• Background Information
• 23 min
  1. Restructuring: types, causes, and myths about outcomes

  • Prof. Wayne F. Cascio
• 40 min
  2. Talent management implications

  • Dr. Kim E. Ruyle
• Impact of Corporate Restructuring and Downsizing
• 43 min
  3. Employees and the great recession

  • Dr. Judith M. Bardwick
• 41 min
  4. Health effects of restructuring and downsizing

  • Prof. Johannes Siegrist
• 23 min
  5. Corporate judo strategy: leveraging the power of a competitor’s change to grow your own business

  • Prof. Todd J. Hostager
• Implementation Issues and Recommendations
• 62 min
  6. Implementation: a framework for facilitating employee adaption to major organizational transitions

  • Prof. Mitchell Lee Marks
• 55 min
  7. Why corporate restructuring and downsizing efforts often fail

  • Prof. Charles O. Trevor
• 19 min
  8. Alternatives to downsizing

  • Prof. Wayne F. Cascio
• 32 min
  9. Corporate restructuring & downsizing: theories, science, and lessons

  • Dr. Kenneth P. De Meuse

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1. Introduction
2. Talk outline
3. Whole industry disappeared
4. Success and no competition caused complacency
5. When Japanese cars first landed
6. Give thanks for competitors
7. Financial security disappeared
8. Economic growth - slower than workforce growth
9. The great recession and the American dream
10. Job reduction
11. How is a recession defined?
12. The psychological recession
13. Strong feelings directly impact people's choices
14. Reverse negative tide of psychological recession
15. Achieve commitment and engagement
16. Commitment and engagement results
17. Treat your people well and they’ll return the favor
18. Economic and psychological recessions will end
19. Success is the ultimate motivator

Topics Covered

• Whole industry disappeared
• Success and no competition caused complacency
• When Japanese cars first landed
• Financial security disappeared
• Economic growth slower than workforce growth
• The great recession and the American dream
• Job reduction
• How is a recession defined?
• The psychological recession
• Strong feelings directly impact people's choices
• Achieve commitment and engagement
• Treat your people well and they’ll return the favor
• Economic and psychological recessions will end
• Success is the ultimate motivator

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Series:

• Corporate Restructuring and Downsizing

Categories:

• Management, Leadership & Organisation
• Technology & Operations

Bite-size Case Studies:

• Ford, Chrysler, and General Motors: the fall and rise of an automotive empire

Talk Citation

Publication History

• Published on June 2, 2014