Top 5 books on Outsourcing to India

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The most interesting topic that involves India in the global scenario is outsourcing. Chillibreeze brings you a compilation of the top 5 books which dwell on this subject.

The Black Book of Outsourcing: How to Manage the Changes, Challenges, and Opportunities by Douglas Brown, Scott Wilson

The Black Book of Outsourcing is an exhaustive guide for the promising arena of outsourcing, providing expert advice on how to outsource, the political complications of outsourcing and about finding a career in this field. A topic of discussion among global citizens, outsourcing is on its way to becoming one of the greatest industries today. Outsourcing experts Douglas Brown and Scott Wilson plot a route for business leaders empowered with organization outsourcing ideas and provide a wealth of job possibilities for people who want to be included in this field.

Outsourcing is the greatest boom and business of the 21st century. Nonetheless, it is also a controversial topic among corporate leaders and workers in the global economy.

India Unbound by Gurcharan Das

India Unbound is a book about a country’s rise from poverty. Today, India is a growing nation taking progressive footsteps towards free market and globalization. Internationally famous columnist Gurcharan Das traces India's present social and economic transitions in an engrossing manner.
The story evolves around characters during a revolutionary period where change was in the ethos. It traces back from the initial days after Independence right down to the present software giants making their mark and illuminates us on the economic and political growth responsible for this transformation. The author entwines a personal saga into the larger frame of modern history: his family's shift to USA in the mid-1950s, his education at Harvard and his years in India as a young marketing executive fighting against a communist system that could weaken the country's immense capabilities. Das also reflects on the reasons of positive views for the country’s bright future enveloping the burgeoning growth of the IT sector.

The book is like a route, mapping India’s progress from then to now. It chronicles the changes the nation has undergone in the post independence era to emerge truly unbound.

The IT Outsourcing Guide by Rob Aalders

This book is for anyone involved in the IT outsourcing process. It provides accurate know-how about what to do in order to outsource. Once that very important decision to outsource business is taken, you need to know how to go about it. This is the stage when this book proves to be a must read. The stakes of going back to operating in house are very high, not just financially. The IT Outsourcing Guide provides realistic advice how to actually outsource information technology.

The book suggests the top-down approach and proceeds from corporate objectives to contracting to ongoing management with assistance from high level employees of international corporates like Commonwealth Bank, Royal & Sun Alliance, Booz.Allen & Hamilton, PA Consulting and IDG.

This book is one of the first of its kind, on how to put into practice IT outsourcing and is informative for both a beginner as well as an expert in this field.

Outsourcing to India: The Offshore Advantage by Mark Kobayashi-Hillary

In this book, India and the other key participants of the Indian service sector are introduced. The author provides a rational perspective on this controversial topic, elaborating on why a company should use outsourcing as a tool and what has to be done to initiate this process and establish a working relationship with a local partner. It discusses how to manage this entire procedure and its political effects on the nation that is outsourcing. At the same time, the author makes a convincing case for outsourcing to India.
This book gives important guidance on who is important, where they are and what they are doing in India. The book is a priceless possession for those who have taken the strategic decision to outsource to India and will assist you in the complicated transition process.

According to the author, it is the foremost book on the controversial issue of outsourcing to India and helps decision makers of corporates in the US and Europe. It focuses on India – the country that it is, the movers and shakers and what to do to strike a good bargain. The book is unique in how it lays emphasis on outsourcing to India rather than simply IT outsourcing.

What's This India Business?: Offshoring, Outsourcing, and the Global Services Revolution by Paul Davies

This book provides valuable information about the pros and cons of outsourcing to India and also offers a lead to people doing business in India regarding how to avoid the pitfalls. The book tells us international companies like Citigroup and Prudential Insurance have saved millions of dollars simply by outsourcing to India. Nevertheless, the also reminds us that more than half of all outsourcing projects do not succeed.

With the Indian economy growing at a rate of 5 to 7 %, the country promises to be the fourth largest economy in the world within the next fifty years. The book describes how every business, no matter how small or large, can partake in this economic uprising.

The book provides a background on India as a country and as a service provider. The author tells us what services can be outsourced by US and European companies and the steps to initiate the process. The readers are cruised through the details of immigration, currency exchange, hotels, dressing, eating, traveling, time zones and working of the Indian people and assist those who want to, but do not know how to go about doing business in India.

The book maintains that initial gains that your business makes are not important; it is the long term relationship that counts. He negates all the doubts and fears relating to outsourcing by pointing out how much savings can be generated by outsourcing to India and how it can lead to greater prosperity for all.

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Koeyli Jaluka is part of the core team at Chillibreeze. She enjoys reading and writing among other things. Koeyli says, "Chillibreeze is a wonderful place (virtual, albeit), to work in."