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What is Downsizing

Chapter 1
Handbook of Research on Strategic Fit and Design in Business Ecosystems
Making a company or organization smaller by shedding staff.
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New Strategy and Thinking in Global Business System: Creating Value Through Supply Chain Management
M. Sebnem Ensari (Istanbul Okan University, Turkey) and Güner Gürsoy (Istanbul Okan University, Turkey)
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 24
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1125-1.ch001
Abstract
Because of the necessity of adopting the product and service to the rapidly changing needs of current customers, specialization in each supply chain has become more important. The companies from the same supply chain benefited from the collaboration in order to gain competitive advantage. This chapter first of all explains the current changes in business environment and define the new global business system and summarizes the common strategies to survive in this environment from related literature. It proposes a model of a smart supply chain management including agile organizations and mutual goal achievement of the firms and the members of the same supply chain at the end of the chapter. The aim of this chapter is providing a road map to todays and future organizations to be more competitive. It is believed that the chapter will be helpful for both professionals and academicians who have interest in strategy building process and creating competitive advantage.
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Chapter 135
Modern Downsizing
A deliberate choice (evolutionary, anticipatory, adaptive or remedial) to reduce the scale of the entire organization or its parts in selected areas (e.g. infrastructure, assets, finances, HR) through implementing changes (e.g., in internal and external organization, technology) with the aim to increase its efficiency and protect or increase its value.
Published in Chapter: Modern Downsizing; From: Encyclopedia of Organizational Knowledge, Administration, and Technology
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Chapter 6
The Future of Workforce Planning
The reduction in the number of workforce within the organisation, which can be achieved through several techniques including, retrenchments, early retirements or casualization of staff.
Published in Chapter: The Future of Workforce Planning; From: Human Capital Formation for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
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Chapter 8
Employee Engagement, “Myth or Reality”?: A Critical Analysis of the Entrepreneur and Employee Relationship in the Recession Phase of the Business Cycle
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Chapter 10
Downsizing as a Public Policy and Downsizing Practices in the Health Sector: The Case of Turkey
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Chapter 51
A Critical Review of Learning Organizations in the 21st Century
It refers to the process of making smaller, esp. a work force or business. In this article, it also refers to laying off employees. Although this may not be the best solution to existing problems in today’s organizations, this technique may help ease the shrinking operating budget of an organization. Employees are meant to produce surplus value. If they are unproductive for whatever reasons, their jobs should be terminated and handed over to those who can produce surplus value.
Published in Chapter: A Critical Review of Learning Organizations in the 21st Century; From: Encyclopedia of Strategic Leadership and Management
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Chapter 13
Comparing Learning Organizations with Static Organizations
It refers to the process of making smaller, esp. a work force or business. In this article, it also refers to laying off employees. Although this may not be the best solution to existing problems in today’s organizations, this technique may help ease the shrinking operating budget of an organization. Employees are meant to produce surplus value. If they are unproductive for whatever reasons, their jobs should be terminated and handed over to those who can produce surplus value.
Published in Chapter: Comparing Learning Organizations with Static Organizations; From: Handbook of Research on Education and Technology in a Changing Society
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Chapter 90
Learning Organizations vs. Static Organizations in the Context of E-HRM
Downsizing refers to the process of making smaller, especially a work force or business. In this article, it also refers to laying off employees. Although this may not be the best solution to existing problems in today’s organizations, this technique may help ease the shrinking operating budget of an organization. Employees are meant to produce surplus value. If they are unproductive for whatever reasons, their jobs should be terminated and handed over to those who can produce surplus value
Published in Chapter: Learning Organizations vs. Static Organizations in the Context of E-HRM; From: Encyclopedia of Human Resources Information Systems: Challenges in e-HRM
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Chapter 6
Organizational Downsizing for Tourism Businesses
Reducing the number of employees by using downsizing strategies and continuing with fewer employees in total.
Published in Chapter: Organizational Downsizing for Tourism Businesses; From: Industrial and Managerial Solutions for Tourism Enterprises
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Chapter 14
A Critical Review of Learning Organizations in the 21st Century
It refers to the process of making smaller, esp. a work force or business. In this article, it also refers to laying off employees. Although this may not be the best solution to existing problems in today’s organizations, this technique may help ease the shrinking operating budget of an organization. Employees are meant to produce surplus value. If they are unproductive for whatever reasons, their jobs should be terminated and handed over to those who can produce surplus value.
Published in Chapter: A Critical Review of Learning Organizations in the 21st Century; From: Encyclopedia of E-Leadership, Counseling and Training
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