What's Outsourcing ?

Just finished watching movie "Outsourced"......its an awesome movie.....must watch.

The movie lacks the real aspect of outsourcing but it's simple with its screenplay.Story line and screenplay of this movie is so real and touching.There is no doubt that simplicity impresses and always wins.

The movie is all about the marriage of Indian and Western culture. It felt like that every American is pissed of so called outsourcing but still forced to do it. Thinkers of present are analysing and defining Outsourcing on the basis of myopic view. Is really outsourcing all about sending jobs from US to India or China?

Outsourcing is a part and parcel of life of every citizen on this earth. We need access to various services and support to survive but situation demands us to be best in our area of services.As a chef , person must be a brilliant cook at home but to own a garden he would have to hire a consultant(Gardener or care taker).He would have to hire a consultant(servant) to keep home.The above all is an outsourcing.........then why we visualize outsourcing as just BPO.

Human being is on such stage that it expects best in everything.To see best support services , we require outsourcing. Thinkers has just used the phenomenon of job movement to India or China as Outsourcing(it's just myopic view). In Competitive world , Banking and Insurance industry is looking to provide cheap and best services to its customers. With the intent to streamline their business , they need specialists to manage IT services. This particular movement of work from bank to specialists is outsourcing.Why are we calling the movement of work from US to India as Outsourcing?

Even if the work stays is US then also its outsourcing , whereas the phenomenon of job movement from US to India can not be termed as outsourcing. The job movement from US to India or China is nothing just an exercise to cut services cost.The intent is to purely cut cost and make more profits. This cost cutting step is persuasive and never ending because it will be used by corporate world to provide best optimum services and products.

The usage of term Outsourcing to define this job movement displays the frustration of loss and pessimist thinking.

I am confident that 5 years from now , If I am gonna write a blog on Outsourcing the content would point out the transfer of jobs from India and China to Brazil or may be Pakistan.

Thanks for reading my views!!!!

Cheers!!

Gaurav