The manager's pocket guide to downsizing with confidence / Richard S. Deems, Terri A. Deems.

By:

Deems, Richard S

Contributor(s):

Deems, Terri A

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781599969756
1599969750

Other title:

Downsizing with confidence

Subject(s):

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Manager's pocket guide to downsizing with confidence.DDC classification:

658.4/06 22

LOC classification:

HD58.85 .D44 2007eb

Online resources:

EBSCOhost

Contents:

Cover -- TOC36;Table of Contents -- Introduction -- CH36;Question 158; Why should we worry63; -- CH36;Question 258; What are our real needs63; -- CH36;Question 358; How much planning time do we really need63; -- CH36;Question 458; How do we select who goes63; 46;46; -- CH36;Question 558; What can we do to show that weve been fair63; -- CH36;Question 658; How8212;and what8212;do we tell the people who will exit63; -- CH36;Question 758; How do we tell the people who will remain63; -- CH36;Question 858; Do we do it all at once or in phases63; -- CH36;Question 958; What about the media63; -- CH36;Question 1058; Is career transition assistance really necessary63; -- CH36;Question 1158; What if we need some of these people in nine months63; -- CH36;Question 1258; Now what63; -- Who are these authors63; -- Last Page.

Summary: Downsizings don't have to leave the exiting person devastated, the remaining people angry, the decision-makers stressed or the company open to litigation. With the Manager's Pocket Guide® to Downsizing with Confidence, you have a practical guide to planning and conducting a downsizing the right way so all the people involved come out ahead. Get straightforward answers to the 12 most often asked questions about downsizing: Why should we worry?; What are our real needs?; How much planning time do we really need?; How do we select who goes?; What can we do to show that we've been fair?; How - and what - do we tell the people who will exist?; How do we tell the people who will remain?; Do we do it all at once or in phases?; What about the media?; Is career transition assistance really necessary?; What if we need some of these people in nine months?; Now what? If you're a leader involved in any way with a downsizing - whether 10 or 1,000 people are involved - this book will provide invaluable advice. The recommendations are based on the authors' 20 years of research and experience designing, reviewing plans for and coordinating large and small downsizings.

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Downsizings don't have to leave the exiting person devastated, the remaining people angry, the decision-makers stressed or the company open to litigation. With the Manager's Pocket Guide® to Downsizing with Confidence, you have a practical guide to planning and conducting a downsizing the right way so all the people involved come out ahead. Get straightforward answers to the 12 most often asked questions about downsizing: Why should we worry?; What are our real needs?; How much planning time do we really need?; How do we select who goes?; What can we do to show that we've been fair?; How - and what - do we tell the people who will exist?; How do we tell the people who will remain?; Do we do it all at once or in phases?; What about the media?; Is career transition assistance really necessary?; What if we need some of these people in nine months?; Now what? If you're a leader involved in any way with a downsizing - whether 10 or 1,000 people are involved - this book will provide invaluable advice. The recommendations are based on the authors' 20 years of research and experience designing, reviewing plans for and coordinating large and small downsizings.

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