CAIE A-Level Business AS 4.3.2 Outsourcing Questions
Practise defining outsourcing and weighing how using third-party production or services affects capacity, costs and control.
- Syllabus
- 2026–2028
- Course
- Business 9609
- Level
- AS
Exam points
- Explain outsourcing as an external business performing a function, with a relevant example or reason
- Analyse how specialist resources, extra capacity or focus on core activities affect costs and performance
- Trace quality-control, supplier-dependence or lead-time risks through to customer satisfaction and sales
- Develop outsourcing impacts on employee morale or the security of business knowledge and data
- Evaluate outsourcing for capacity growth by balancing benefits, business values, resources and control
