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Not-So-Core Competencies

by Ken Orr, The Cutter Business Technology Council

Organizations that have been using the concept of core competency as an argument for outsourcing, particularly outsourcing of IT, stand a strong chance of lacking the skills necessary to manage key outsourced activities over time. New thinking on the subject indicates that core competency is at best a questionable concept and a poor management guide for future decision making.

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Not-So-Core Competencies February 2005

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