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Select a real or fictional IT company that presently does not outsource. You are the CEO and must present a business plan to the board of directors to outsource much of the manufacturing and support call center.

• The business plan is to include      a brief history of the company, the financial reasons driving the      outsourcing along with the present and future organizational charts.
• The plan is to include a      detailed description of the technological challenges and how they will be      overcome.
• Include a discussion of any      ethical issues surrounding moving jobs offshore.
• The APA formatted paper is to      be  6 pages excluding title,      abstract, and reference pages, include at least four peer reviewed sources      found in the Potomac Library properly cited and referenced.

Please use this strategy when you analyze a case:

1. Identify and write the main issues found discussed in the case (who, what, how, where and when (the critical facts in a case).

2. List all indicators (including stated "problems") that something is not as expected or as desired.

3. Briefly analyze the issue with theories found in your textbook or other academic materials. Decide which ideas, models, and theories seem useful. Apply these conceptual tools to the situation. As new information is revealed, cycle back to sub steps a and b.

4. Identify the areas that need improvement (use theories from your textbook)

o Specify and prioritize the criteria used to choose action alternatives.

o Discover or invent feasible action alternatives.

o Examine the probable consequences of action alternatives.

o Select a course of action.

o Design and implementation plan/schedule.

o Create a plan for assessing the action to be implemented.

5. Conclusion (every paper should end with a strong conclusion or summary)

Writing Requirements

• 6  pages in length  (excluding cover      page, abstract, and reference list)
• Use a minimum of 4 to 5 peer      reviewed sources 
• APA format, Use the APA      template located in the Student      Resource Center to      complete the assignment.
• Please use the Case Study Guide      as a reference point for writing your case study