Uwarunkowania podejmowania decyzji o insourcingu w organizacji
Determinants of making decisions about insourcing in the organization

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the conditions for making decisions about insourcing in the context of changingthe boundaries of the organization. Insourcing and outsourcing affect, in the opposite ways,the shaping of the organization’s boundaries. As a result of including in the organization processescarried out so far outside its structures (insourcing), the organization’s borders grow, and as a resultof outsourcing, the organization’s borders are reduced.The paper presents selected definitions of insourcing available in literature. It describes theessence and criteria for resolving the dilemma of make or buy. The basics of transaction costs theoryand resource theory of the company in the context of choosing the way of obtaining the product ofa selected process are presented. In addition, the motives of insourcing along with the reasons forthe failure of outsourcing projects by types of companies on the Polish market are described. Theresults of our own research on the use of insourcing and backsourcing in Polish organizations arealso presented. The results of the conducted research confirm the phenomenon of insourcing and itsstatistically significant connection with the size of the organization.The study was conducted as a result of research project no. 2014/13/D/HS4/01921 financedfrom the funds of the National Science Center.

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