Outsourcing

Outsourcing is most certainly not a new concept. It has existed for thousands of
years. It has only been called outsourcing beginning a few decades ago. Both humans
and organizations throughout history have never completed all tasks by themselves. In
fact, during the Age of Egypt, human beings provided goods and services to others, while
during the Middle Ages, people came together to buy and sell goods and services at the
village market.

While human society migrated from an agricultural to an industrial basis, there
was an increase in the amount of goods and services being outsourced. Entire
communities moved out of rural areas and into villages, turning them into towns and then
eventually into cities. Fewer people raised their ow...