Resizing The Organization 11 pps

... 235–240 ADAPT, 361 Adaptability, organizational: defini- tion of, 348–349; developing, 361–362; employees and, 359–362; goals of, 362–364; and organizational culture, 355–359; and organizational structure, 349–354; ... retraining talent, 353–354; and size, 347–348; and survivor sickness, 356–358 Adaptation: and accepting the new, 296–304; by hierarchical level, 280; and letting go, 282–294;...

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... lifts to their stock prices. THE REALITIES OF RESIZING 7 8 RESIZING THE ORGANIZATION The Slowing Economy Obviously, the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Towers and the Pentagon ... 6 RESIZING THE ORGANIZATION Korea, or Singapore, all with labor rates and employee benefit packages substantially lower than in the United States, and several other...

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... reduction in force. They miss their former political connections to the power- ful decision makers in the organization. When they set their sights on the future, they become further dismayed. All ... survivors is the sense that they have lost con- trol over their work lives. They perceive that no matter how well they do their jobs, they could be hit in the next wave of layoffs. Th...

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... between 50 and 100 percent (“A Study of Worker,” 1992). THE REALITIES OF RESIZING 27 24 RESIZING THE ORGANIZATION the goal and confidently rallied their troops on the mission at hand. The cry ... came to charge up the hill and take the prize. However, the troops were neither ready nor willing to charge up the hill. Rather than focus on the opportunity ahead of them,...

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... 44 RESIZING THE ORGANIZATION A Prolonged Pain One other factor made the emotional roller coaster even more stressful: the date of the close of the deal kept moving. When the deal was ... especially when they anticipate that they will not have a job at the end of it. Preparing the Organization for Transition and Closure During the fourteen months since the announcemen...

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... possible. The one piece missing in the picture was profit. The company was not 58 Jeff Crandell’s last day of work at Snowball.com was February 15, 2002. 60 RESIZING THE ORGANIZATION and probably the ... could influence the new own- ers. We also urged them to communicate the future mission of the overall company and the local organizations to our workforce and helped the...

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... 67 66 RESIZING THE ORGANIZATION The Day of the Layoff Tuesday morning: 9: 00 A.M. By Tuesday morning, the packets are together and ready to be picked up by the managers. We have decided that the ... seniority or job title at Gore. Rather, pay is based on the contributions the employee is making to the success of the company. Leaders in the organization use the r...

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... “perceived their current employer as an in- strumental stepping-stone up the interorganizational ladder” (p. 249). In other words, the more careerist the employee was, the stronger the relationship ... that they have a respected and dignified position within the group or organization, thereby heightening their feelings of self-worth. These feelings may be seen in their working rel...

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... how the organization is trying to meet their multiple needs. In addition, they should give employees the opportunity to express any new changes in their expectations of what they believe their organization ... likely to leave the organization. Given these findings, organizations should reeval- uate their recruitment policies and procedures and ensure they allow the applicant to fu...

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... reserved. 102 RESIZING THE ORGANIZATION Organizations must build norms of open, honest, and ongoing communication. Resizing organizations cannot avoid resistance to change com- pletely. Organizations ... of these steps revolve around efforts to improve the communication occurring among executives, human resource staff, supervisors, and the employees who may be affected the most...

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... environment, the more energized and pro- ductive the workforce is. In turn, the more energized and productive the workforce is, the greater are the satisfaction of cus- tomers and the stronger the long-term ... to note that in the early and mid-1990s, the percentage of organizations laying off employees was relatively stable. In the year 2000, at the height of the ec...

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... share while resizing. The Literature on Customers and Competitors of Resizing Firms Most of the other chapters in this book have looked at resizing as downsizing, but many other strategies involve resizing ... communi- cate with their respective organizations about the resizing; (2) a tendency toward high rates of unwanted turnover; (3) conflict within the acquired organizatio...

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... in the M&A: the more a rival tries to get customers away from the merging company, the greater the customer loss is for the merging company, and the more the customer loss, the greater is the ... 165 168 RESIZING THE ORGANIZATION to the first-wave announcements; the changes, though, may be nec- essary for the resizing company to achieve its goals. In other...

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... extension, the creation of wealth (Quick, Gavin, Cooper, & Quick, 2000). While the pressures THE HIDDEN COSTS AND BENEFITS OF ORGANIZATIONAL RESIZING ACTIVITIES 323 322 RESIZING THE ORGANIZATION factor ... peers, bosses and the organization as a whole), and com- mitment (the psychological contract that binds the individual and the organization together; Caplan &am...

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... role in selling the resizing to your employees. Focus their attention on the new opportunities being created in the organization. 3. Be honest. Even if the truth hurts. Even if the truth is that ... Only three of the top ten firms in the world in 1972 remain in the top ten today. • Montgomery Ward, Woolworth, Compaq, Enron, the Los Angeles Rams, the floppy disk, GTE, Old...

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