Book Review < Industrial Sunset > The book ‘Industrial Sunset’ traces and compares the processes of industrial transformation in Canada and the United States. It explains the main issues in the history and the politics of plant closings during the period beginning and ending in the recession between 1969 and 1984 (High‚ 2003‚ p. 4). High (2003)‚ the author of the book‚ argues: … the Great Disruption was filtered through national contexts. In the United States‚ the fears and anxieties engendered by
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Managing emotions after restructuring processes 1. Introduction Sometimes it is unavoidable for a company to make decisions that cause toxic emotions among the employees‚ for example job-cuttings during restructuring processes. Such decisions‚ despite of being necessary‚ can trigger fear and anger on employees ’ side. Without handling such situations appropriately and recognizing the existence of toxic emotions‚ the organization is often not able to realize the planned gains and manage the
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Issues in the case Did the company violate the Labor Agreement by using Glass Department employees to work overtime and temporary transferring employees into the department to work when Mr. Ronald Petrie was laid off? Should the company have called Ronald Petrie back to work? The Glass Department consisted of five employees‚ on March 20‚ 1997 the company laid off Ronald Petrie leaving four employees to work the department. On April 3‚ 1997 an employee retired now leaving only three people to
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Employee Morale After Downsizing Downsizing has become a significant idea in today ’s economy and maintaining the trust of employees when something like this takes place has also become very serious business (Brockner‚ Konovsky‚ Cooper-Schneider‚ Folger‚ Martin‚ & Bies‚ 1994). The question is not whether a company should downsize their employees but how to do the downsizing properly so that as few employees as possible are injured (Brockner‚ Konovsky‚ Cooper-Schneider‚ Folger‚ Martin‚ & Bies
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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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of employees’ confidence within the firm. Management has a duty to protect their employees‚ but that also completely disregards why businesses operate in the first place; to make a profit. Management exists to optimize operations. Along with the layoffs‚ doing it in a uniform matter proposes that all employees are treated equal. Management isn’t basing it off their individual performance or does not seem biased by any means of producing the apparel. To avoid employees’ morale or motivation from going
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feared by most of the employees working in the corporate world. A downsizing strategy reduces the scale (size) and scope of a business to improve its financial performance In management parlance‚ the term downsizing refers to pruning (including layoffs and retrenchments) of the size of workforce for a variety of reasons: ← Obsolescence of skills consequent upon up gradation of technology‚ ← Shift in the organizational requirements; ← Outsourcing; ← Modernizing‚ ← Restructuring or even
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Terrible Phones 4US |Terrible Phones 4US Bangor 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
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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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person without a job will definitely reduce their spending almost immediately‚ and leading to the reduction in the overall tax revenue of the country. Also‚ the CEO didn’t mention in the article how they will compensate the workers they are going to layoff. In order to overcome the dividend payment issue‚ we suggest that FGV Company should make their dividend decision and establish a potential dividend for its shareholders as soon as possible. This may allow the shareholders to feel more secured and
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