Journal of Management http://jom.sagepub.com/ Causes and Effects of Employee Downsizing: A Review and Synthesis Deepak K. Datta‚ James P. Guthrie‚ Dynah Basuil and Alankrita Pandey Journal of Management 2010 36: 281 DOI: 10.1177/0149206309346735 The online version of this article can be found at: http://jom.sagepub.com/content/36/1/281 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: Southern Management Association Additional services and information for Journal of Management
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maintaining high production. Downsizing History and Trends "By 1980‚ over 90 percent of the nation ’s work-force was counted as employees; a complete reversal from the early 1900 ’s when over 80 percent were self-employed.” (Atwood‚ Coke‚ Cooper & Loria‚ 1996) During the 80’s‚ with the introduction of newer technological changes this provided organizations with opportunities to substitute capital for labor or to restructure jobs in new ways. This was the start of downsizing practises in America.
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Brian Balcom HEA110-04W Assignment #2 Six Transtheorheoretical Stages of Change Moving through stages of change is helpful in changing target behaviors. When a person doesn’t think they have a problem or that they need to make a change‚ this is called the pre contemplation stage. Contemplation is when a person knows they need to make a change and plan on doing so within six months. They are aware of the benefits and cost of making a change and believe that the benefit outweighs the cost. The
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competitive‚ companies made strategic decision to gradually lower their payroll numbers. (Anthony‚ Kacmar & Perrewe al‚ 2002:434) Downsizing has become a critical issue around the world. Downsizing and mass lay-offs are happening not only on US companies but also organizations in the entire industrial world. The number of organizations and jobs affected by downsizing has been staggering. In 1993‚ in an unending quest for lower costs‚ higher productivity‚ and fatter profits‚ American firms announced
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Natasha Romanishan Class six Assignment 8 1. Why was there such opposition to the proposed Constitution of 1787? There was opposition to the constitution because many mainly the anti-federalists believed it would turn into tyranny and everything that happened in the American Revolution and there steps towards a democracy would end and it would become like Britain. Therefore the war would mean nothing and democracy would not happen‚ the government would take over. 2. Was there a violation of revolutionary
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| | | | A compiler is a computer program that implements a programming language specification to "translate" programs‚ usually as a set of files which constitute the source code written in source language‚ into their equivalent machine readable instructions (the target language‚ often having a binary form known as object code). This translation process is called compilation. We compile the source program to create the compiled program. The compiled program can then be run (or executed) to do
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The six standards in the executive summary are skilled communication‚ true collaboration‚ effective decision making‚ appropriate staffing‚ meaningful recognition‚ and authentic leadership. Skilled communication: The ability to convey information to another effectively and efficiently. Nurses with good verbal‚ nonverbal and written communication skills help facilitate the sharing of information between their colleagues and patients. True collaboration: Collaboration is a joint effort between two
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be aware of and respect their agreed code of ethics. Although every organization has their own set of ethics there are some overarching principles. There are six basic ethical principles: 1. Respect for persons (autonomy and self-determination) 2. Beneficence (doing good) 3. Nonmaleficence (avoiding harm)
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A Model Secondary (6-12) Plan for Reading Intervention and Development A response to requests from Minnesota schools and districts to provide guidance in developing reading intervention programs for secondary students Developed by the Quality Teaching Network: Reading January 2006 Acknowledgements The Quality Teaching Network: Reading (QTN: R) is a group of exemplary educators dedicated to assisting schools throughout the state in improving student achievement. The QTN is organized and supported
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Strategies – Downsizing Numerous amount of people once thought that downsizing is an indicator of organizational decline‚ instead it is now accepted as a legitimate restructuring strategy. Downsizing is known as reducing the number of employees in the company‚ sometimes it could be the number of operating business units (Ireland‚ Hoskisson and Hitt‚ 2009). As mentioned earlier‚ Hewlett Packard incorporates downsizing strategy for its corporate restructuring. HP Chief Executive Meg Whitman also mentioned
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