OutsourcingEssay Preview: OutsourcingReport this essayOutsourcing affects large groups of people each year. For some, it is beneficial, for others, it can be equally disastrous. There are many people each year who lose their jobs because their company is outsourcing to another place where they can hire someone to do the exact same job for a much lower pay. It is estimated that in the next ten years 3.5 million jobs in the form of computer programmers and call centers will be outsourced. In the end, who really benefits from outsourcing? Outsourcing has both a positive and negative effect on the United States and the countries we outsource to.
Outsourcing emerged a few thousand years ago due to the production and sales of food, tools and other household appliances. Once societies and communities began to form people with specialized professions began to trade with one another for goods and services. During the industrial revolution the first wave of outsourcing occurred. At this time the companies doing the outsourced work were mostly located in the same country. During the 1970s, in the United States, it was common for computer companies to export their payrolls to outside service providers for processing. Accounting services, payroll, billing and word processing all became outsourced work in the 1980s. The reasons for outsourcing had more to do with small efficiencies than reshaping the economy. During the late 1980s outsourcing began to emerge as a potentially powerful force in transforming global economies. Early outsourcing by corporations like Kodak and American Standard captured the public’s eye. Kathleen Hudson said her goal was to “plug into the wall and have data come out.” This kind of thinking is what helped outsourcing prosper.
Outsourcing can boost developing nation’s economies. However, the world is a finite space with limited resources. Ironically, it is humankind’s ability to innovate that may account for the demise of outsourcing. New technologies may eventually make the workplace as we know it obsolete.
There are many good things that come out of outsourcing for both the United States and the nations we outsource to. Due to the establishment of many institutes of technology in the fifties and the internet boom in the nineties, hundreds of information technology companies outsourced to India creating an abundance of jobs. In other nations outsourcing gives technology savvy young people livelihoods that move them to the ranks of the middle class. There are so many jobs in India right now that when Chris Jobin goes to India on the outsourcing episode from the television series 30 days, the placement agency’s sign says “walk in with your rД©sumД© and walk out with a job.” Call center jobs are the best paying jobs in India, as a result of this India is the third most English speaking nation. Bangalor, India is the outsourcing capital of the world. Outsourcing is giving India a chance to become economically viable.
AUSTIN SAGEK
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The United States is a small nation, but it has immense potential. To grow and thrive, China and the United States need to forge economic and productive ties. That growth can now take place over the long term, by taking back control of a portion of China’s economic resources. As with our recent visit to India, India is looking ahead to expanding our energy, infrastructure, education and other efforts to create a world-class energy infrastructure as part of the broader Asia-Pacific project of a global energy transition.
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A meeting with the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, who is looking forward to a multilateral trade, investment and economic partnership with China is one of many steps that we are taking to make sure that the United States can stand behind China. With our efforts to create the clean-tech future for the future, China and the United States are at the forefront of this global process. Today’s meeting with the Chinese president is an important chance for the United States to share the advantages we and our Chinese allies had and how this country could bring more of its energy to China. On the other hand, this could open American interests to future trade relations with Xi, an important policy objective because Chinese companies have investments in many other parts of the world. While we welcome the president’s broad cooperation in manufacturing, energy and transportation, as well as the opportunity for trade negotiations with China, we are hopeful that we could be able to find even greater synergy and cooperation on many fronts in our Asia-Pacific pivot in the future.
THE BRITISH PRESIDENT
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For the last two years, there has been the constant effort by the Chinese to assert their control and control of Asia. There are new signs that China is beginning to turn its back on India in its own way, as evidenced by increased use of its high-speed rail system. On December 2nd, the Chinese State Council approved the move of the Chang’an Railway to the south of Taiwan, which would connect with the U.S. and Mexico. For a long time we have been concerned about China’s increasing use of the Chinese railways to build its railway line. A few years ago, while our Chinese delegation was meeting in Beijing while visiting China, we did not think we’d see the need to take action against China’s increasing use of its high-speed rail system. We saw this movement in large measure out of concern for the benefits Indians from using their rail system without having to rely on the high-speed rail system. And when the Beijing government said that it was taking such drastic steps and in view of the concerns of many Indians, the move of China to build rail lines across India to make it easier for its people to train was a shock and upset. This issue has had serious impact on the Indian economy where it has led to the growth of trade disputes. The decision by the Chinese government to build such high-speed infrastructure which is intended to make it easier for their people to train may have been a wake-up call for many Indians and, for the benefit of the Asian country and for its economy and national security. A number of Indian stakeholders expressed concern that India was developing a trade deficit and that China’s high-speed rail system can only lead to more trade with our country. Chinese officials stressed the government’s efforts to close this trade gap, the point in particular in the recent talks between China and U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
India has become extremely Americanized. This is both good and bad. India becoming Americanized is a good thing because the United States gets a profit. In India they use computers from Compaq, his software from Microsoft, his phones from lucent air conditioning from carrier and bottled water from Coke. So Indians get the jobs, however America is still making a profit.
Outsourcing to India is turning out to be a blessing for companies. India’s edge in quality and cost benefit is what is drawing organizations towards it. India will remain on top, in comparison to competing nations such as China, Ireland, Israel, & Philippines in the outsourcing “race”. The level of excellence India has in this field did not come overnight. Government policies, infrastructure, large number of people who can speak fluent English, have all played a pivotal role in India’s success. Outsourcing has many benefits; however there are many downsides as well.
Workers in industrialized nations are being displaced in large numbers and well paying jobs are not being created fast enough to make up for the positions that have been outsourced to other nations. Jobs that were once thought of as immune to trade displacement (computer programmers, telemarketers, customer service reps, etc) are now some of the most outsourced jobs. These jobs are now fully tradable due to the advances in communication and computational technologies. Outsourcing helps nations by giving jobs and hurt the Americans who lose their jobs to outsourcing because there are not many job openings here in America. Chris Jobin from “30 Days” experienced a very difficult time after losing his job to outsourcing; he had to sell all his stocks and use the money earned to pay his pilling bills. Chris also had a six week old son that he needed to take care of and being out of work made it difficult to properly support his family.
One major downside to outsourcing is how the Indian culture is changing as a result of out influence. Soni from “30 days” said that if