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1. Introduction
2. Employment downsizing
3. Downsizing isn't organizational decline
4. Downsizing: a form of restructuring
5. Forms of downsizing
6. HR matters in good times, it defines you in the bad
7. Extent of downsizing
8. Pfizer data
9. Why do it? A drop in demand
10. Industries that are shrinking or disappearing
11. Proactive downsizing (1)
12. Proactive downsizing (2)
13. Causes of employment downsizing
14. Nine myths about downsizing
15. Myth number 1
16. Myth number 2
17. The costs of layoffs
18. Direct costs
19. Myth number 3
20. Myth number 4
21. Myth number 5
22. Myth number 6
23. Myth number 7
24. Myth number 8
25. Effect of training $
26. Myth number 9
27. Summary

Topics Covered

• Employment downsizing
• Downsizing isn't organizational decline
• Downsizing: a form of restructuring
• Forms of downsizing
• Extent of downsizing
• Proactive downsizing
• Causes of employment downsizing
• Myths about downsizing
• The costs of layoffs

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• Corporate Restructuring and Downsizing

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• Management, Leadership & Organisation
• Technology & Operations

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Publication History

• Published on June 2, 2014