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Crowdsourcing

Crowdsourcing. What is crowdsourcing ?. subdivision of work into a number of separate bits (modules); offering these bits to a virtual group of individuals , “the crowd ” by means of technology (e.g.: the Internet);

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Crowdsourcing

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  1. Crowdsourcing

  2. What is crowdsourcing? • subdivision of workinto a number of separate bits (modules); • offering these bits to a virtual group of individuals, “the crowd” by means of technology (e.g.: the Internet); • the person whocomes up with the best solution, the quickestand the lowestprice, wins the competition; • only the winner will make money; • continuationof existingglobalization trends (outsourcing, offshoring, etc.); • examples of crowdsourcing platforms: TopCoder, Elance, Guru, Odesk, Proz.

  3. Consequences • applicable in different sectors: ICT, finance, consulting, graphical sector, etc.; • employees in Europe have tocompetewith “colleagues” in countrieslike India, Malawi and South-America; • the risks, linkedwithemployment, are extensivelycircumvenedand are for the employee’sown account; • no more permanent employment, training costs, pensions, care obligations, etc.; • large ICT companies (e.g. IBM) are currently busy experimentingwiththisphenomenon.

  4. Actions untilnow • presentation in network meeting (23-3-2012); • conversationwith 2 members Dutch parliament (30-5-2012); • publicationmanifesto (press, politicalparties, tradeunions, etc.; 27-6-2012); • conversationwith member European parliament (14-11-2012).

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