THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONTRACTING-OUT 1 You may not be familiar with the term "contracting-out" , it involves calling in______to implement the activities which are not the central work of the company. 2 Contracting-out is very popular in______with individuals and corporations. 3 Years ago contracting-out was restricted to______such as office cleaning, catering or garden maintenance. 4 Now, it has spread into areas such as______, quality assurance, recruitment and marketing. 5 Anderson Consulting is one of the biggest consultancies specialising in______. 6 Recently, we formed a partnership deal to take over the accounting services of an______. 7 ______of both companies participated in drafting the agreement. 8 Our company absorbs over______of the oil company’s staff as part of our own staff. 9 We wanted to do a survey to explore how______were adapting themselves to the contracting-out. 10 From the survey, we learned that the contracting-out is the______to reap profits. 11 The weakness of this business practice is the likeliness to lose control over the______in a particular company. 12 As expected, the contracting-out will______over the next few years.