Special Report: APAC Sharing Expertise Participants at the recent Summit in Singapore
offered sage advice on how to enter the burgeoning market. By Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop
As more businesses consider HRO in the Asia-Pacific region (APAC), they face important decisions—from selecting the right outsourcing partner to deciding where the program should be launched and how fast it should be rolled out. And, of course, once the relationship with their HRO partner is established, they must continue to tend it and nurture it to keep it on the right track.
At this spring's Summit in Singapore, some of the recurring topics included how to select the right team, the
importance of getting good buy-in on the ground, and the need to allocate an appropriate budget for compliance.
Gerry Clark, partner and regional director of TPI, pointed out that with businesses getting courted by service providers telling them, "outsourcing is wonderful," it was easy for them to get carried away and rush into a decision without properly weighing all internal and external options and defining a sourcing strategy. "You should spend time defining your objectives and what you are trying to achieve
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