Resizing The Organization 37 pptx

... look at resizing and consider how organizations can ease the pain of changing their size and ul- timately improve through the process. Our thesis is that more adaptable organizations handle resizing ... separate dimensions of size. The first element, organization size, refers to the absolute number of people employed by an organization. The second, organization shape, reflect...

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... regarding how they were treated on the way out. Organizations can benefit by bringing back those experienced for- 278 RESIZING THE ORGANIZATION • Renewing human resources—strengthening the pay-for-performance link, ... done in the organization) and attitudinal assumptions (the cause-and-effect relationships that people develop based on their 280 RESIZING THE ORGANIZATION As...

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... than others, and during a resizing, these key employees are critical to the success of the ORGANIZATIONAL ADAPTABILITY 353 356 RESIZING THE ORGANIZATION out as people depart along with organizational ... (Mirvis, 1997). At the other end of the workforce, companies are resizing and reshaping themselves through ranking systems. General Electric, Ford, and other firms now rate th...

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... 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; ... Brown Boveri, 384 Atlas Copco, 351 AT&T, 351, 357–358, 372 Attachments, loss of, 311–312 B Balanced Scorecard, 108, 111, 112. See also Organizational perfor- mance: models...

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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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... 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, the employees were unable to let go of...

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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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... 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 them organize the necessary ... by their respec- tive manager or the director of their division that their job had been eliminated. On average, they were allotted about three hours to pack up their belongings and leave...

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... 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 results of the ranking process to ensure ... 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 th...

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