One Global Network An Accenture core value that is based on the following: Share knowledge and expertise with other groups. Actively develop your own internal and external network. Contribute to building knowledge capital and differentiated thought leadership. Share your resources with others who need help. See Core Values. Operating Groups Accenture is structured around five operating groups, which together comprise 18 industry groups. The operating groups are: Communications & High Tech, Financial Services, Public Service, Products and Resources. Operational Efficiency Accenture's initiative to operate efficiently by continuously improving our client delivery capabilities and cost structure. We will continue to electronically enable our own business processes in areas such as human resources, training, recruiting, performance management and finance and operations management. This initiative is intended to optimize Accenture's high performance. Outsourcing See Business Process Outsourcing. Outsourcing A long-term partnership, usually involving the transfer of people and assets, by which Accenture assumes responsibility for parts of a client’s business. There are three types of outsourcing: Infrastructure Outsourcing, Application Outsourcing and Business Process Outsourcing. See also Netsourcing, Transformational Outsourcing.