Resizing the Organization: Managing Layoffs, Divestitures, and Closings - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0787958913 ISBN 13: 9780787958916

Publisher: Pfeiffer, 2003

Synopsis

Presented by the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, this much-needed resource offers a wealth of theoretical information, best business practices, and winning techniques for executives who must guide their companies through the often difficult processes of mergers, acquisitions, downsizings, and other transitions. Written by top experts in the field, Resizing the Organization is a field guide for applying industrial and organizational psychology theories and practices to the management of change strategies.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

If organizations are to survive in today's turbulent business environment they must be able to adapt to ongoing external pressures and market shifts. Organizations must be able to restructure, downsize, reengineer, merge, seek financial protection, and form alliances. The question is not whether executives should resize their organizations but how to resize them in order to more effectively deal with the dramatic shifts that occur when businesses reorganize.

In one comprehensive volume, Resizing the Organization brings together the most renowned experts in the field to offer the latest theories, best business practices, and proven techniques for effectively meeting the challenge of resizing today's (and tomorrow's) organizations. This important resource offers executives, managers, and human resource professionals a guide to addressing the human and cultural aspects of mergers, acquisitions, downsizings, and other transitions while managing effective change strategies with insight and innovation. Throughout Resizing the Organization the contributors show how to apply industrial and organizational psychology theories and concepts that will best guide an effective course of action. Resizing the Organization offers a wealth of information on a variety of topics, including:

• The psychological effects of organizational resizing
• The response of customers and competitors to resizing
• Rethinking the resizing process
• The impact of layoffs on family, friendships, and community networks
• Planning for resizing
• How to implement resizing
• Revitalizing the organization after resizing
• The financial consequences of employment-change decisions

Resizing the Organization gives executives the information they need to master the rightsizing process and respond to change in a way that will engage their employees and keep their businesses competitive.

About the Author

Kenneth P. De Meuse is professor of management at the University of Wisconsin-- Eau Claire. He has consulted with numerous organizations including Union Carbide, AVEX Electronics, Intergraph Corporation, Nestle USA, and Lucent. He has written numerous articles on the topic of employee attitudes and organizational behavior and is the coauthor of the The Team Developer (John Wiley & Sons, 2001).

Mitchell Lee Marks is a consultant to a broad variety of organizations in the United States and abroad, including AOL, GAP, DaimlerChrysler, Motorola, and Lucent. He is the author of numerous articles, scholarly journals, and books, including Joining Forces (Jossey-Bass, 2000).

About this edition

• Publisher: Pfeiffer
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0787958913
• ISBN 13: 9780787958916
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 432
• Editor: De Meuse Kenneth, Marks Mitchell Lee