This book provides a road-map to successful implementation of strategic outsourcing programmes, providing down-to-earth approaches to outsourcing decision making and programme management, based on a grass-roots understanding. A practitioner-focused book for business leaders and managers providing a holistic view of strategic outsourcing, covering the three essential pillars of success: risks, rewards and relationships. The author shows how business leaders can transform organisational business models, structures and mind-sets, taking the reader on a journey through the book's fifteen chapters, helping the reader truly grasp: the drivers for change as a result of globalisation and convergence and their impact on organisational strategies; how outsourcing can transform the various processes and functions of an organisation; the impact outsourcing is having on various industry vertical sectors; the eight foundations of successful strategic outsourcing programmes, which when combined with strategic decision-making knowledge, guarantees that organisations embarking on the strategic outsourcing journey, derive the transformational benefits they seek.

Role of Strategic Sourcing in a Changing World

Globalisation and Convergence
Social and Philosophical Considerations of Outsourcing
From Tactical to Strategic Outsourcing
Outsourcing Within Industry Verticals
Strategic Outsourcing
Sourcing Models
Strategic Outsourcing Decision Governance
Insights from Academic Research on Outsourcing
Minimising Risk Through the Contract
Minimising Risk Through Relationships
Offshoring Leaders, Laggards and Hopefuls
Managing Cultural Differences
Implementing Successful Strategic Outsourcing Programmes.