Week 10 – Strategic IT Outsourcing (II) – class slides and video (UPDATED)

Published March 25, 2015 | By Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D.

IBM Helps Bharti Airtel Become a Leader – IBM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQAu_Yz4HKI)

Week 11 – IT Adventures Ch. 10 and 11 – Brief Guidelines

Published March 24, 2015 | By Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D.

What happened at IVK on Thursday, June 28?
What are the issues with regard to disclosure?
What are the three recovery plans? What is Mr. Barton’s recommendation and why did he recommend it?
What is Mr. Williams decision?

Published March 23, 2015 | By Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D.

We will discuss these questions on Wed, Mar 25. Do not pose comments on this.

What are Barti Airtel’s core competencies? Or what should be core competencies for Bharti to compete and survive successfully?
Why did Mr. Gupta, the managing director of Bharti, say “Budgeting for capital expenditures was a nightmare”? (p. 1)
In a relationship between Bharti and Ericsson, What are the interests of Bharti? What are the interests of Ericsson?
In the proposed outsourcing contract with the network vendors, how will Bharti pay, for what?
With IBM, how will Bharti pay, for what?

Published March 23, 2015 | By Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D.

In a contractual relationship between a tutor and a parent,

What would be the risks to the parent? What could go wrong? How to prevent them from happening?
What would be the risks to the tutor? What could go wrong? How to prevent them from happening?

Published March 20, 2015 | By Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D.

How should IVK choose the new vendor among VerxaWeb, ServoLith, and HiOSoft? Is a voting the best way to pick a vendor?
What should a client do before finding and selecting an IT outsourcing vendor?

Published March 20, 2015 | By Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D.

We will discuss these questions on Mon, Mar 23. Do not pose comments on this.

How would you write a contract between a tutor and a student?
What could go wrong in a relationship between the tutor and the student? What are the risks from the tutor’s perspective?
What are the risks from the student’s perspective?

Published March 18, 2015 | By Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D.

What can you explain about information asymmetry and conflicts of interests in any other contractual relationship that you can think of?
What kind of “homework” or research would be needed in selecting an IT outsourcing vendor?
What would happen if you did not do enough homework in finding a mechanic, a contractor, or a doctor?

Published March 18, 2015 | By Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D.

Your brief does not need to cover “History and Background” and “Indian Market for Telecom,” but DO NOT skip to read them.

Published March 18, 2015 | By Min-Seok Pang, Ph.D.

We will discuss these questions in-class on Fri Mar 20. Do not post comments on this.

What would be your choice among the three vendors in Ch. 14.
How can we apply the contract theory in the selection?
Which one seems to be the most capable and qualified and the best match with IVK?
Which one is the least likely to be unskilled and inexperienced?
Which one is the most likely to work for IVK’s best interests?
Which one is the easiest for IVK to control and monitor?