In this study outsourcing is defined as the organizational practice of contracting for services from an external entity while retaining control over assets and oversight of the services being outsourced. In the 1980s, a number of factors led to a renewed interest in outsourcing. For private sector organizations, outsourcing was identified as a strategic component of business process reengineering-an effort to streamline an organization and increase its profitability. In the public sector, growing concern about the federal budget deficit, the continuing long-term fiscal crisis of some large cities, and other factors accelerated the use of privatization measures (including outsourcing for services) as a means of increasing the efficiency of government.
1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1 Introduction; 4 2 Outsourcing
of Management Functions; 5 3 Ownership Functions and Core Competencies; 6 4
Decision Framework; 7 Appendix A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members;
8 Appendix B List of Briefings; 9 Appendix C Documents Related to Inherently
Governmental Functions; 10 Appendix D Questionnaire; 11 Bibliography; 12
Acronyms
Committee on Outsourcing Design and Construction-Related Management Services for Federal Facilities, Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment, National Research Council
