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外文翻译 原文 outsourcing human resource activities: a proposed model Material Source：Supervision, Jul2010, Vol. 71 Issue 7 Author：Caruth, Donald L. Caruth, Gail D.Outsourcing or subcontracting of various in-house functions has long been used in manufacturing and production operations. Now outsourcing has now found its way into human resource management in a big way and is a growing trend today. It is currently estimated that outsourcing of human resource management activities is currently a $15-billion industry. What is outsourcing? Defined at its most basic level, outsourcing is the process of contracting with an outside party to perform company functions that were previously performed in-house. In some instances several subcontractors are retained (multi-source outsourcing) to perform independently one or more human resource activities. In other instances a single subcontractor (single source outsourcing) is used to perform the bulk of human resource management functions. Over time the number of organizations skilled in performing specific human resource activities has grown to the point where there is now a general provider or a specialist provider organization that can perform almost any human resource management task or activity. For outsourcing of human resource management activities to be truly effective, companies must understand what can be outsourced as well as what cant be outsourced. Failure to distinguish between what can and what cant be outsourced has the potential to create serious problems with the outsourcing process. This article first identifies the kinds of activities that lend themselves to outsourcing and then it identifies the characteristics that preclude certain functions from being outsourced. Successful outsourcing of human resource activities also demands that organizations know the advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing. Another prerequisite for organizations contemplating outsourcing is to understand what actions are necessary to creat