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Business outsourcing
Outsourcing Without Upsetting Lou Dobbs by Dana
Wallert
I don’t know how many times I’ve flipped through the channels and
heard Lou Dobbs talking about “Exporting America.” Now, I know Lou
is discussing the political and economic context of American companies
outsourcing their jobs overseas. However, this new one-dimensional
definition of outsourcing has other implications to some of us in
the States.
I am no expert on politics, economics or Lou Dobbs, so I’ll keep
my opinions on those subjects to myself. However, what I would like
to discuss is the negative connotation that the word “outsourcing”
has taken on in this country.
There are thousands upon thousands of small businesses in this country
whose sole survival depends on other companies outsourcing their
needs. Just think about it for a moment. How many companies in the
service industries only exist to support the needs of other businesses?
Imagine if every company had to act as a fully self-sufficient corporation.
They must handle all of their own HR issues…no more employment agencies,
payroll companies, etc. They must employ a full-fledged IT department
to handle all of their own web design, networking, software and
database designs. Each enterprise has to have enough administrative
assistants, data entry specialists, desktop publishing experts,
marketing gurus. The list is endless.
If American companies were to completely eliminate all forms of
outsourcing, life as we know it would end!
Now, we all know that this is not what Lou or anybody else who has
defined outsourcing as one of the most popular buzz words of the
last few years is talking about. I understand that most people know
that the business to business outsourcing within America is not
a bad thing. Nonetheless, it seems strange to me that one word can
take on such a life of its own. It’s really not a new phenomenon,
yet it is the first time that I’ve encountered one of these controversial
terms in my own ventures.
Let me say that as a business person in a field that is solely based
on other businesses looking to my company to meet their needs, I
find myself quite often searching for synonyms to outsourcing. Not
that there’s anything wrong with it, but when I’m advertising, I’m
forever brainstorming for words to replace that one that starts
with o and ends with source! After all the talk that’s been spinning
around Washington and the rest of the country, it seems that it’s
turned into a dirty word.
Obviously, most people understand that there are all types of outsourcing.
On the other hand, when you’ve got limited time and space are you
going to choose a “hot button” word to describe what you’re selling?
Dana Wallert is the owner of an online virtual assistance company.
She has many years experience in sales and office management. Find
out more about Dana and sign up to receive her free monthly newsletter
athttp://www.dwofficesolutions.com
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