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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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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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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Effects of Downsizing on Employees Statement of Problem Downsizing is a major problem faced by employees during tough times of recession. Apart from the economic reasons‚ they also have severe psychological effects on the employees. This project is about comprehending the effects of cut backs on employees. Employees suffer from severe self-esteem issues‚ due to which it’s very hard for them to jump back into the same mental stableness. The structure of this study is to assess the effects of downsizing
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Factors and Downsizing Which two of the five HR factors listed by the authors of your course do you consider the most important for your organization? (Explain your organization and its nature of business briefly). Justify your choice‚ and discuss these two factors in detail. Assuming that the U.S. sub-prime crisis of the present day is now affecting the Asian economies and your organization is feeling the effects of slowing sales as well as rising raw materials cost. Downsizing is a real possibility
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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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Rd‚ Conwy‚ LL32 8EU United Kingdom | |Proposal for a Downsizing Programme [pic] TP4US | |Contents Page | 1 Introduction 3-4 1.1 Main Aims and Objectives 3 1.2 Competitive Enviroment 3 1.3 Company Profile 3-4 1.4 Downsizing Programme effects (Inc budget) 4 2 Recomendations 4-7
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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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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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DOWNSIZING AND RIGHTSIZING Downsizing: The downward migrations of business applications are often from mainframes to PCs due to low costing of workstation. And also today’s workstations are as powerful as last decade’s mainframes. The result of that is Clients having power at the cost of less money‚ provides better performance and then system offers flexibility to make other purchase or to increase overall benefits. Rightsizing: Moves the Client/Server applications to the most appropriate server
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