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In the book The Black Book of Outsourcing, authors and consultants Brown and Wilson identified what they call the top 10 major sins of outsourcing, that can sideline the success of any enterprise’s outsourcing initiatives.

In order to present a positive bent on these 10 major pitfalls, this piece would re-consider them as bases for the 10 Commandments of Outsourcing.

These are as follows:

1. Obtain commitment from executive management.
2. Develop an outsourcing communications plan.
3. Learn about outsourcing methodologies.
4. Recognize outsourcing business risks.
5. Consult outsourcing professionals
6. Dedicate the best and brightest internal resources.
7. Proceed carefully through each of the outsourcing phases.
8. Recognize the impact of cultural differences.
9. Acknowledge what it will take to ensure vendor productivity.
10. Implement a formal outsourcing governance program.

For today, let’s take a look into the first five commandments.

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Nov

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If it’s the first time your company would outsource a project, a corporate initiative, service or function to an offshore location like Cebu, Philippines—consider the two key situations outsourcing works best.

First situation is when outsourcing is the only strategy that’s available at one’s disposal. Second situation is when outsourcing is the best strategy for the job.

The objectives or the desired achievements of outsourcing need to be specifically defined in order to decide that outsourcing to the Philippines is indeed the best strategy or course of action for your company.

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Sep

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Companies that jump into social media believe it’s as easy as starting a Facebook page. It’s not.

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The People Management Association of the Philippines (PMAP) shares strategies on how human resource (HR) practitioners and businesses can prepare for the ASEAN unified market this 2015.

Unlike the European Union model that uses the free movement of people, the 10 member-economies of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) require free movement of skilled labor.

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