1. Outsourcing: Pros and Cons Mr. Rush Go Muskies! Mr. Rush Go Muskies!

2. Essential Questions What Is Outsourcing? Is outsourcing a good or bad thing? How have jobs changed due to outsourcing? What Is Outsourcing? Is outsourcing a good or bad thing? How have jobs changed due to outsourcing?

3. What we will do Today Agenda 1) Ideal job Collins. 2)Read: Business Week article: Commentary: Outsourcing Jobs: Is it Bad? 3)Create a T-chart- Pros/ Cons of outsourcing 4)Discussion: The Pros/ Cons of outsourcing 1) Ideal job Collins. 2)Read: Business Week article: Commentary: Outsourcing Jobs: Is it Bad? 3)Create a T-chart- Pros/ Cons of outsourcing 4)Discussion: The Pros/ Cons of outsourcing Objectives Purpose: What are the positives and negatives of Outsourcing? Essential Questions:1) What advantages might a business have from outsourcing? What are some disadvantages? a.If you owned a business, how might you resolve the question of outsourcing or not? How would you respond to your critics? Purpose: What are the positives and negatives of Outsourcing? Essential Questions:1) What advantages might a business have from outsourcing? What are some disadvantages? a.If you owned a business, how might you resolve the question of outsourcing or not? How would you respond to your critics?

4. Ideal Job Collins 1. What is a field or career that interests you? 2. Did this field exist one hundred years ago? Fifty years ago? 3. How has this field changed in the course of your lifetime? 4. How has this field changed since when your parents were your age?

5. Ideal Job Collins continued 5. What are some current trends in this field? 6. What personal qualities, skills, and knowledge does a person entering this field today require? 7. Do you foresee changes twenty years from now? If so, what changes? If not, why not?”

6. Business Week Article Read the introduction Is Outsourcing Bad? – Yes article – No article Rewrite 7 arguments for and against outsourcing in the chart