Offshoring

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses how some believe that hiring people in other lands to do American workers' jobs is harmful to America, while others believe that the benefits of hiring labor in foreign countries more than outweigh any negative effects. The paper looks at statistics that show the negligible effects of offshoring on the unemployment rate. The paper examines the issue of confidential data going overseas which could compromise national security. The paper concludes that the corporate and national political policies developed in the near future will determine whether offshoring is good or bad for the United States.

From the Paper:

"Offshoring has been discussed and debated more and more widely in the United States since 2003, when the cartoon appeared on the cover of Business Week showing a man in a business suit holding onto cargo being shipped overseas with the headline "Is Your Job Next?" Today the situation looks even direr. Many more companies, from Burger King to Cingular now outsource their back-office jobs. Even though Hira and Hira claim that hiring people in other lands, primarily India, to do jobs that once were American workers' jobs, is a terrible idea for America, others believe that the benefits of hiring labor in foreign countries will more than outweigh any negative effects it may have on American jobs now (Hira, 2005)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Campion, Michael A., et al., "Work Redesign: Eight Obstacles and Opportunities." Human Resources Management, Vol 44. Wiley Periodicals, Winter 2005: 367-399.
• Cappelli, Peter and Crocker-Hefter, Anne. "Distinctive Human Resources are Firms' Core Competencies." Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education. [ Date . City of Publication: Publisher ]
• Frauenheim, Ed and Yamamoto, Mike "Reforms, not rhetoric, needed to keep jobs on U.S. soil." CNET News.com. 4 May 2004. <http://news.com.com/Offshoring+U.S.+needs+reforms%2C+not+rhetoric/2009-1070_3-5198156.html?tag=nl#off1>
• Hira, Ron and Hira, Anil. Outsourcing America: What's Behind Our National Crisis and How We Can Reclaim American Jobs. New York: Amacom Books, 2005.
• "McKinsey & Company Leadership Breakfast: Offshoring Roundtable." McKinsey & Company. <http://www.mckinsey.com/ideas/Offshoring/roundtable/pdf/offshoring_breakfast_panel.pdf>.

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