Strategic Human Resource Management

Section Four

Table 4-1 continued
Key Findings About Downsizing

Downsizing is not a one-time, quick-fix solution to enhance
competitiveness. Rather, it should be viewed as part of a
process of continuous improvement.

Source: Extracted from Wayne F. Cascio. “Downsizing: What Do We Know? What Have
We Learned?” Academy of Management Execuive 7, no. 1 (1993): 103. Reprinted with
permission of Academy of Management Executive.

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Further, layoffs have too frequently been conducted
without sufficient regard for employees. In order to minimize
the adverse consequences to employees, managers should
consider the guidelines that are presented in Table 4-2 and
discussed in the following paragraphs.