HR STRATEGIES THAT CAN TAKE THE STING OUT OF DOWNSIZING-RELATED LAYOFFS by Franco Gandolfi Strategy | July / August 2008 Share on emailEmail Share on twitterShare on Twitter Share on facebookPost to Facebook Share on linkedinShare on LinkedIn Share on deliciousSave to Delicious Share on instapaperSave to Instapaper While the pain of downsizing-related layoffs can’t be avoided entirely‚ it can be mitigated. Anticipating the duration and depth of an industry downturn‚ for example‚ can definitely
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Downsizing has become an extremely popular strategy in today ’s business environment. Companies began downsizing in the late 1970 ’s to cut costs and improve the bottom line (Mishra et al.‚ 1998). The term "downsizing" was coined to describe the action of dismissing a large portion of a company ’s workforce in a very short period of time. According to online encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org downsizing refers to "layoffs initiated by a company in order to cut labor costs by reducing the size
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 2. LITERATURE REVIEW ➢ Conceptual approach to employee downsizing Downsizing and employee attitude ➢ Employee morale during downsizing ➢ Organizational climate also affects employee retention rate and positively affects employee downsizing rate ➢ Tips for creating an effective organizational climate for minimum employee down sizing ➢ Organizational vital signs-a leading indicator
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NEGOTIATION PLANNING FORM Negotiation Simulation: Alpha-Beta Team: B ABOUT YOUR TEAM 1. What is your overall goal? Our topmost need is to attain greater scale economies in production by significantly boosting overseas sales of robots. We especially want to develop a presence in the currecnt small but rapidly growing Alphan market. We choose this goal since it is SMART. We focus on a specific goal that developing a presence Alphan market. If we can get stable sales channels and attain a
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September 10‚ 2012 The implications of downsizing (rightsizing) to the employees‚ communities‚ and families of the Corporate Downsizing What ever happen to the American Dream? Although our economy is struggling daily‚ our government at this point is still not willing to call it a recession. Due to the affect of corporate downsizing people are losing their jobs‚ homes‚ cars‚ families‚ and everything else of any worldly possession
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Module 5-6 assignment Note: Before you begin the assignment for Module 5‚ please click the Module 5 assignment link in the online course navigation pane for instructions on how to complete and submit your responses for assessing. (100 minutes) Kaz Bakery Ltd. Several years ago‚ Karina Cutlass opened a small store that sells custom-made cakes‚ cookies‚ and pastries. Being skilled in baking from scratch with specialized ingredients‚ she quickly gained many loyal customers. Following the success
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ASSIGNMENT # 2 MANAGEMENT THEORY AND PRACTICE (8506) ASSIGNMENT TOPIC: IMPACT OF DOWNSIZING Prepared by: xyz Roll No ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost‚ I thank ALLAH (subhanawataala) for endowing me with health‚ patience‚ and knowledge to complete this work. After ALLAH.is the last phophet Muhammad S.A.W) who brought for us exposure and unlimited knowledge. I would like to take opportunity to express
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Executing Strategies in a Global Environment Federal Express‚ known today as FedEx was developed by Fred Smith in 1973. Mr. Smith saw need for customer to receive packages sooner than 1-3 business days; this was the norm for express mail 40 years ago (Hill & Jones‚ 2013). Federal Express changed the structure of air cargo industry and improves on the overnight delivery service (Hill & Jones‚ 2013). In this paper‚ it will analyze value creation frontier of FedEx‚ determine which four building blocks
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Academic Year 2014-15 Module Handbook Module Co-ordinator: Dr Cathy McGouran Office: Haldane 129 Office Hours: Mondays 16.30-17.30; Friday 14.30-15.30 Email: c.mcgouran@swansea.ac.uk Teaching Staff: Sarah Owens Office: Haldane 135 Office Hours: Monday 10.30 -11.30 ; Thursday 4.30 -5.30 Email: s.j.owens@swansea.ac.uk School of Management MN- M013 Marketing Management Module Overview Introduction As co-ordinator of the Marketing Management module‚ I wish to welcome you to
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than only will one be concerned with higher order needs of influence and personal development. Since‚ without meeting lower order needs‚ we are no longer concerned about the maintenance of our higher order needs. Similarly‚ in the case of GM: Downsizing the Hummer‚ it is very obvious that esteem and self actualization are the only needs that will motivate a purchase of a Hummer H2. Esteem needs can be categorized as external or internal motivators. Internally motivating esteem needs are those
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