Contracting Mechanisms in the IS/IT Outsourcing Phenomenon

2008 ◽  
pp. 3013-3024
Author(s):  
Abdulwahed Mohammed Khalfan ◽  
Majed Z. Al-Hajery ◽  
Khamis Al-Gharbi
Keyword(s):  
Business Environment ◽  
It Outsourcing ◽  
It Services ◽  
Viable Option ◽  
High Quality ◽  
External Vendors ◽  
And Control ◽  
It Operations

As organisations need diverse and high quality IS/IT services to survive and excel in the rapidly changing business environment (Lacity & Willcocks, 2001), regular attempts have been made by organisations to sustain competitiveness through increasing their investments in IS/IT operations and resources. However, this has pushed for pursuing different options and alternatives as organisations strive to maximise their flexibility and control (Lacity, Willcocks, & Feeny, 1996). To accomplish this objective, more and more organisations are constantly looking to IS/IT outsourcing by external vendors as a viable option rather than pursuing in-house IT developments (Lacity & Willcocks).

Contracting Mechanisms in the IS/IT Outsourcing Phenomenon

2005 ◽  
pp. 590-595
Author(s):  
Abdulwahed Mohammed Khalfan ◽  
Majed Z. Al-Hajery ◽  
Khamis Al-Gharbi
Keyword(s):  
Business Environment ◽  
It Outsourcing ◽  
It Services ◽  
Viable Option ◽  
High Quality ◽  
External Vendors ◽  
And Control ◽  
It Operations

As organisations need diverse and high quality IS/IT services to survive and excel in the rapidly changing business environment (Lacity & Willcocks, 2001), regular attempts have been made by organisations to sustain competitiveness through increasing their investments in IS/IT operations and resources. However, this has pushed for pursuing different options and alternatives as organisations strive to maximise their flexibility and control (Lacity, Willcocks, & Feeny, 1996). To accomplish this objective, more and more organisations are constantly looking to IS/IT outsourcing by external vendors as a viable option rather than pursuing in-house IT developments (Lacity & Willcocks).

Measuring and Evaluating Efficiency on IT Outsourcing operations through Data Envelopment Analysis

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
João Correia dos Santos ◽  
Miguel Mira da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Data Envelopment Analysis ◽  
Design Science ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
It Outsourcing ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
It Services ◽  
Programming Technique ◽  
Efficient Operation ◽  
Measuring Efficiency

Information Technology (IT) outsourcing is a set of IT services that require providers to manage a long relationship with multiple services that have a high degree of variance between clients. IT outsourcing operational contexts display multi-input and multi-output variables, so managers need guidance on developing suitable approaches in order to identify the set of variables to analyse. This work proposes a model based on Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), which is a linear programming technique able to manipulate multiple inputs and outputs. DEA allows the identification of the most efficient operation, which in turn enables providers to set the best operational strategy to follow. The results demonstrate the importance of quantitative measures in a dynamic business environment like IT outsourcing. To develop the authors' research, design science research was applied, and eighteen IT outsourcing contracts were used to demonstrate their model's utility. This work is a major contribution for measuring efficiency in IT outsourcing operations.

scholarly journals ‘An end to the job as we know it’: how an IT professional has experienced the uncertainty of IT outsourcing

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 542-552 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clive Trusson ◽  
Frankie Woods
Keyword(s):  
Labour Supply ◽  
Shareholder Value ◽  
It Outsourcing ◽  
Technical Knowledge ◽  
It Services ◽  
It Systems ◽  
Career Uncertainty ◽  
Technical Professionals ◽  
The Voice ◽  
It Operations

This article foregrounds the voice of an IT professional who is directly employed by a large British company and who, along with colleagues, is experiencing career uncertainty resulting from a management initiative to replace the established workforce with an alternative labour supply provided by a global IT services company. As an account that reflects the uncertainty of the age, the narrative offers insights into current discussions concerning the contemporary nature and experience of work generally. More specifically it tells of a loss of confidence and status of technical professionals as they are methodically undermined by the confident assertion of a ‘shareholder value’ rhetoric. The suggestion is made that the application of commercial–professional rationality to the outsourcing of IT operations may underestimate the commercial risks associated with the loss of embodied technical knowledge gained across time as IT systems evolve to become complex constructions.

