第一段大概说outsoucing的概念,然后说outsourcing这个practice在有形产品(physical product)工业已经很成熟之类的,但是在service 的行业还是有很大前景的,而且越来越多的公司也开始做service outsourcing了。 第二段先说了service outsourcing的特色feature。然后举了intellectual service的outsourcing。说这类的outsourcing, 客户通常来说很难通过下订单(place order)来描述(specify)要买什么样的服务产品(暗指service product知识含量高,不专门搞这个还真不懂呢,有考题)。介绍完特色以后,然后说了一大堆弊端,比如service outsourcing出去可能会有泄漏企业关键信息之类的risk。但是最后,作者话锋一转,说如果企业仔细考虑计划outsourcing strategy的话,就可以lower and minimize 所有的这些risk,证明了作者对待这个practice支持态度。 题1:作者会同意下面哪个选项,我选的是although service outsourcing 有很多的弊端,但是它的优点outweigh all the risks. 但是这题还有另一个选项很迷惑,想不起来了 题2:细节题,说问中为什么客户无法specify 他们要的service product:选因为客户没有这方面的expertise 题3:好像是作者态度题,选作者支持outsourcing 考古2 文章开始说1980年美国曾出现大规模裁员的状况,因为出现了recession,但199X年再次出现了大规模的layoffs状况,但怎么解释在大规模layoff的同时企业能以低成本来实现higher productivity的呢(此处是个疑问句),有人说是计算机的使用提高了生产效率,然后作者有句话反驳,还有人说是management 的improvement导致了生产效率提高,然后作者在本段结尾给了一句反驳以前所有观点的话。 第二段作者的观点是outsource的出现才使企业有了大规模裁员并且降低成本同时增加生产效率的机会,一方面企业可以裁掉high wage的员工换成low wage的员工,把一部分业务外包出去,另一方面企业可以雇佣part time工人,因为part time工人工资低,且benifit也没有正式员工好,然后解释了一下post-wartime后的经济问题。有一道题说的是作者说企业雇佣临时工人的目的是什么答案C有一点迷惑性说因为part time 工人earn minimum wage,这是错的,文章中只说和正式员工比赚少工资和低福利,没说最低工资,正确选项应该是E,削减labor cost 还有一题说1980年的layoff不能用作者的观点解释是因为,我选的因为economy suffersdifficult,也就是原文的第一句话 背景知识 背景:经济滞涨时期,企业采取外包,节约成本。但是,带来问题,但是不违反劳动合同。
Outsourcing is when one company sells a part of their company to another. This usually happens when the company wants to save money.省钱Outsourcing was first mainly seen in the early 1980’s during a time of stagflation滞涨, or a time where economic growth is slow, unemployment rates and inflation is high.Foreign competition in trade had steady rates compared to the United States market and had a cost advantage over American goods. Car companies, which were suffering greatly during this time, took a radical step and moved about ten factories out of Michigan to Mexico (2,5).
This outraged the United Autoworkers Union (UAW) because American’s who worked in the factories that had been outsourced, were left jobless. UAW negotiated with the car companies to keep the outsourcing of the parts division to overseas countries (2).
The car factories use of outsourcing caught the eyes of other businesses: companies saw profit with the use of outsourcing. Soon after more and more companies began expand their companies in Mexico, on the Mexico-United states border. Many American citizens failed to notice the outsourcing that was beginning to happen on the United States-Canadian border. Outsourcing of filmmaking was a common in the 1990’s, but also to the manufacturing of parts. Canada’s trade with the United States began to increase and benefit, while American parts suppliers began to go bankrupt and lay off their workers (2).
