THE COST OF OUTSOURCING IT DEPARTMENTS
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Costs of Outsourcing IT Departments
Katie Kline
Penn State University
THE COST OF OUTSOURCING IT DEPARTMENTS
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According to Investopedia, outsourcing is,
“the business practice of hiring a party outside a company to perform services and create
goods that traditionally were performed in-house by the company’s own employees and
staff.” (Investopedia, 2017).
Outsourcing is a way for companies to cut costs in their business. Some other reasons a
company would choose to outsource part of their business would be to improve company
specialization, to take advantage of other’s abilities, and to increase company efficiency. First,
one should know the aspects of a business that can be outsourced.
Surprisingly, any part of a business can be outsourced. Things like payroll, marketing