FINANCIAL CONTROLLING IN THE SYSTEM OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-141
Author(s):  
Petya Yordanova – Dinova
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Innovative Approach ◽  
Financial Sustainability ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
And Control

This paper explores the comparative analysis of the financial controlling, who is a result from the common controlling concept and the financial management. In the specialized literature, financial controlling is seen as an innovative approach to financial management. It is often presented as the most promising instrument of financial diagnostics. Generally speaking, financial controlling is seen as a process of managing the company`s assets which are valued in monetary measures. The difference between the financial management and the financial controlling is that the second covers all functions of management, analysis and control of finances, aiming at maximizing their effective use and increasing the value of the enterprise. Financial controlling is often seen as a function of the common practice of financial management. Its objective is to preserve the financial stability and financial sustainability of enterprises operating in a highly aggressive business environment.

scholarly journals Application of Spectrometric Technologies in the Monitoring and Control of Foods and Beverages

Foods ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 948
Author(s):  
Ricard Boqué ◽  
Barbara Giussani
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Sensory Properties ◽  
Manufacturing Processes ◽  
Monitoring And Control ◽  
High Quality ◽  
And Control

In order to obtain high-quality products and gain a competitive advantage, food producers seek improved manufacturing processes, particularly when physicochemical and sensory properties add significant value to the product [...]

Simulationsbasierte Optimierung von Fabrikabläufen*/Simulation-based optimization of factory processes

2018 ◽  
Vol 108 (04) ◽  
pp. 221-227
Author(s):  
T. Donhauser ◽  
L. Baier ◽  
T. Ebersbach ◽  
J. Franke ◽  
P. Schuderer
Keyword(s):  
Calcium Silicate ◽  
Optimization Approach ◽  
Process Technology ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Decomposition Approach ◽  
Planning And Control ◽  
Simulation Based ◽  
Simulation Based Optimization ◽  
And Control

Die Kalksandsteinherstellung weist aufgrund prozesstechnisch und zeitlich divergierender Teilprozesse einen hohen Planungs- sowie Steuerungsaufwand auf. Durch Einsatz eines simulationsgestützten Optimierungsverfahrens kann diese Komplexität bewältigt werden. Um bei hoher Lösungsqualität eine Laufzeit zu erreichen, die einen operativen Einsatz des Verfahrens gestattet, wird auf Basis einer vorangegangenen Studie ein Dekompositionsansatz implementiert und dessen Eignung durch Testläufe validiert.   Calcium silicate masonry production requires a great deal of planning and control due to the fact that subprocesses vary in terms of process technology and time. To overcome this complexity, a simulation-based optimization approach is applied. As a short runtime that allows the method to be used operationally and yet still offers a high quality of solution is crucial, a decomposition approach is implemented on the basis of a previous study and its suitability is validated by means of test runs.

scholarly journals The insecticidal potential of Foeniculum vulgareMill., Pimpinella anisum L. and Caryophillus aromaticus L. to control aphid on kale plants

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 585-591 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. S. R. LUCCA ◽  
L. H. P. NÓBREGA ◽  
L. F. A. ALVES ◽  
C. T. A. CRUZ-SILVA ◽  
F. P. PACHECO
Keyword(s):  
Essential Oils ◽  
Brassica Oleracea ◽  
Pest Control ◽  
Distilled Water ◽  
Viable Option ◽  
Foeniculum Vulgare ◽  
Pimpinella Anisum ◽  
Natural Substances ◽  
And Control ◽  
Fennel Oil

