IT OUTSOURCING
LAW5ITO
Not currently offered
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
Over the past fifteen years or so, outsourcing has transformed the corporation and enabled organisations to reduce costs, increase flexibility and access best-in-class practices and global services. In this unit students will examine this trend from both a legal and commercial perspective. Topics include: structuring outsourcing transactions, pricing and performance regimes, pitfalls to avoid, enhancing transformation, governing complex IT relationships and the related transactional format. The trend towards "offshore" outsourcing, its political implications and the global delivery of IT services will also be addressed. The unit concludes with a discussion of the impact of technological change upon the corporation and will examine the question "Does IT Matter?"
Faculty: Faculty of Business, Economics and Law
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Gordon Walker
Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters
Exchange Students: Yes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: N/A
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Learning resources
Readings
| Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readings | "Structuring Outsourcing Transactions" in IT-Outsourcing | Recommended | Nagel, Trevor W in Rolf H Webber, Mathis Berger and Rolf Aud der Mauf, (eds) | 2003 |
| Readings | Does IT Matter?: Information Technology and the Corrosion of Competitive Advantage | Recommended | Carr, Nicolas G | 2004 |