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Cameron Mongan
Professor Douglas
UWRT 1102-025
5 February 2015
Outsourcing Impact on Growing Economies

Outsourcing has the ability to affect growing economies in a variety of ways. There are
however different theories about the strategy. Companies who outsource can have higher levels
of efficiency, but the downside is taking away job opportunities. Both the supporter and the critic
are looking to shed some light on the longtime debate on the effect of outsourcing. While the
author supporting outsourcing may believe it is better for accountability, the author opposing it
believes it takes away from American companies and jobs.
When it comes to outsourcing, the issues involved affect more than just saving money.
The article in which displays the better argument shows the negative effects that outsourcing has
on a growing economy. They involve affecting society by discouraging future American
computer scientists and engineers (Marquez.) Not only does the author give clear and logical
explanations as to why outsourcing negatively effects the economy, the article also has facts to
give it validity. The author has a clear stance on the argument, and all the facts and argument are
organized under subtitles which makes it easy to understand the viewpoint. One the biggest
strengths of the article was the ability for the author to use a wide range of examples to support
his argument. Hidden costs, disrupting the education system, and privacy and security are just
some of the things mentioned as negative effects. What should have been included to the article
is some form of opposition. Although the author did a fantastic job of selling his argument, the
ability to give a little bit of opposition makes it seem less stubborn. Adding a couple positive

effects at the end of the article would make it seem more like he was supporting his argument,
instead of bashing the opposition.
The second article supported the idea for outsourcing on growing economies.
Outsourcing is a common practice among both private and public organizations and is a major
element in business strategy (Kremic.) The author of this article focused mainly on how it is
more cost efficient and faster to outsource. The author did have some strong points about how
outsourcing is more cost efficient, but some things he stated were opinionated. Not only did this
make the article lose validity, it made the author sounds less knowledgeable. Outsourcing is
something that sounds good on paper. One of the things that did stick out in the article was the
examples of outsourcing that have been worked in the past, like the taxing and health services for
the British government. Not only did he give reasonable examples, he addressed opposition and
also hinted that the opposition may have some validity. When reviewing the article, the biggest
drawback was that it almost seemed as if the author was trying to sell you on positives of
outsourcing rather than presenting an argument and backing it up with information. The article
was a bit unorganized and skipped around, but looking at the article as a whole, the examples
given were good but the statistics seemed opinionated.
In conclusion, the first article did a better job explaining and backing up the argument
that outsourcing had a positive effect on growing economies. Not only did the author give facts
about outsourcing, he gave examples and applied it to how it would work in the United States
economy. This article referred to the American economy multiple times, and when it comes to
the culture of America there isnt a better feeling seeing how this could help the economy. The
second article did have some good points and the author was able to point to some examples of
how outsourcing had helped other economies. Both the articles showed how outsourcing can

affect growing economies, and as the author of article one explained, outsourcing is not always
the right decision.

Works Cited
Kremic, Tibor, Oya Icmeli Tukel, and Walter O. Rom. "Outsourcing Decision Support: A Survey
of Benefits, Risks, and Decision Factors." Supply Chain Management: An International
Journal 11.6 (2006): 467-82. Ankara. Cleveland State University, 6 Nov. 2006. Web. 5
Feb. 2015.
Marquez, Brian. "Insight Business." Insight Business. University of Southern California, 1 Sept.
2006. Web. 04 Feb. 2015.