The flexible workforce (Chapter 2 – Part 3) MGT 3513 • Dr. Marler • Introduction to Human Resource Management “Pay your people the least possible and you’ll get from them the same.” Malcolm S. Forbes

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Outsourcing – Questions to consider We will discuss as a class What types of activities should companies outsource? Why do companies outsource? What are potential drawbacks of outsourcing?

Outsourcing: The case of levi’s & collabnet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5wODB9hgR w Where did Levi’s send jobs? How did Collabnet benefit from outsourcing? What were other benefits of outsourcing in this clip?

https://darntough.com/pages/our-mill Outsourcing: The case of Cabot Hosiery Mills/Darn Tough http://www.darntough.com/ http://money.cnn.com/video/smallbusiness/2010/1 1/17/sbiz_turnaround_darn_tough_vermont.smb/ https://darntough.com/pages/our-mill What strategy is the company pursuing? What were the disadvantages of outsourcing in this particular case? What is the term used to describe the decision made by darn tough?

Questions on The Flexible Workforce What are core workers? What are contingent workers? What is a temporary worker? What is job sharing?

Questions on The Flexible Workforce What is offshoring? What are contract workers? What are other terms for contract workers?

Questions on The Flexible Workforce Describe core time and flextime. What is the compressed workweek?

Questions on Human Resource Information Systems What does a human resource information system (HRIS) do? What are some potential problems associated with using an HRIS? What might HR do to mitigate these problems?