Within Organization Economics and Management Theory, two largely separate streams of outsourcing literature dominate the discussion and have been applied extensively: the governance perspective (New Institutional Economics, especially Transaction Cost Economics) and the competence perspective (Resource- and Knowledge-Based View) of the firm (Foss 1993). We argue that neither theory has sufficient explanatory power with respect to outsourcing failure. Within the New Institutional Economics, Transaction
EDU922 has been an interesting experience, allowing me to consider the usefulness of collaborative online learning. Overall, the activities in EDU922 seem to have been designed to have the student become familiar with the idea of e-tivities by working through a set of tasks similar to those in Salmon’s book/model, starting with level one “access and motivation” (Salmon, 2003, p12) and working toward higher level learning, such as week seven’s, critical reflection on practice (stage 5). I feel this