학술논문
Upgrading talent.
Document Type
Article
Source
Subject
*Layoffs
*Downsizing of organizations
*Employee attitudes
*Dismissal of employees
*Employee training
*Job analysis
*Job descriptions
*Cost control
*Severance pay
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Language
ISSN
0047-5394
Abstract
The article discusses how firms can upgrade their work force amid downsizing. Layoffs should be viewed as an opportunity to redesign roles and responsibilities in a way that promotes employee satisfaction. Maintaining training and development programs is essential to supporting employee morale and skill levels during downsizing. Layoffs themselves should be handled in a way that does not diminish a company's reputation either internally or externally. In 2001 Cisco Systems Inc. accomplished this by making generous severance packages and other resources available to dismissed workers.