NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: AMY SCHURR ON IT LEADERSHIP 08/26/04 Today's focus: Outlook on offshoring
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"Although American workers, in general, are very concerned about the impact of offshoring on the economy, they apparently have little concern outsourcing will affect them personally," says Bruce Pfau, national practice director for organization effectiveness at Watson Wyatt. "Nevertheless, the degree of this confidence seems to vary somewhat by employee job role." In particular, professional and technical employees in non-supervisory roles are most worried about the threat of outsourcing. Among that group, 13% are greatly concerned about their own jobs heading offshore, 22% somewhat concerned, and the remaining 57% are not at all worried. Among the various job roles represented in the survey, senior managers and supervisors are least concerned about cost cutting through offshore outsourcing. Only 7% of those who hold these positions are strongly concerned about their jobs going overseas, 15% are concerned to a small extent and 77% are not concerned at all. For the survey respondents' sake, let's hope their fears are unjustified. _______________________________________________________________ To contact: Amy Schurr Amy Schurr is an editor for Network World's Management Strategies and Features sections. If you have any career topics you'd like her to cover or want to comment on this newsletter, you can reach her at <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by Alterpoint Read the latest analyst report on Network Change and Configuration Management (NCCM) written by EMA's Dennis Drogseth. This report discusses the latest developments in the NCCM market, including an in-depth look at DeviceAuthority Suite, a comprehensive solution for configuring, changing, and controlling today's complex, multi-vendor IT network infrastructures. 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