this is introduction to international business(BBB4M) unit 1 lesson 3 key question #5, please can someone help me with this question, thank you.

Key Question #5: Outsourcing Article Read the article below and assume the role of a computer software engineer living in Canada. Make a list of ten possible arguments you could make to convince your company not to outsource your work to a developing country. This summer I was visiting relatives in Toronto and wanted to stay at a downtown hotel. When I called to make the reservation I assumed I would be talking to someone at the front desk. Instead, I ended up talking to someone at a call center in Calgary. As you have no doubt been reading one of the key concerns in both the American and Canadian economy is the use of outsourcing. For a number of years manufacturers have been moving manufacturing plants to countries with low labour costs to improve production. For the most part the jobs lost were in manufacturing and were low-skilled factory jobs. It is different today. Making a long distance call used to be extremely expensive, but as rates have plummeted and as the Internet has made it possible to share documents over great distances the unthinkable has become common practice. At first the idea of telecommuting seemed positive. It would be possible to be on holiday, live at home or at the cottage and still work. What was not recognized was that if you could leave the office, the office could also leave you. Many white-collar jobs will move to the developing world. Some argue that this is a good thing because countries such as India, with a highly educated workforce will be able to move quickly to higher living standards. Others argue that the companies will move these jobs around the world in the same way they have done with manufacturing jobs. Companies will look for the cheapest source of labour and workers who used to be highly paid will find their wages moving lower and lower. Page 7 / 39 - Q + opie & 5W9