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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Guide on the selection of employees for retention or lay-off Date: December 21‚ 2012 Author: Policy Development Directorate Guide on the selection of employees for retention or lay-off Important Notice This Guide is intended to be a work in progress. It will be updated periodically to remain as accurate as possible. It was last updated in December 2012. To assist managers and human resources (HR) advisors in dealing with work force adjustment (WFA) situations‚ the Office of the Chief
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off‚ and 2) minimize negative outcomes of the downsizing process? With the increasing competition in today’s globalized market‚ lowering costs to maintain profits or to survive in the industry is the focal point of most organisations. Therefore‚ layoffs have become a common tactic of organisations to reduce labour and operation costs. There is no denying that reducing a workforce could improve efficiency and contains several benefits; however‚ it also has a number of drawbacks and even brings long-term
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Re-organization and Layoff: Decision Making Evaluation Paper Bioncca Henderson‚ Carla Slaton‚ Johanna Arellano‚ Kellie Barto‚ Suenika Sykes PHL/320 January 30‚ 2015 Scott Phillips Re-organization and Layoff: Decision Making Evaluation Paper Management has many changes they adjust to daily. Some of the changes come from firing and lay-off employees. When these changes do take place they can change how the organization develops. Management will have to
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References: Brockner‚ J.‚ Wiesenfeld‚ B. M. and Martin‚ C. (1995). Decision frame‚ procedural justice‚ and survivors ’ reactions to job layoffs‚ Organisational Behaviour and Human Decision Processes‚ 63‚ pp. 59 68. – CIPD (2010) – Learnhigher (2008)
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CASE OVERVIEW Valley Technology Inc. is a part of the computer storage industry that initially offered a tape drive portfolio of products‚ which provides backup and recovery capabilities‚ and it has recently introduced a network attached product which is dedicated to file sharing only. The company encountered dilemmas regarding the most appropriate alternative that would be best to resolve their plan of reducing the company’s overall cost‚ specifically with the tape storage division
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The WARN Act Application in a Case Study The purpose of the WARN act and its pros and cons The WARN Act is a law that formulated to cater for mass layoffs of employees. This law will provide a protective shield to various employees and their individual families by notification to the employees before the closure of the plants they are working in within a 60 day period (Ford et al‚ 2000). This law majorly applies to companies with a high number of employees and in this case the company that is about
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productivity and profitability of the organization‚ and retaining skilled‚ and qualified employees. Staff cutbacks can leave the surviving employees feeling demoralized‚ bitter‚ angry‚ and in shock. One role of Human Resource Management is to act as an employee advocate. In a time of workforce reduction‚ communicating with employees as well as acknowledging their concerns and fears‚ can work to rebuild the employee’s sense of security in the workplace and help him/her to reengage in the culture of the
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Cox - member of Astrigo PR team‚ handling the Internal communication Sushil Bhatia – Vice President of marketing and strategy. 3. Course of Action The worldwide economy is currently recovering from the global economic crisis. A crisis that “layoff” employees of the different company. Mostly affected is the United States of America. Lay-Off means - When a company eliminates jobs regardless of how good the employees’ performance. This is usually because the company is facing financial difficulties
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September 2‚ 2011 Dr. Younker Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Detroit District Office 477 Michigan Avenue‚ Room 865 Detroit‚ MI 48226-9704 Dear Sir or Madam‚ Please accept this letter as a complaint of employment discrimination based on gender by Alice Bennett. Please also accept this letter as an appearance by Marcia Robinson of Auburn University Legal Services on behalf of Mrs. Alice Bennett. On January 5‚ Mrs. Bennett started working at Rikards-Hayley‚ an investment banking
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