This trend in outsourcing in the United States has been increasing steadily since its debut in the 1980’s, but now is being exposed to the average American. Common jobs, such as calculating worker’s payrolls, can be found in overseas companies, that provide cheaper labor, then it would cost if an American laborer worked for the company in the United States (1). Competition between companies is increasing, and companies that outsource have a great advantage over companies who only work within the United States territory. The cutting of jobs in American businesses is becoming increasingly common, leaving healthy, skilled, and knowledgeable people to suffer as they look for the few available jobs in their area. Companies take advantage of the cheap labor to allow their businesses to expand, which is the main reason that outsourcing continues to grow
第一段大概说outsoucing的概念,然后说outsourcing这个practice在有形产品(physical product)工业已经很成熟之类的,但是在service 的行业还是有很大前景的,而且越来越多的公司也开始做service outsourcing了。 第二段先说了service outsourcing的特色feature。然后举了intellectual service的outsourcing。说这类的outsourcing, 客户通常来说很难通过下订单(place order)来描述(specify)要买什么样的服务产品(暗指service product知识含量高,不专门搞这个还真不懂呢,有考题)。介绍完特色以后,然后说了一大堆弊端,比如service outsourcing出去可能会有泄漏企业关键信息之类的risk。但是最后,作者话锋一转,说如果企业仔细考虑计划outsourcing strategy的话,就可以lower and minimize 所有的这些risk,证明了作者对待这个practice支持态度。 题1:作者会同意下面哪个选项,我选的是although service outsourcing 有很多的弊端,但是它的优点outweigh all the risks. 但是这题还有另一个选项很迷惑,想不起来了 题2:细节题,说问中为什么客户无法specify 他们要的service product:选因为客户没有这方面的expertise 题3:好像是作者态度题,选作者支持outsourcing 考古2 文章开始说1980年美国曾出现大规模裁员的状况,因为出现了recession,但199X年再次出现了大规模的layoffs状况,但怎么解释在大规模layoff的同时企业能以低成本来实现higher productivity的呢(此处是个疑问句),有人说是计算机的使用提高了生产效率,然后作者有句话反驳,还有人说是management 的improvement导致了生产效率提高,然后作者在本段结尾给了一句反驳以前所有观点的话。 第二段作者的观点是outsource的出现才使企业有了大规模裁员并且降低成本同时增加生产效率的机会,一方面企业可以裁掉high wage的员工换成low wage的员工,把一部分业务外包出去,另一方面企业可以雇佣part time工人,因为part time工人工资低,且benifit也没有正式员工好,然后解释了一下post-wartime后的经济问题。有一道题说的是作者说企业雇佣临时工人的目的是什么答案C有一点迷惑性说因为part time 工人earn minimum wage,这是错的,文章中只说和正式员工比赚少工资和低福利,没说最低工资,正确选项应该是E,削减labor cost 还有一题说1980年的layoff不能用作者的观点解释是因为,我选的因为economy suffersdifficult,也就是原文的第一句话 背景知识 背景:经济滞涨时期,企业采取外包,节约成本。但是,带来问题,但是不违反劳动合同。
Outsourcing is when one company sells a part of their company to another. This usually happens when the company wants to save money.省钱Outsourcing was first mainly seen in the early 1980’s during a time of stagflation滞涨, or a time where economic growth is slow, unemployment rates and inflation is high.Foreign competition in trade had steady rates compared to the United States market and had a cost advantage over American goods. Car companies, which were suffering greatly during this time, took a radical step and moved about ten factories out of Michigan to Mexico (2,5).
This outraged the United Autoworkers Union (UAW) because American’s who worked in the factories that had been outsourced, were left jobless. UAW negotiated with the car companies to keep the outsourcing of the parts division to overseas countries (2).
The car factories use of outsourcing caught the eyes of other businesses: companies saw profit with the use of outsourcing. Soon after more and more companies began expand their companies in Mexico, on the Mexico-United states border. Many American citizens failed to notice the outsourcing that was beginning to happen on the United States-Canadian border. Outsourcing of filmmaking was a common in the 1990’s, but also to the manufacturing of parts. Canada’s trade with the United States began to increase and benefit, while American parts suppliers began to go bankrupt and lay off their workers (2).
This trend in outsourcing in the United States has been increasing steadily since its debut in the 1980’s, but now is being exposed to the average American. Common jobs, such as calculating worker’s payrolls, can be found in overseas companies, that provide cheaper labor, then it would cost if an American laborer worked for the company in the United States (1). Competition between companies is increasing, and companies that outsource have a great advantage over companies who only work within the United States territory. The cutting of jobs in American businesses is becoming increasingly common, leaving healthy, skilled, and knowledgeable people to suffer as they look for the few available jobs in their area. Companies take advantage of the cheap labor to allow their businesses to expand, which is the main reason that outsourcing continues to grow