BUSM 2091 Assignment 2
Get flash to fully experience Pearltrees
To outsource or not to outsource, that was the question. While it still is an unpopular action for corporations to take, most large companies – and increasingly small-to-midsize firms – outsource work at some point or another. And for good reason: financially -- IT shops that outsource infrastructure management and application services can expect to save 12% to 17% annually on average, which means U.S. companies are sitting on about $10 billion in potential savings, according to a recent Forrester Research report
Outsourcing vs. keeping it in-house
Strategy - Unilever HR deal will not spark rush to outsource - 13/06/2006
Unilever’s large-scale HR outsourcing deal with Accenture will not signal a rush by other companies towards signing similar contracts, experts predict. Last week, the consumer goods giant signed a seven-year deal with Accenture covering about 200,000 staff in 100 countries. The HR services to be provided include recruitment, payroll and core HR administration. The full value of the contract has not been revealed, but it is thought to be considerably larger than Accenture’s HR deal with BT signed last year, which is worth £306m over 10 years. The move by Unilever –owner of brands including Persil, Flora and Lynx – follows decisions by other large organisations to fully outsource their HR functions, including BAE Systems, Cable & Wireless and BT. Figures from researchers Yankee Group indicated that global HR business process outsourcing is expected to grow to £42.8bn by 2008.
Strategy - Sainsbury's completes transfer of IT staff back in-house after ending outsourcing deal with Accenture - 03/05/2006
Sainsbury's has completed the insourcing of 470 IT staff, all its IT assets and its third-party contracts from outsourcing supplier Accenture. Supermarket chain Sainsbury's has completed the transfer of 470 IT staff, all its IT assets and its third-party contracts back in house from outsourcing supplier Accenture. The company cancelled its £1.7bn outsourcing contract with Accenture last October at a time when the contract had five years left to run. Sainsbury's and the outsourcer have spent the past six months transferring the people, the systems and the contracts with other IT suppliers back to the firm. In a statement, the supermarket chain said: "Sainsbury's will take an exceptional item of circa £65m as a result of the termination.
This follows the announcement in April of an outsourcing contract to Accenture for its European IT operation, and in December last year for its European financial transactional services to IBM. The Human Resources contract sees Unilever outsourcing the transactional and administrative parts of the function globally. The contract covers transactional, administrative and HR IT systems support for activities such as recruitment and resourcing, reward, training, and performance management.
awards HR outsourcing contract to Accenture | 2006 | Unilever Global
BELBIN: The home of Belbin Team Roles
We are delighted to announce that the NEW Belbin Reports and Inventories are now launched and available! The reports now offer even more useful advice to enable individuals to form productive working relationships. The reports also help to select/develop high-performing teams, raise self-awareness and increase personal effectiveness. Each online report also contains a 10-minute video which highlights the strengths and weaknesses of an individual's top Team Role, and gives advice on how to play the role more effectively.
About Corporate Watch : About Us
Subscribe to our free email news list (c. 1 mail every two weeks) by sending a mail with 'subscribe [your address]' in the body text to news@corporatewatch.org We also produce a range of publications including a DIY guide to researching corporations. Donations from individuals form a large part of our funding.
To achieve high performance, Unilever launched a number of IT transformation programs aimed at simplifying, streamlining and standardizing operations and business processes across the enterprise and enabling significant steps toward its global One Unilever vision. As part of this effort, Unilever and Accenture worked on a number of projects like implementing a harmonized enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform as well as other restructuring projects.
Unilever: IT Transformation Program Delivers Results - Accenture
Our strategy | Unilever Global
We believe in providing an environment where individuals can achieve their goals, both professionally and personally. To attract and retain the best people, we need to offer people room to grow and succeed, and a varied set of career options. Our Corporate Purpose and Code of Business Principles commit us to treating our people with respect, integrity and fairness. We in turn expect all our employees to observe high standards of behaviour and integrity in their everyday work.Staff motivation 'should be top priority for businesses' | Chartered Management Institute
Following the autumn statement from the chancellor many businesses will begin focusing on their bottom line and how to improve financial performance, but one expert has claimed staff motivation should be top of the agenda. Andy Philpott, sales and marketing director at Edenred, said that businesses need to use management skills to look for small savings that can make a big difference to employees' finances and morale. As inflation hits five per cent and there are crippling increases in fuel and utility prices, employee savings benefits can help by giving staff a way to make their money go further with discounts on everything from food and drink to travel, motoring and finance as well as cash-back offers.
Ask the Experts: How can I keep my team motivated? | Chartered Management Institute
In times of uncertainty, the psychological contract between you and your employees – what they believe they owe the organisation and vice versa – is broken. Employees will feel insecure, act more conservatively and be less engaged as a result. They tend to be highly compliant but not necessarily accepting of the demands you make. As a manager, you will know the signs. You need to acknowledge your situation and the problems and limitations it poses. Understanding your staff and what motivates them is more important than ever – you need to focus on your communications strategy and how you word things.Newztext is a useful database for finding New Zealand companies scenarios and mini case studies. Search in the newspaper or magazine fields by name of company to retrieve news items and articles on New Zealand businesses. Dunn W. & Hunter, I. (2008) Managing in an international context : New Zealand case series , a McGraw-Hill Custom publication prepared for the University of Auckland Business Case Centre .North Ryde, NSW : McGraw-Hill Australia.