Outsourcing Automobiles to China

Paper Summary:

This report presents an assessment of the American automobile industry and addresses issues of expansion and outsourcing. Additionally, the report explores the viability of outsourcing production and manufacturing from the American auto industry to China. Finally, the report also considers issues of free trade and possible trade barriers.

Table of Contents
Introduction
U.S. Issue-Outsourcing to Foreign Markets
Pros and Cons of Outsourcing to China
Recommendations
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"There is also a focus in the current external environment on the ability of professionals and managers in the American automobile industry to be mobile in terms of their training opportunities as opposed to those professionals who prefer retraining to mobility. Training can be related to auto industry factors of qualified job applicants and outsourcing as something that retraining programs can help to alleviate in terms of
domestic impact, but retraining is a quite different paradigm to examine. This is because retraining implies that the automobile industry manager or employee, due to organizational restructuring and/or outsourcing, is being given the opportunity by the business to learn more skills that make them effective in the new structure that may have caused the company to make outsourcing changes. This retraining opportunity shows a different reflection, however, in terms of auto workers who are relatively young and employees and managers who are in the baby boom generation or older."

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