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The range of tasks that can be done offshore has ballooned to encompass even activities critical to company performance, such as research and new product design. This 10-article collection offers suggestions and facts key to understanding the potential of the emerging global labor market—including assessing the size of the global talent pool, how to choose an offshore location, and how to interpret the implications of offshoring policies.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
 Disappointing, 2007-03-22
I am very disappointed in this book. The information presented here is no different than the other 100 offshoring books on the market. Same stuff different author. I would not recommend this book unless it is your first offshoring purchase. If it is your first purchase don't waste your money with the other 100 books available.
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 The pro-offshoring point of view..., 2006-12-24
Offshoring (outsourcing to a different country for lower priced labor) is one of the more contentious issues confronting Americans these days. In the book Offshoring: Understanding the Emerging Global Labor Market by Diana Farrell, the view is taken that offshoring has far more positives for the economy than negatives. But try telling that to the displaced worker...
Contents: Understanding offshoring; Sizing the emerging global labor market; Ensuring India's offshoring future; China's looming talent shortage; Who wins in offshoring?; The truth about foreign direct investment in emerging markets; Offshoring and beyond; Smarter offshoring; US offshoring - rethinking the response; How France and Germany can benefit from offshoring; Governing globalization; Index; About the Authors
This book is a compilation of articles from the McKinsey Global Institute, a think tank committed to examining global economic issues. With that as their background, it's quite easy to tell that their bias isn't towards the individual, but towards countries and corporations. The main thrust is that for each dollar spent on offshoring, the economy recovers that dollar and more in terms of increased activity and spending by the developing country. In addition, the labor pool in developing countries is far from limitless, and is constrained by a number of cultural and language issues which make for a mismatch as an offshore resource. The main offshore players, such as India, also have to be careful as to managing their overall position. Overdevelopment in a few key cities is causing labor shortages and wage pressures there, which in turn make them vulnerable to other offshoring options. In other words, there are no locked-in advantages for any of the players. If a company is considering offshoring part of their workforce, there are things to keep in mind in order to minimize the risk and maximize their return.
On one hand, I thought the book was well-written from the particular perspective of the authors. It's difficult to be "pro-offshoring" without incurring the wrath of significant portions of the population. On the other hand, I felt as if the individual got overlooked in their analysis. The statistics are used in such a broad way as to ignore reality. For instance, "from 1979 to 1999, 69 percent of US workers who lost their jobs as a result of trade in sectors other than manufacturing found new work within half a year. On average, they received similar wages in their new jobs (though roughly half took pay cuts)." So the reality is that 30% of workers (and let's not dwell on those in manufacturing) were still unemployed after six months, and of the 70% that *did* find other jobs, half had a lower standard of living. It's a good thing offshoring will allow for cheaper prices... we're going to need them to make our lower paychecks stretch further. The authors do advocate for far better transition benefits for displaced workers that what is normally seen. Commendable, but companies looking to cut their bottom line don't often have that level of concern for their "resources".
This is worth reading so as to get both sides of the offshoring story. As an individual, just don't expect it to necessarily be *your* side of the issue.
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