Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education
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Journal

Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education


Volume
& Issue

Volume 12, Issue 3


Published
on

April 5, 2021


Pages

1832-1841


DOI

Article

Outsourcing Provider Selection Model in Public Sector


Authors

Glory Urekwere Orlu Affiliation:
Department of Software Engineering and Information Systems, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
ORCID: 0000-0002-5271-8570
, Noraini Che Pa* Affiliation:
Department of Software Engineering and Information Systems, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
ORCID: 0000-0002-7466-5940
, Rodziah Binti Atan Affiliation:
Department of Software Engineering and Information Systems, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
ORCID: 0000-0003-2655-7280
and Hazlina Bt Hamdan Affiliation:
Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
ORCID: 0000-0003-1271-4257


Abstract

In recent times, decision outsourcing IT activities in the public sector is fast evolving in the world at large. This fact has been considered as a high level of strategic measure used in different industries particularly in the public sector where internal IT expertise is found wanting in the area of implementing IT activities to improve the performance growth of the public sector. Although outsourcing IT activities are beneficial to IT Practitioners, Decision-makers, and heads of departments, but the fact remains that choosing the right IT Provider is still a challenge that is inevitable to be avoided as they continue to make the mistake of choosing the wrong IT Provider during outsourcing provider selection. This study considered mainly the approach undertaken towards achieving the key objective of this paper which is the development of the proposed model that can support IT practitioners in outsourcing selection practices. However, this paper considered an appropriate technique that can be implemented in an uncertain and complex situation. Having reviewed thoroughly five existing techniques used in the prior researchers' work, in-depth understanding on this justified that, fuzzy logic and its particular tools used Fuzzy Inference Systems (FIS) was found to be considered efficient and suitable for outsourcing selection practices in an uncertain and complex situation. Also, a pilot study and empirical study were conducted to ascertain the validity of the instruments (questionnaire data). The pilot study consists of 33 respondents while the empirical study consists of 133 respondents. Finally, the reliability test was carried out to determine the validity and reliability of the six influential factors selected, thereafter the proposed model was developed. The application of the developed Decision Outsourcing Selection Model (DOSM) will aid the IT Practitioners in their decision outsourcing Selection practices.


Keywords

Decision-making, IT Outsourcing Practices, Outsourcing Selection Model, Public Sector, Selecting IT Provider


Citation

Orlu, G. U., Pa, N. C., Atan, R. B., & Hamdan, H. B. (2021). Outsourcing provider selection model in public sector. Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education, 12(3), 1832–1841.

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