Doctoral Proposal Exploring the Impact of Outsourcing on...

Doctoral Proposal: Exploring the Impact of Outsourcing on a Government Agency By CHARLES KIMANI A Dissertation Presented in Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Doctorate. Doctor of Management in Organizational Leadership with a Specialization in Information Systems and Technology. University of Dedan Kimathi School of Technology September 2013 Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION†¦show more content†¦However, the contracting of non-governmental workers allows agencies to adapt to the rapid changes in technology because many times contractors are certified and experienced knowledge workers and have the expertise to deploy the latest technical innovations (Chen and Soliman, 2002). For this reason the outsourcing of technical and complex tasks to contractors have become increasingly popular across both private and public organizations (Slaughter and Ang, 1996). Some of the emerging trends in outsourcing includes domestic verses offshore outsourcing. Domestic outsourcing is a perception of the local jobs in a country which is best for the local economy. It has rural outsourcing which makes rural parts carry out functions in a competitive basis rate as compared to other service providers from other countries. Offshore outsourcing is as a result of its spread to many countries and is brought forth by change in pr ices. Another trend is security issues whose major concern is the security questions on the sensitiveness of information that is accessed by outsiders of the firm. It has been a key concern and still remains as there have been reports of fraud and theft of assets which is a limiting factor to the growth of outsourcing locally and internationally. 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