General Motors Co.'s plan to move most of its outsourced IT work back in house is being praised by many, but it's being viewed as a course correction for GM rather than a trend. Toni Somers, a professor of information systems management at Wayne State University’s School of Business Administration, said that if the GM move isn't part of a trend, it should be. "I'm not a proponent of outsourcing. A lot of companies jumped on outsourcing. It was the thing to do, and they outsourced IT and R&D," Somers said. "I hope to see more companies moving their IT back in-house, and I'd like to see them bring their R&D back, too. When you have a small company and small IT staffs, it makes more sense to outsource some of it. But big companies are better served by bringing IT in-house. It allows them to control important corporate data and improve operations and innovation. But this move by GM doesn't come without risks, and it comes with high investment costs."