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| Author: | Greenhalgh, L. McKersie, R. B. Gilkey, R. W. |
| Title: | Rebalancing the workforce at IBM : a case study of redeployment and revitalization. ( *IBM ) |
| Journal: | Organizational Dynamics
1986 : SPRING, VOL. 14:4, p. 30-47 |
| Index terms: | WORK STRUCTURING ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | In 1982 the Burlington plant of International Business Machines was faced with a reduced demand for memory chips. Management recognized a larger underlying problem: failure to adapt quickly to a changing environment. The short-term problem could be solved by work force reduction and redeployment. Efforts to avoid job-security crisis was supported by human resource planners. A contingency plan was developed that rank-ordered the available work force reduction tactics from eliminating temporary workers to most drastic involuntary transfer to other IBM plants. Differential planning according to the work force composition. The communication program. Strengths and weaknesses of the IBM approach. |
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