Ian Tho – Managing the Risks of IT Outsourcing

Likelihood, 130

Graph types, 91

Litigation, 57

Grouping risks, 78

Local Area Network, 170

Lock-In, 86

Handphone. See Mobile telephone

Loss of control, 9

Handy. See Mobile Telephone

Loss of expertise, 69

Healthcare industry, 169

Loyalty, 38

Helpdesk, 176

Heuristics, 80, 108, 136, 141, 153, 161, 162

Magnitude of loss, 72

cognitive, 162

Mainframe, 176

Hidden Costs, 54, 86

Management Costs, 86

Hitachi, 30

Mapping, 88

Honda, 30

Maquiladora, 29

HR outsourcing, 34

Market differentiation, 21

Hubris, 115

Matsushita, 30

Measurement framework, 104

Imperfect commitment, 113

Methodology, 180

Incentives, 33

Midrange, 176

Individualism, 164

Mitsubishi, 29

Influence

Mitsui, 29

external, 144

Mobile telephone, 142

internal, 144

Moral hazard, 113

Information asymmetry, 69

MUM model, 64

In-sourcing, 7

Intellectual Property, 21

Natural state, 153

Intellectual Property risks, 45

Net Present Value, 43

Interaction, 135

Network Services, 179

Internal influences. See Influence Nissan, 30

Internal Rate of Return, 127

NPV. See Net Present Value

204

Index.qxd 3/1/05 12:34 PM Page 205

Index

Obtuse angle, 103

Retainer, 14

Octagonal, 133

Returns On Investment, 43

Operating costs, 25, 170

Risk

Oracle, 170

characteristics, 79

Organizational interconnectedness, 68

classification, 79

Original Equipment Manufacturers, 5

difficulty in measuring, 76

Outsourcing

endogenous, 66

allocation of tasks, 180

exogenous, 66

competitive, 17

models, 74

contracts, 34

multiplicity, 105

definition, 7

operational, 67

failures, 19

patterns, 85

human resource implications, 37

pure, 65

models, 27

relationship, 67

partnerships, 30

speculative, 65

payroll, 7

Risk appetite, 101, 126, 143

relationships, 11

Risk Assessment Matrix, 174

sales force, 7

Risk balancing, 146, 148

selective, 7, 28, 29

Risk controls, 76

strategic, 7

Risk definition, 65

Out-tasking, 29

Risk Dimension Signature, 63, 94, 96, 101, 119, 133, 160

Paradox effect, 120

Risk dimensions, 66,69, 70, 82

Partial ownership, 14

business risk, 90

Partial resources, 48

environmental risk, 90

Past performance, 66

financial risk, 90

Patents, 44

informational risk, 90

Payoffs, 150

legal risk, 90

Perfect project, 152

operational risk, 90

Performance criteria, 9, 43

strategic risk, 105

Poaching, 38

technical risk, 90

Potential contract. See Relationships Risk Exposure, 6, 71, 98, 146,

Potential impact, 130

boundaries, 72

Predator, 155

risk factor, 6, 107, 115

Premium pricing, 44

Risk landscape, 88

Prey, 155

Risk portrait, 96

Probability, 72

buyer risks, 175

Process change. See Process model

supplier risks, 175

Process model, 13

Risk profile, 3, 33, 50, 59, 63, 66, 76,

Profit margin, 13

78, 81, 85, 88, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 96, 99, 101, Proposition, 18

103, 110, 112, 117, 122, 124, 129, 130, 131, 132, 139, 150, 152, 155, 157, 159, 161, 163, Quadrant, 15

164, 165

Radar plot, 91

Risk relationship

Radiology, 169

interrelatedness, 156

RAND Corporation, 134

magnitude, 156

Random Activity. See Cause and effect time, 156

Random occurrence, 142

Risk shifts, 107

RDS. See Risk Dimension Signature

Risk signature, 90, 92, 94, 96, 98, 101, 102, Reduced Resource Charges, 189

124, 125, 128, 129, 132, 133, 146

Relationships, 11, 31

Risk transfer, 12

Request For Proposal, 120, 184

ROI. See Returns On Investment

Request For Tender, 120

RRC. See Reduced Resource Charges

205

Index.qxd 3/1/05 12:34 PM Page 206

Index

Sanwa, 29

Task

Scales

allocation. See Outsourcing, allocation of tasks categorical, 93

Theoretical limit, 74

Likert, 94, 183

Tolerance limits, 112

rank ordered, 93

Topology, 103

Scope creep, 197

arrow head, 103

Service costs, 48, 117

circular, 103

Service debasement, 86

squeezed rectangle, 103

Service level, 29

star, 103

Service quality, 114

Toshiba, 30

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, 187

Total risk, 12, 72, 73, 79, 91, 92, 94, 97, 98, 99, Shelf-life, 108

100, 102, 103, 133, 141, 145, 146, 147, 149, Shirking, 115

150, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, Social actors, 120

161, 165

Sony, 30

Toyota, 30

Sourcing, 35

Spot-contracting, 33

Value chain, 20

Star graph, 91

Vertically integrated, 25

State of equilibrium, 146

Virtual organizations, 11

Stereo-ray glyphs, 91

Voice Over Internet Protocol, 48

Strategic alliances, 31

VoIP. See Voice Over Internet Protocol Strategic partnership, 31

Stress

Web channel marketing, 52

points of, 133

Winner’s curse, 68, 109

Sumitomo, 29

example, 176

Supplier relationship, 12

Win-win

advantage, 189

situation, 146

reputation, 194

Supply chain management, 52

Survey, 182

Xerox, 9

Symbiosis, 30

Systems Integration, 17

Zero probability, 72

206

Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48

Leave a Reply 0

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *