Advancements-in-information-technology

Globalization, astonishing adjustments of the latest technology, changes in the global economic clime, increasing global competition and power of customers, are impacting on the way and manner public organizations carry out their functions. One area that has received considerable attention in the past few decades is IT outsourcing. According to Diromualdo and Gurbaxani (1998), organizations consider the adoption of IT outsourcing as a veritable way of sustaining their competitive advantage and maintaining a sustained scale of growth. Similarly, Hirsheim (1997) maintained that organizations consider IT outsourcing as a cost saving measure and an important option that will enable organizations focus on their core business. Additionally, (Apte etal. 1997; Matthews, 2004) opined that the increasing need for cost-reduction has made IT outsourcing an important option for administrators in public Organizations. Apte et al. (1997) who carried out a comparative research on IT outsourcing in countries like USA, Finland and Japan came up with results showing the types of IT functions that organizations commonly outsource, the extent to which such functions was outsourced and the views of administrators on the cost savings and comparative benefits and risk of IT outsourcing. (Analysis of the Risk in Information Technology (IT) outsourcing in Public Organisations, Momoh A Attai)

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Last date updated on April, 2024