On outsourcing - a brief note

Both Information Systems and Business Management students can examine the topic of outsourcing in their dissertation project work. This could be related to business process outsourcing, Information Systems outsourcing. You can also focus on a more specific concern in outsourcing, such as contract management, outsourcing risk evaluation, outsourcing challenges facing small-and-medium-sized companies, or offshore outsourcing (re: offshoring), etc.. You should be able to find relevant articles via Internet search and in various refereed journals and books found in library or e-library. There is a refereed journal called Strategic Outsourcing, published by Emerald.

References

1. Ho, W. and Dey, P.K. (2011) "Research paper: Strategic sourcing: a combined QFD and AHP approach in manufacturing", Supply Chain Management 16/6, pp. 446-461.
2. Brown, P. (2010) "The power of HR outsourcing", Strategic HR Review Vol. 9(6), pp. 27-32.
3. Weidenbaum, M. (2005) "Outsourcing: pros and cons", Business Horizons 48, pp. 311-315.