Outsourcing

When people say how small the world is today, it maybe
true. You’re just seconds away from seeing your friends and families via the
internet, teleconferencing etc2 eventhough you are geographically far apart. With
all the technological advancement, you could even run a nasi lemak & teh tarik business in Malaysia whilst the nasi lemak & teh tarik customer service centres are operating in
Austria. This process is called outsourcing.( Alexander Graham Bell would’nt have believed it if we say you
could view your mum’s face in Senegal,
whilst you're in Togo
live via videoconferencing.)

Well, im just merapuing again. But im merapuing with many
unanswered questions running through my mind. Does this outsourcing trend actually
mean that we are being economically conquered by other nations? Without
doubt, the benefits are there, but it seems all too easy to just “run with the
flow”. Yeah, people say that outsourcing creates comparative advantages etc2
but to what extent should we “sacrifice” certain aspects of our daily activities via
outsourcing.

Business processing outsourcing, engineering outsourcing and
all sorts of other outsourcing. You could outsource nearly everything these days.

 

p/s: simple example of outsourcing-> asking your friend to
complete your assignment.hehe.