect the unprotected. This article (download the PDF below) highlights the challenges all companies face when launching outsourcing relationships, and practical advice on how to prepare your organization to meet the challenges ahead.

Instituting outsourcing management competency is not easy. Most, if not all, companies have trouble getting the right skills into key governance positions during the outsourcing lifecycle. It's mostly a problem of timing. Hastily staffing governance organizations with "whoever is available at the time" is almost always a mistake. Take the time to do it right...

Instituting outsourcing management competency

By Duie Block, Senior Advisor, EquaTerra