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Downsizing
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Downsizing
Provides a case study (AT&T) of downsizing. Looking at its causes & effects, role of management, pros & cons and a sociotechnical systems analysis.
3,150 words (approx. 12.6 pages) |
26 sources |
1999
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"DOWNSIZING AT AT&TCompany Selection & Research Question
During the 1990s, most Fortune 1000 firms in the United States have engaged in downsizing (Kets de Vries & Balazs, 1997). Further, the trend appears to be continuing. The ardent positions on each side of the downsizing phenomenon justifies the interest in downsizing as a research focus. Because the American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T) is a giant corporation and because the company is highly profitable, questions arose in relation to both motivations and possible outcomes when the company announced a massive downsizing initiative in 1995 that involved the elimination of 40,000 jobs (Norris, 1995). These questions motivated the selection of AT&T as the company for the focus of research on the downsizing issue."
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