Resumen

LUCENA, Héctor  y  HERNANDEZ ARIAS, Aymara. Outsourcing and Inter-Company Links from Management’s Perspective.. Revista Venezolana de Gerencia [online]. 2007, vol.12, n.40, pp.534-552. ISSN 1315-9984.

This article examines management perspectives regarding outsourcing and inter-company links: their reasons, possibilities and limiting factors. It is a qualitative study of an exploratory-descriptive character, carried out with assumptions from the interpretive paradigm which explains reality and knowledge of reality through interpretations and meanings contributed by the actors involved in an organizational phenomenon, including the researchers. The case study was used as the research method and thematic content analysis was utilized to organize and categorize the information sources (focused interviews). The process of outsourcing and co-operativization undertaken arose as a survival mechanism and a specialization strategy to obtain organizational flexibility and higher productivity levels in the face of an adverse political-economic environment and the inflexibility of labor regulations. One consequence was a restructuring of the internal procedures, norms and policies of the promoting company in order to adapt to the dynamics of the connections between the company and its strategic associates.

Palabras clave : Outsourcing; cooperatives; intercompany links; management’s perspective.