Resizing the Organization
Subtitle: Managing Layoffs, Divestitures, and Closings (J-B SIOP Professional Practice Series)
Contributors: Kenneth De Meuse (Editor); Mitchell Lee Marks (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Pfeiffer; Jossey-Bass
Published: January 6, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780787958916
Subjects: Business strategy; Organizational theory & behaviour; Personnel & human resources management; Structural Adjustment; Entrepreneurship; Organization Theory; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; Management - General; Human Resources & Personnel Management; Business & Economics / Human Resources & Personnel Management; United States; Corporate divestiture; Downsizing of organizations; Layoff systems
First sentence: Layoffs, divestitures, and closings have become deeply woven into the fabric of contemporary organizational life.
Description: "In one volume, Resizing the Organization brings together the most renowned experts in the field to offer the latest theories, best business practices, and proven techniques for effectively meeting the challenge of resizing today's (and tomorrow's) organizations. This resource offers executives, managers, and human resource professionals a guide to addressing the human and cultural aspects of mergers, acquisitions, downsizings, and other transitions while managing effective change strategies with insight and innovation. Throughout Resizing the Organization the contributors show how to apply industrial and organizational psychology theories and concepts that will best guide an effective course of action."

"Resizing the Organization gives executives the information they need to master the rightsizing process and respond to change in a way that will engage their employees and keep their businesses competitive."--Jacket.