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LookatthestatementsbelowandtheadvicetobusinessesontheoppositepageaboutusingothercompaniestoruntheirITservices.

1、theneedtoteachskillstoemployeesworkingontheoutsourcedprocess

2、rememberingtheinitialreasonforsettinguptheoutsourcedproject

3、theneedtodrawupagreementsthatsetouthowintegrationistobeachieved

4、addressingtheissueofstaffwhoworkontheoutsourcedprocessbeingatadistantsite

5、theimportanceofmakingsomeoneresponsiblefortheintegrationprocess

6、staffontheoutsourcedprojectfamiliarisingthemselveswithvariousdetailsofthebusiness

7、problemsbeingassociatedwithanalternativetooutsourcing

WhenabusinessdecidestooutsourceitsITservices,itneedstoconsiderthequestionof

integration.Fourexpertsgivetheirviews.

Tramcere,SilicaSystems

AnoutsourcedITserviceisneverafullyindependententity.Itistiedtothehomecompany'spreviousandcontinuingsystemsofworking.Butdespitetheaddedresponsibilityofmanagingnewwaysofworking,manybusinessesignoretheintegrationprocess.Theyfailtoestablishcontractsthatdefinethewaysinwhichthetwocompanieswillworkalongsideoneanother,andfocussolelyonthetechnologicalaspectsofservicedelivery.

Rayner,Domola

Businessesneedtobuildintegrationcompetencycentresdedicatedtomanagingtheintegrationeffort.Itiscriticaltohaveanindividualinchargetocheckthattheexternalandinternalbusinessoperationsworktogether.Althoughcompaniesoftenthinkofoutsourcingasawayofgettingridofpeopleandassets,theyneedtorememberthat,atthesametime,outsourcinginvolvesgainingpeople.Becausethereisanewoperationbeingcarriedoutinadifferentwayoutsideofthehomebusiness,thiscreatesatrainingelement.

Locke,DigitalSolutions

Communicationisthekeytosuccess,andoutsourcingtootherregionsorcountriescanleadtoarangeofproblems.Foranysuchinitiative,itisnecessarytocreateateamwherethereisgood,opencommunicationandaclearunderstandingofobjectivesandincentives.Bringingpeopletothehomelocationfromtheoutsourcedcentreisnecessary,sinceitcanaidunderstandingofthecomplexitiesoftheexistingsystem.Tointegrateefficiently,outsourcingpersonnelhavetotalktothehomecompany'sexecutivesanduserstounderstandtheirexperiences.

Noon,JGTech

Onewaytoavoidthedifficultiesofintegrationistocreateajoint-venturecompanywiththeoutsourcer.Thus,a

companycanswapitsassetsforashareoftheprofits.Yetjointventuresbringpotentialtroubles,andcompaniesshouldbecarefulnottolosesightoftheoriginalrationaleforoutsourcing:

togaincostefficienciesandqualityofserviceinanareathatforsomereasoncouldnotbecarriedoutentirelyin-house.Thecomplexitiesandcostsofajoint-ventureinitiativeshouldnotbeunderestimated.

Lookatthestatementsbelowandthearticleaboutthedevelopmentoffuturebusinessleadersontheoppositepage.Whichsectionofthearticle（A,B,CorD）doeseachstatement（1-7）referto

Foreachstatement（1-7）,markoneletter（A,B,CorD）onyourAnswerSheet.

Youwillneedtousesomeoftheselettersmorethanonce.

1Managersneedtotakeactiontoconvincehigh-flyersoftheirvaluetothefirm.

2Organisationsneedtolookbeyondthehigh-flyerstheyarecurrentlydeveloping.

3Thereisaconcernthatfirmsinvestingintrainingforhigh-flyersmaynotgainthebenefitsthemselves.

4Managersneedexpertassistancefromwithintheirownfirmsindevelopinghigh-flyers.

5Firmscurrentlyidentifyhigh-flyerswithoutthesupportofaguidancestrategy.

6Managersarefrequentlytoobusytodealwiththedevelopmentofhigh-flyers.

7Firmswhoworkhardontheirreputationasanemployerwillinteresthigh-flyers.

TheStarsoftheFuture

AExistingmanagementresearchdoesnottellusmuchabouthowtofindanddevelophigh-flyers,thosepeoplewhohavethepotentialtoreachthetopofanorganisation.Asaresult,organisationsarelefttoformulatetheirownsystems.Amoreeffectiveoverallpolicyfordevelopingfutureleadersisneeded,whichiswhytheLondonBusinessSchoolhaslaunchedtheTomorrow'sLeadersResearchGroup（TLRG）.Thegroupcontainsrepresentativesfrom20firms,andmeetsregularlytodiscusstheleadershipdevelopmentoftheorganisations'high-flyers.

BTLRGrecognisesjusthowsignificantlinemanagersareintheprocessofleadershipdevelopment.Unfortunately,withtoday'sflatorganisations,wheremanagershavefunctionalaswellasmanagerialresponsibilities,peopledevelopmentalltoooftenfallsvictimtoheavyworkloads.Onemanagerintheresearchgroupwasunconvincedbythelogicofsendinghisbestpeopleawayondevelopmentcourses,'onlytoseethempoachedbyanotherdepartmentor,worsestill,anotherfirm'.Thisfearoflosinghigh-flyersrunsdeepintheorganisationsthatmakeuptheresearchgroup.

CTLRGarguesthatthetaskofmanagementisnotnecessarilyaboutemployeeretention,butaboutcreating'attractioncentres'.'Wemusthelplinemanagerstorealisethatiftheircompaniesareknownasonesthatdeveloptheirpeople,theywillhaveagreaterappealtohigh-flyers,'saidoneadvisor.Furthermore,selectingpeoplefor,say,aleadershipdevelopmentprogrammeisasignofcommitmentfrommanagementtoanindividual.Loyaltycanthenbemoreeasilydemandedinreturn.

DTLRGhasconcludedthatacompany'sHRspecialistsneedtotakeactionandengagewithlinemanagersindividuallyabouttheirroleinthedevelopmentofhigh-flyers.Indeed,inordertobenefitfullyfromtraininghigh-flyersastheseniormanagersofthefuture,firmsmustactuallyaddressthedevelopmentofallmanagerswhowillbesupportingthehigh-flyers.Withoutthis,managerswillnotbeinapositiontogiveappropriateadvice.Andwheneventuallythe

high-flyersdomoveon,newoneswillbeneededtoreplacethem.Thenextchallengewillbetofindanewgenerationofhigh-flyers.

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Employeescanmakeabusinesssucceedorfail,sothepeoplewhochoosethemhaveavitalroletoplay.

Employeesareacompany'snewideas,itspublicfaceanditsmainasset.Hiringtherightpeopleisthereforeasignificantfactorinacompany'ssuccess.（0）GIfthehumanresourcesdepartmentmakesmistakeswithhiring,keepinganddismissingstaff,abusinesscandisappearovernight.Manycompaniesnowrealisethatrecruitingthebestrecruitersisthekeytosuccess.

SarahChoi,HeadofHRatEncopic,believesthatthinkingcommerciallyisakeyqualityinHR.EverydecisionanHRmanagermakesneedstoberelevanttoadvancingthebusiness.（8）...CThat'snolongerthecase.HRmanagershavetothinkmorestrategicallythesedays.

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Forexample,achiefexecutivewillexpecttheHRdepartmenttoadviseoneverythingfromtheheadcounttowhethertoproceedwithanacquisition.

WhydopeoplegointoHRinthefirstplaceChoihasareadyanswer.Ithinkmostpeopleintheprofessionareattractedbyalong-term