ABSTRACTThe use of natural substances for pest control in agriculture is, economically, a viable option and has benefits for both the humanbeing and the environment, due to its low persistence and toxicity. Thus, this trial aimed on determining the insecticidal potential of the extracts and essential oils of fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.), anise (Pimpinella anisum L.) and clove (Caryophillus aromaticus L.) to control Brevicoryne brassicae L. in kale (Brassica oleracea var. acephala DC.). The treatments were: fennel, anise, cloves extracts at 10%; fennel, anise, cloves oils at 1% and control with distilled water. The mortality tests were carried out with aphids in laboratory, with three replications, after 1, 12, 24, 48 and 72 hours. During laboratory trials , it was found out that fennel oil at 1% showed the best rate of mortality on aphid nymphs (70% at 72 h), followed by clove extract at 10% with 37% mortality. Tests in pots were only carried out only with cloves extracts at 10% and fennel oil at 1% treatment, in which such efficiency was alsoindicated on aphid nymphs.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the efficiency of teaching future informatics teachers in computer networks based on modeling of networks.

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 2769-2780
Author(s):  
Yermakhan Zhabayev ◽  
Esen Bidaibekov ◽  
Saltanat Sharmukhanbet ◽  
Arynova Gulnar ◽  
Shirinkyz Shekerbekova
Keyword(s):  
Computer Networks ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Network Modeling ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Teaching Methodology ◽  
Programming Environment ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Network Technologies ◽  
And Control

When organizing training in computer networks on real equipment, educational institutions face organizational, technical and material difficulties. Using network modeling, the above difficulties can be avoided in teaching future informatics teachers about computer networks. The aim of the research was to prove the effectiveness of teaching future informatics teachers to computer networks based on network modeling. The method of theoretical analysis is carried out in order to comprehensively study the state of the problem under consideration. A pedagogical experiment has been conducted for evaluating the efficiency of teaching computer networks based on modeling. The study has been organized in experimental and control groups. Mathematical statistics were used for the analysis. In the course of the study, it was found that the development and implementation of the proposed teaching methodology provides an opportunity for full and high-quality training of future informatics teachers in the field of computer networks, which allows them to solve professional problems in the design, maintenance, configuration and administration of computer networks. Keywords: programming environment; informatics teacher; network technologies; teaching methods; informatization.

scholarly journals Research on transformation and upgrading of Liuzhou fitness industry under the “Internet +” service platform

2021 ◽  
Vol 336 ◽  
pp. 09029
Author(s):  
Yi Xie ◽  
Shijun Xu ◽  
Yanping Yang
Keyword(s):  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Supply Side ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Service Platform ◽  
Internet Service ◽  
Environment Management ◽  
Fitness Industry ◽  
And Control

Under the current situation of prevention and control Corona Virus Disease 2019(COVID-19), the development of fitness industry in Liuzhou is analyzed, and the survival environment, management, coaches' quality and reasons for the closure of the club are analyzed. The results show that Liuzhou fitness market is greatly affected by the economic and social environment, and the seemingly prosperous fitness market has met with bottlenecks, and its operation is in danger. Taking “Internet+” as a new power engine, we should build a service platform of Liuzhou fitness alliance, strengthen the supply side reform such as management and coach quality, increase effective supply of high quality, and guide clubs to play their own advantages to develop differentiated competition, which is an effective way to promote the transformation and upgrading of traditional fitness industry.

scholarly journals ACCOUNTING AND CONTROL OF INVENTORIES AS A BASIS FOR EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF A TRADING ENTERPRISE

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iryna Krupelnytska ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Management Accounting ◽  
Enterprise Management ◽  
Management Effectiveness ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Trading Company ◽  
And Control ◽  
Accounting Policy

Inventories are main resources of the trading company. Analysis, accounting and control of inventories determines the management effectiveness of commercial enterprises processes. It is necessary to accelerate the turnover of commodity resources in order to increase the profits of a trading company. Successful turnover of commodity resources can be determined with the help of high-quality operational management accounting information, which is the basis for analysis, decision-making and further control of the trading company. Obtaining management information achieved with establishment of an effective accounting policy, which is the direct responsibility of the company's management. The interdependence of the accounting policy type, quality management accounting, operational analysis and clear control over inventories at the trade enterprise determines the effectiveness of enterprise management and profit in the long-term perspective.

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