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Computer Science: Study Notes [Outsourcing] – yr 12
| Advantages | |
| Give business freedom to focus on core compentencies | Cost an efficiency savings |
| Access to cheaper labour | Allows the company to focus on core operations' |
| Access world class help desk support | The company doesn't have space to accomidate a new employee and building onto an existing building is costly or cannot be done because of lack of space. |
| Access state of the art technology | Staff flexibility, allows the company to access additional resources |
| Disadvantages | |
| Wages of Australian workers may be pushed down. | Loss of control over the outsourced task |
| Quality of services recieved from outside sources may not be of the same standard | Hidden cost - one may sign a contract that contains hidden costs |
| Local workers have to compete on the global market | Threat to security and confidentiality - outsourcing propietry or knowledge, drawings, formulas. - may be at risk as these would have to be sent to the outsoucing company |
| Security issues in relation to sensitive data | |
| language and cultural barriers | |
| Alternatives to outsourcing | |
| Provide pathways for students to develop in these ICT areas | |
| Provide incentives to business to take on trainees | |
| Provice accredited training organisations to deliver ICT cources to a set standard | |
| Scholarships | |
| Tax benefits to Australian businesses to emply australian ICT workers over outsourced workers |