Outsourcing World: sociology related archive

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Offshore Outsourcing World Archives:

09/30/05 Gecis Global reborn as Genpact Genpact: New name backed by old school outsourcing expertise

09/29/05 SME cinches top UK top outsourcing award SME Wax Info Ltd wows UK outsourcing association

09/28/05 Alban: Work from home - cure for India's call center attrition Father of call center industry tells India to consider working from home

09/26/05 PWC: Companies slow in reaping outsourcing benefits Price Waterhouse Coopers survey shows slow first year offshoring benefits for financial service companies

09/23/05 Indian students: BPO jobs prestigious but short-lived BPO hip and hot with Indian students

09/22/05 India's outsource workers snub unions Indian outsource workers content without unions

09/21/05 Knowledge-based outsourcing: Australia's fresh offshoring prospect Australia urged to enter the knowledge-based outsourcing arena

09/20/05 Datamonitor: Outsourcing activities moving from US contact centers to India American contact center landscape fast changing with job flow

09/19/05 Israel's answer to outsourcing: Hiring Haredi women Israel's haredi women rise to outsourcing challenge

09/16/05 PWC: China prime financial services outsourcing spot China and India top offshoring destinations, India threatened by labor costs

09/15/05 PWC: Rise in offshoring, drop in satisfaction

09/12/05 India's courts in session - overseas

09/09/05 India's BPO regains lost ground

09/08/05 A Dim Future for US IT Workers

09/07/05 Outsourcing from India instead

09/06/05 Forrester: Process change outsourcing posts biggest growth

09/05/05 Outsourcing Pharma R&D to India and China

09/01/05 Gartner: FSPs should boost outsourcing

08/31/05 Nudging Australia into deeper offshore waters

08/30/05 Security programs for India's contact centers

08/29/05 Outsourcing spurs education diversification

08/26/05 Microsoft-Nasscom Certs for Indian IT firms

08/25/05 Gartner: India could lose hold on outsourcing market

08/24/05 India steps up offshore staff quality control

08/23/05 Next US outsource target: Russia

Complete Offshore Outsourcing World archives

Topic Category: sociology
09/23/05 Indian students: BPO jobs prestigious but short-lived BPO hip and hot with Indian students
09/22/05 India's outsource workers snub unions Indian outsource workers content without unions
09/08/05 A Dim Future for US IT Workers A new survey reveals that IT workers are growing more and more pessimistic because of their present working conditions.
08/29/05 Outsourcing spurs education diversification Education to offset outsourcing threat
07/11/05 EAPs for Indian BPOs EAPs offered to help stressed out BPO workers
06/30/05 Outsourcing and the loves and lives of the night Getting more out of nighttime work life
06/28/05 Data safer offshored Outsourced data actually safer brought offshore than in US confines
05/10/05 Lloydds TSB Union lobbying against outsourcing UK Union lobbying against outsourcing
05/05/05 Abusive calls not tolerated in Indian call centers anymore Possible solution in sight for call center abuse
04/28/05 Indian outsourcers spared by tsunami Despite widespread damage wreaked by the 2004 tsunami, IT and BPO outsourcers in India have emerged intact.
03/17/05 Attributing outsourcing attrition BPO sector losing people to growth gap and job fulfillment
02/23/05 US Labor Dept: Offshoring has minimal effects on layoffs Offshoring not the culprit behind mass layoffs
02/16/04 White Collar Jobs Become Hot Target for Outsourcing Outsourcing of knowledge workers to places like India and Philippines is happening today.
02/10/04 Culture, as Defined by Outsourcing (part 2) Part 2 of a week long series on the impact of 'cultural differences' that arise in outsourced projects. Today - what is the fundamental nature of cultural differences?
02/09/04 Culture, as Defined by Outsourcing Part 1 of a week long series on the impact of 'cultural differences' that arise in outsourced projects. Today - many problems teams face are traits of human nature, and not distributed teams.
04/27/03 Installing WiFi Into Schools is a 'No-brainer' Laptop access to the Internet via WiFi will present students the chance for continuous learning.
04/22/03 The Life of an African Software Developer A report on the life of an African Software Developer
03/21/03 Wages During a Recession An interesting perspective on why wages continue to rise, even during a recession.
03/16/03 The Cost of War A war on Iraq will cost at least 60 billion dollars. Could this be more wisely spent?
03/06/03 Finding the Right Price What exactly determines the right price for a product? Until recently, it seems like guessing was the best strategy.
03/05/03 Content and the failure of AOL Time Warner Many reasons can be sited for the failure of the large media conglomerate. Could it just be TOO much content?
01/24/03 The Wireless Internet Access Phenomenon Wireless internet access hotspot model is taking off quickly. Will this change the world as we know it?